COVID-19 Updates
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Mexico faces challenge to light-touch Covid approach as US restricts travel
Biden administration’s demand that travelers provide a negative test and self-quarantine could hit Mexico’s tourist industry hard New US coronavirus travel restrictions are likely to have an outsized impact on…
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How therapy dogs help with learning disabilities, anxiety and other health problems, whether you’re young or old
Six-year-old Helios Tang is deep in thought as he plots his next move on a wooden cognitive training puzzle. He is also very happy – he’s with his favourite therapy…
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Indonesia deports Russian social media star for partying in breach of pandemic restrictions
A Russian social media celebrity was being deported from Indonesia on Sunday after he held a party at a luxury hotel on the resort island of Bali attended by more…
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‘A complete massacre, a horror film’: inside Brazil’s Covid disaster
Hospitals in Amazonas state overwhelmed after surge in infections linked to new variant, leaving many without even the most basic supplies It took just 60 minutes at daybreak for the…
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China’s provinces set confident economic growth targets for 2021
Several of China’s provincial governments have released their economic growth targets for 2021, but policy advisers say that as in 2020, the central government is unlikely to set a national…
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English council chiefs back postponement of May local elections
Lack of venues, volunteers and safety of voters and polling staff due to Covid-19 are key issues for senior figures who support an autumn date A further postponement to this…
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Hong Kong lockdown: expert proposes fresh round of Covid-19 testing in Yau Tsim Mong’s restricted area, warns second confinement zone may be needed around nearby market
A second round of testing may be required for residents currently subject to Hong Kong’s first Covid-19 lockdown if the initial operation identifies more than a handful of infections, according…
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Covid has made our family a talking point – and cured me of Twitter
Friends are fascinated by our symptoms – if a little disappointed we don’t have the delux version of coronavirus There are few consolations to Covid, but it is at least…
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Does true grit just belong in movies? Or can we teach it to our children? | Yvonne Roberts
Crises may harden the resilience of some young people. But it won’t happen without a dedicated plan Sir John Bell, who is at the centre of Britain’s Covid vaccination programme,…
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The pandemic one year on: 100,000 dead in the UK from coronavirus
The UK is set to reach a grim milestone by the end of January after a year of missed opportunities has led to one of the worst Covid-19 fatality rates…