COVID-19 Updates
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Duchess of Cambridge floral mask prompts face covering to sell out
It is a truth universally acknowledged that anything the Duchess of Cambridge wears sells out. In the past week, the so-called “Kate effect” was put to public health use when…
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It’s no use shouting ‘back to work’ when Britain’s industries are in a jobs meltdown | John Harris
I recently spent a weekday afternoon in the centre of Bristol, chasing the small comforts of retail therapy, and trying to do my bit for a few of my favourite…
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Coronavirus: average incubation period may be longer than first thought, research shows
The incubation period for Covid-19 might be longer than first thought, according to a new study involving people from Wuhan, the central China city where the coronavirus was first detected.While…
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UK to plunge into deepest slump on record with worst GDP drop of G7
Britain’s economy will be officially declared in recession this week for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis, as the coronavirus outbreak plunges the country into the deepest slump…
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Ravers and boomers: is intergenerational Covid tension real?
On a Saturday evening in mid-July, Michael made a video call to his grandmother and checked she had everything she needed. Then, along with about 3,000 others, he set out…
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Bolivia protesters bring country to standstill over election delays
Demonstrators in Bolivia have dynamited Andean passes, scattered boulders across highways and dug trenches along rural roads to protest against repeated delays to a rerun of last October’s deeply contentious…
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Coronavirus recovery: Opportunities abound for small businesses in Asia
Asia has long been a world leader in regional integration, exploring remarkable and ever-adapting networks in trade, investment and innovation. Despite great diversity in people and cultures, it has positioned…
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Yes, some US small business owners actually support the $600 weekly benefit | Gene Marks
About 30 million unemployed Americans are now on tenterhooks waiting to see if the $600-a-week federal unemployment benefit created by the Cares Act will be renewed. As the political row…
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Chinese tourists start to return to Wuhan’s attractions as city tries to get back on its feet after coronavirus
Tourists are finally returning to Wuhan’s main attractions months after the city became the centre of China’s Covid-19 outbreak.The authorities said some of the most popular sights had attracted higher…
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Shock of Covid-19 for travel guide publisher ‘unprecedented’ – 9/11 and financial crisis did not have as big or deep an impact
Since coronavirus has placed worldwide travel in a long-term holding pattern, the industry’s prime movers and shakers – airlines, hotels, tour operators – have been trying to find ways to…