COVID-19 Updates
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US administers 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses, around 30 per cent of global total
Health workers in the United States have administered more than 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, an official tracker showed Friday, around 30 per cent of the world’s total of shots…
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After 75-year-old dies from attack, alarm increases in Oakland’s Asian community
Pak Ho, from Hong Kong, was robbed and assaulted by a man police said had a history of victimizing elderly Asian people A 75-year-old man from Hong Kong died in…
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In South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province, mandatory coronavirus testing for foreigners sparks accusations of racism
Mark Ivan and his wife, a Filipino couple in their early 30s, were on Friday standing in a queue of people – so long it snaked around a corner –…
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Coronavirus economic relief: are we getting value for the money thrown at the pandemic?
The pandemic has left us a terrible mess to clear up. What policies will get us out of the huge debt we have incurred to pay for the health, wealth…
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Long Covid more likely in working-age women than in men – study
Preliminary data presented to Sage shows women five times as likely to report new disability or increased fatigue Working-age women who are hospitalised with coronavirus are five times as likely…
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UK Covid: infection rate in England lowest since end of September; Wales to ease measures from Saturday – as it happened
This blog is now closed. For the latest coronavirus news from around the world, head to our global blog ‘No 10 was a plague pit’: how Covid brought Westminster to…
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Coronavirus: WHO approves Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The World Health Organization on Friday approved Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, after already authorising the jabs made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca.“Every new, safe and effective tool against Covid-19 is…
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Outcry after Doug Ford wrongly claims Indigenous lawmaker jumped vaccine queue
Ontario premier apologised to Sol Mamakwa, who was asked to help combat vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous groups The leader of Canada’s most populous province has apologized after he wrongly accused…
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Royal Mail to trial Sunday parcel service for big retailers
Move comes after what company describes as an ‘unprecedented’ number of deliveries over past year Royal Mail is piloting a Sunday parcel delivery service for big retailers from this weekend,…