COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus live news: Brazil records more than 2,000 deaths for second day; EU approves J&J vaccine
eHospitals in Brazil’s main cities are reaching capacity, say health officials; Covid restrictions to be gradually relaxed from next week in Portugal Israeli real-world data on Pfizer vaccine shows high…
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The day the turf stood still: looking back at sport’s sudden shutdown
Friday 13 March 2020 was a grim day for sport as events across the world were called off. Here’s how it felt then, and has done since, for those on…
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‘It’s the right thing to do’: Londoners receive first jabs at new mass vaccination centre – video
A north London business centre previously used to host almost a million people across hundreds of events each year has reopened as an NHS Covid-19 mass vaccination centre. Up to…
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Australia to revive coronavirus-wrecked tourism industry with 800,000 half-price airfares
Australia’s government will subsidise 800,000 half-price airfares as part of a A$1.2 billion (US$920 million) package to prop up the nation’s ailing tourism industry. Stocks in the nation’s aviation and…
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There’s no justification for Waitrose keeping its Covid rate relief cash | Nils Pratley
Dame Sharon White made the wrong call in not following the lead of the supermarket chain’s rivals On the face of it, you might think the John Lewis Partnership is…
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Joe Biden signs landmark $1.9tn Covid relief bill into law – video
Joe Biden has signed into law a $1.9tn coronavirus relief package, cementing the first major legislative victory of his presidency. ‘This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this…
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Sunak defends budget plans and insists 1% rise for NHS staff is fair
Chancellor tells MPs that his decisions were made in response to £355bn budget deficit Rishi Sunak has rejected criticism that his budget plans to repair the government’s finances after Covid-19…
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Biden signs $1.9tn Covid relief ahead of first primetime address as president
President will mark one year since coronavirus triggered shutdowns across US in televised speech on Thursday night US politics – live updates Joe Biden signed the historic $1.9tn Covid-19 relief…
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Coronavirus: Joe Biden signs US$1.9 trillion stimulus bill ahead of prime-time speech
President Joe Biden signed his US$1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law on Thursday afternoon, ahead of an evening speech in which he is set to mark the one-year anniversary of…
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‘The NHS at its best’: making a Covid mass vaccination centre a reality
Islington’s mass vaccination centre opened this week, along with 15 others, and is now one of 134 in England Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage “It’s been…