COVID-19 Updates
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UK adds France to Covid-19 14-day quarantine list
Hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers’ plans have been plunged into chaos after the government confirmed that France would be removed from the UK’s travel corridor list following a surge in…
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WHO urges countries to gamble on shared coronavirus vaccine search
The WHO on Thursday urged countries to invest billions of dollars in searching for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments – calling it a snip compared to the vast economic cost of…
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Trump pushes for schools to reopen as US sees deadliest Covid day since May
Donald Trump has vowed to push ahead with the reopening of America’s schools, despite the US suffering nearly 1,500 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday, the highest number in a single day…
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Outbreak at M&S sandwich supplier; trial of new contact-tracing app starts – as it happened
Thanks for joining us today, we’re now going to close our UK-focused live blog. You can visit our global blog with my colleague Jessica Murray for further updates. Coronavirus live…
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The irony of isolation is that in my personal sadness I am not alone | Van Badham
Even when there’s not a deadly pandemic gobbling the world, life with depression is grim. Grey is the colour that best describes this particular mental illness – one that’s swallowed…
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Australia lagging on contributions to global body funding Covid vaccine research
Australia’s contribution to a global body funding Covid-19 vaccine research is half that of New Zealand’s and a fraction of the UK’s and Canada’s, data shows. Scott Morrison has been…
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Police presence at Melbourne towers was ‘dehumanising’, infectious disease doctor says
An infectious diseases doctor seconded by Victoria’s health department to work in the nine public housing towers placed under hard lockdown is “furious” about the way residents were treated, arguing…
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Nearly 300 workers test positive at M&S sandwich supplier in Northampton
Almost 300 workers have tested positive for coronavirus following an outbreak at a factory in Northampton that makes M&S sandwiches. Greencore said some of its staff are self-isolating after a…
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From Barcelona to New Zealand, how destinations are shaping tourism’s ‘new normal’
It started with clear canals in Venice. Then came stories of thriving turtle populations in Thailand and Greece, and plummeting levels of air pollution in northern India, meaning the Himalayas…