COVID-19 Updates
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Specialist Covid infection control scientist faces threat of deportation from UK
Charles Oti should be in his NHS job fighting the virus. Instead, the Home Office wants to send him to Nigeria An infection control specialist who has been offered a…
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Coronavirus: Pakistan PM contracts Covid-19; Tokyo Olympics bars overseas spectators
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said on Saturday, days after he was vaccinated against the disease.“At this point, the prime minister’s office can…
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Overcoming grief with past-life regression and guardian angels: how three women help others overcome loss and live a spiritual and purposeful life
With more than 2.68 million Covid-19-related deaths around the world, the social impact of grief has been massive. The pandemic has forced people to uproot traditions, and forgo funerals and…
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Why Israel is partying like it’s 2019, while most of Asia is stuck in 2020
Like club-goers everywhere brought down to earth by Covid-19, Roy Fridman can’t wait to attend his next festival or rave. Unlike most revellers, Fridman, who lives in Tel Aviv, Israel,…
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Dear Gavin Williamson, schools need kindness in this Covid crisis but you bang on about behaviour
Judging by the education secretary’s speech, ‘behaviour, behaviour, behaviour’ could be the Tories’ next election slogan Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage One of the most uplifting…
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Asia once led the coronavirus battle. Why is it behind on vaccines?
In Israel, where well over half the country’s 9 million residents have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, citizens are spilling out from bars onto the streets.After administering…
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Coronavirus: class disruptions take a toll on Hong Kong students’ academic performance, mental and physical well-being
Hongkonger Hugo He was expecting a fruitful, smooth final year of secondary school, but then came the Covid-19 disruptions.The 17-year-old Form Six student at an international school says classes have…
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US reaches 100m Covid vaccine milestone six weeks early as Fauci urges vigilance – as it happened
Biden team says US administered 100m vaccine shots in just 58 days Fauci says US must remain on alert as Covid cases remain high Biden and Harris meet Asian American…
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Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago partially closed due to coronavirus outbreak
Former US president Donald Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, club has been partially closed because of a Covid-19 outbreak.That’s according to several people familiar with the situation, including a club member…
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Boris Johnson gets Covid jab: ‘very good, very quick’ – video
Boris Johnson urged people to get vaccinated as he received his first dose at London’s St Thomas’ hospital, where last year he was treated in intensive care for Covid. ‘I…