COVID-19 Updates
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Hong Kong shared office operator TEC bets on Greater Bay Area to boost business even as Covid-19 pandemic hits demand
The outlook for the shared office segments in Hong Kong and Guangzhou is gloomy, with demand likely to decrease as the economic slump brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic forces…
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China increasingly worried about ‘losing face’ as Japan bankrolls exodus of firms
Japan’s decision to offer an initial group of 87 companies subsidies totalling US$653 million to expand production at home and in Southeast Asia has sparked debate whether the world’s third…
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Coronavirus US: Biden tells Trump ‘step up and do your job’ over Covid-19 death toll – live
Donald Trump refused to praise the late John Lewis, the Georgia congressman and original Freedom Rider, during his latest one-on-one interview, and also questioned the value of the pivotal Civil…
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Coronavirus: US announces major clinical trial of antibody treatment
The US has begun late stage clinical trials into a drug formulated to fight Covid-19, officials said Tuesday.The medicine is an antibody against the new coronavirus called LY-CoV555, which was…
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US suit retailer files for bankruptcy as joggers and polo shirts take over
US company Tailored Brands, which controls Men’s Wearhouse and JoS. A. Bank, has become the latest mens suit specialists to file for bankruptcy in the US as office workers stay…
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Pizza Express closures take hospitality job losses to 17,000
Pizza Express has become the latest chain to announce it is closing restaurants as the coronavirus pandemic causes a domino effect on Britain’s high streets, claiming 17,000 jobs in eateries…
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‘They’re dying … it is what it is’: key takeaways from Trump’s shocking interview
Donald Trump stumbled through his second damaging interview in as many weeks, floundering in a conversation with the news website Axios over key issues he is tasked with responding to…
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San Quentin faces California’s deadliest prison outbreak after latest Covid fatalities
The Covid-19 death toll at California’s San Quentin state prison hit 22 on Tuesday, in the deadliest of several outbreaks that have hit prisons across the state. Prison officials announced…
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English councils with highest Covid rates launch own test-and-trace systems
Councils with the highest Covid infection rates in England have launched their own contact-tracing operations to plug holes in the “world-beating” £10bn government system, with some reaching 98-100% of people…
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UK coronavirus: 89 further deaths recorded as seven-day average nudges up — as it happened
We will shortly be wrapping up the UK coronavirus liveblog. As ever, thank you for joining us. The UK has recorded a further 89 coronavirus deaths, according to today’s update…