COVID-19 Updates
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‘Get off Twitter’: Joe Biden urges Trump to focus on safely reopening schools
Joe Biden attempted to regain the narrative in the US presidential election on Wednesday, telling Donald Trump to “get off Twitter” and focus on safely reopening schools during the coronavirus…
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Silvio Berlusconi tests positive for Covid-19 after Sardinia visit
Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive for coronavirus and is isolating at home. In a statement on Wednesday, his political party, Forza Italia, said Berlusconi, who turns…
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Italy’s former PM Silvio Berlusconi tests positive for coronavirus
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently in isolation at home, the staff of the 83-year-old media tycoon said on Wednesday.Alberto Zangrillo, Berlusconi’s…
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The Guardian view on local lockdowns: devolve power, trust people | Editorial
Not much about the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic looks effective with hindsight, but once the decision to go into a full national lockdown was taken, the instruction was…
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‘Why do you ignore us?’ The families trying to talk to Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson has been criticised for refusing to meet Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK, a group made up of 1,600 families bereaved by coronavirus. His claim that the group…
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Labour’s poll comeback doesn’t yet threaten the Tory brand | James Johnson
Last weekend’s Observer poll showed Labour and the Conservatives level-pegging on 40% each, the first time the Conservatives had not led an Opinium survey since July last year. Labour MPs…
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Coronavirus: Beijing opens up to inbound flights as city gets back to normal
The Chinese capital will allow inbound flights from eight countries from Thursday, easing a five-month ban on international passenger services in another sign that life is returning to normal in…
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Coronavirus: concerns mount over handling of waste at Hong Kong’s mass testing centres, as 152,000 more screened
Pressure is mounting on the Hong Kong government to treat garbage from the 141 universal coronavirus testing centres across the city as clinical instead of domestic waste, as authorities reported…
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Hong Kong businesses complain government approach to relaxing social distancing rules too cautious, inconsistent
Hong Kong’s pandemic-hit businesses questioned the rationale behind the government’s latest steps towards relaxing social distancing rules on Wednesday, with some complaining the latest arrangements were more stringent than expected…
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Coronavirus death rate may be as bad – or worse – than for Spanish flu pandemic
The death rate from Covid-19 could be as severe as – or worse than – that of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, new research based on data from the initial…