COVID-19 Updates
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Trump supporters gather in Washington as president refuses to concede – as it happened
Trump comes close to admitting defeat but stops short of concession Is Biden walking into a Republican trap? Georgia Senate runoffs battle is already on US sees record 184,000 new…
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At least 10 dead and several injured after fire breaks out at Romanian Covid-19 hospital
A fire killed 10 people on Saturday at a Romanian hospital treating coronavirus patients, the country’s agency for emergency situations (ISU) said.The fire broke out in one room of the…
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India lights up to celebrate Diwali amid coronavirus and pollution fears
More than a billion Indians celebrated Diwali on Saturday amid twin concerns of a resurgence in coronavirus infections and rising air pollution that is enveloping the country’s north in a…
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Coronavirus: Europe further tightens curbs to stem second wave as global deaths top 1.3 million
A swathe of new restrictions to cut off a second wave of coronavirus infections came into force in European nations on Saturday after New York closed bars and the global…
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New World’s The Pavilia Farm sells out for the fourth weekend as Hong Kong’s homebuyers return for fear of missing out
New World Development reported a fourth sell-out weekend at its latest real estate project in Hong Kong, selling all 343 flats at The Pavilia Farm in Tai Wai in nine…
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Coronavirus: US plans to vaccinate 20 million people in December
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Sarah Owermohle on politico.com on November 13, 2020.Roughly 20 million people could be vaccinated against…
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Coronavirus live news: Western Australia opens border, Trump says vaccine soon for vulnerable
Recent arrivals to New Zealand contacted after mystery case; Johns Hopkins records worst day of pandemic so far; state of Victoria still free of new cases 8.53am GMT Like its…
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Will Thai protests hamper efforts to reset trade ties with the US?
The election of Joe Biden as US President has raised hopes in Thailand about a fresh approach on trade ties, with that optimism tempered by concerns that the government approach…
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‘It was damaging him’: the spiralling number of children refusing to go to school
Support service cuts and school pressure are increasing anxiety, campaigners believe. But could lockdown point to a way forward? For Jen Smith, the autumn term started, as always, with the…
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Super-rich buying up ‘Downton Abbey estates’ to escape pandemic
Sales of £15m-plus English country homes breaking records as wealthy families ‘recalibrate their priorities’ The world’s super-rich are seeking to escape from coronavirus lockdowns in cities by buying multimillion-pound English…