COVID-19 Updates
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UK Covid live: Northern Ireland extends lockdown until 1 April; 454 further deaths reported
Latest updates: Stormont decides to prolong restrictions; UK registers over 12,000 new cases since yesterday Sturgeon hails ‘compelling evidence’ vaccinations are working Labour must work with business to create fairer…
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Australians fear climate change more than catching Covid, survey shows
Edelman Trust Barometer records big gains for attitudes towards government, media and business, but not technology A new survey has found Australians are more afraid of climate change than catching…
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More than 20% of Australians say they are unlikely to get Covid jab, study finds
Coronavirus vaccine hesitancy rises ‘worryingly’ as government prepares to start rollout Australia’s Covid vaccine rollout: how will it happen and when can you get it? Victoria Covid rules and restrictions…
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Macron proposes vaccine plan as UK prepares to host G7
French proposal comes after accusations wealthier nations have ordered more than they need Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage As Britain prepares to host the G7 club…
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‘Compelling evidence’ Covid vaccinations working, Sturgeon says
First minister cites data showing significant decline in care home deaths in Scotland Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Scotland is “on a path back” to near…
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Cuomo faces federal investigation over handling of nursing home deaths
FBI and federal prosecutors investigating how New York governor’s Covid taskforce handled data on deaths in care homes Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn and the FBI have started investigating how Andrew…
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Study at site of Austria’s worst outbreak finds lasting coronavirus immunity
A study of residents in the ski resort of Ischgl, the site of Austria’s worst coronavirus outbreak, found that at least eight months after contracting the virus the vast majority…
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Coronavirus: US-China tensions simmer as UN chief calls for cooperation
International discord over the Covid-19 response played backdrop to the latest UN Security Council talks, as the world enters a second year of grappling with a pandemic that has been…
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Wanted man quits lockdown at home for ‘peace and quiet’ in prison
Man hands himself in to Sussex police saying he wants a break from people he was living with A wanted man handed himself in to police in West Sussex to…
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Indigenous peoples face rise in rights abuses during pandemic, report finds
Increasing land grabs endangering forest communities and wildlife as governments expand mining and agriculture to combat economic impact of Covid Indigenous communities in some of the world’s most forested tropical…