COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus has fuelled authoritarian trends around the world, Australia’s Dfat warns
Covid-19 has fuelled protectionist and authoritarian trends around the world as some countries take advantage of the pandemic to erode the rule of law, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and…
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Rishi Sunak’s tax options are hemmed in by the Tory manifesto
The nights are getting longer and it will soon be decision time for the chancellor. Rishi Sunak’s emergency measures, most notably the furlough scheme, have shielded the UK from much…
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UK coronavirus: Labour attacks Gavin Williamson over ‘summer of chaos, incompetence and confusion’ — as it happened
Gavin Williamson, the education secretary for England, has said schools may want to introduce longer days or weekend lessons as they consider how to help pupils catch up for the…
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Coronavirus: 126,000 Hong Kong residents take Covid-19 test on ‘smooth’ first day of mass screening scheme despite calls for boycott from opposition activists
About 126,000 people took Covid-19 tests on Tuesday as the Hong Kong government launched its universal community testing programme, describing progress as “smooth” and promising to increase the daily quota…
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The pandemic has changed shoppers’ behaviour and heightened cleanliness anxiety, Canadian study finds
The coronavirus has changed Canadians’ behaviour in and around the kitchen because of fears their food may be contaminated, according to a new study.People washed their hands more, despite the…
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What’s behind the headlines demanding a return to the office? | Hettie O’Brien
With a deadly virus smaller than a speck of dust still circulating, it’s natural that many office workers would rather be doing their jobs from home. Though this inadvertent mass…
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Widodo, Xi look to strengthen China-Indonesia ties in trade and tackling coronavirus
Joko Widodo has told Xi Jinping that Jakarta is hoping for a stronger relationship with Beijing, in a call the Indonesian president made after his Chinese counterpart sent a letter…
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In lockdown we have built our resilience and confronted racism. We must keep going | Dawn Butler
At the beginning of lockdown I had this fantasy, like a lot of other people, that I would have time to tidy my house, give it a spring clean, pick…
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Russia’s coronavirus tally passes 1 million, world’s fourth highest
The number of reported coronavirus cases in Russia passed the 1 million mark on Tuesday as the country prepared to begin offering its first vaccine to health care workers and…