COVID-19 Updates
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Manchester to build first city-centre park in 100 years
The government is to contribute millions to fund Manchester’s first city-centre park in 100 years, as part of a series of investments in outdoor spaces in response to the coronavirus…
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The Guardian view on wildlife in lockdown: feeling the pressure | Editorial
At London zoo, the giraffes, which are easily visible from the street, had regular visitors even during lockdown, and an illuminated NHS sign on their famous building. Like most other…
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Victoria’s stage four restrictions will limit ability to deliver infrastructure projects, experts warn
Infrastructure projects in Victoria could become a lower priority because stage four restrictions and capacity constraints will limit the ability to deliver them, the chief executive of Infrastructure Australia has…
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Kids Helpline says demand in Victoria for its counselling service rose 8% in July
Victorian children were in crisis as much of the state returned to lockdown and remote education, with Australia’s only free 24/7 counselling service for young people reporting demand in the…
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Profits plunge for Guinness owner Diageo after Covid lockdown
Locked down drinkers in the UK started buying booze online and baking with Baileys but that wasn’t enough to stop profits tumbling at the Guinness and Smirnoff owner Diageo, as…
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Donald Trump claims coronavirus under control ‘as much as you can’ in US
President Donald Trump said the coronavirus outbreak is as under control as it can get in the United States, where at least 155,000 people have died amid a patchy response…
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Hong Kong third wave: three labs picked to help mainland China medical team conduct mass Covid-19 testing in the city
Three Hong Kong-based laboratories listed in mainland China will team up with the dozens of experts crossing the border to carry out large-scale coronavirus testing in the city, a government…
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Coronavirus UK map: the latest deaths and confirmed Covid cases
Please note: these are government figures on numbers of confirmed cases – some people who report symptoms are not being tested, and are not included in these counts. Update 3…
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No chance of recovery for Hong Kong’s stricken retail sector this year, says operator of Sogo department stores
Hong Kong’s battered retail sector has no hope of recovering in the rest of 2020, according to Lifestyle International Holdings, the operator of the city’s biggest Japanese-style department store chain.The…