COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus recovery: cautious optimism is due despite vaccine roll-out issues
For so many business leaders across the world, surveying the economic wreckage wrought by a year of pandemic lockdowns, prospects might still feel as bleak as at any point in…
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How would a traffic light system for international travel work in the UK?
Boris Johnson is expected to announce information about overseas travel on Monday Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Among the many government plans mooted for a gradual…
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Pope decries spending on arms during pandemic in Easter message
Francis also calls for distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to be sped up, particularly to the world’s poor Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Pope Francis has urged…
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Ontario hastily reverses reopening as new variants usher in a third wave of Covid cases
Canada’s most populous province has been warning of rapidly spreading coronavirus variants, as cases and ICU admissions surged Lisa Salamon-Switzman, an emergency room doctor in Toronto, had already worked through…
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Coronavirus has made the future of entrepreneurship digital, greener and more diverse
The pandemic has had a devastating impact on the US$90 trillion global economy – from job insecurity and rising unemployment to huge levels of stress on people and health-care services.…
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Coronavirus: Japan looks to expand emergency as 70 per cent of Tokyo cases have E484K mutation
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Sunday that he would expand emergency measures as needed to contain a new wave of coronavirus infections, amid fears over the spread of…
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Coronavirus: Serbia sees influx of vaccine tourists as citizens shun Covid-19 shots
While most of the world struggles to secure enough Covid-19 vaccines, Serbia faces a different battle – how to persuade its citizens to get the life-saving shot.The small Balkan country…
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The post-Covid era is not coming – not in a world low on trust
With families flocking to beaches again, crowds returning to amusement parks, and religious services resuming at limited capacity, it looks like Hong Kong is, once again, giving reopening a shot.…
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Queensland records no new local Covid cases as Peter Dutton says there will be vaccine rollout ‘hiccups’
Minister says Australia is not in the same ‘mad panic’ as the US and UK to get it done Queensland has recorded no new locally acquired cases of Covid-19, as…
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Wrong coronavirus vaccine given to Hong Kong cancer patient in ‘jaw-dropping’ bungle
Blood cancer patient David Allardice was relieved to get his first dose of Covid-19 vaccine two weeks ago, putting him a step closer towards protection against the deadly respiratory disease.But…