COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus live news: world may never find ‘silver bullet’ Covid vaccine, says WHO
Indoor soft play centres in the UK have started closing at an “alarming” rate which is much quicker than expected, according to the industry’s trade association. The British Association of…
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Donald Trump is a bigger threat to the US than coronavirus or China
“This president led on the development of remdesivir,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters on July 31. And nary a mention of hydroxychloroquine.In the months of distraction and…
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Boris Johnson’s plea to get back to work falls on deaf ears
Boris Johnson’s plea that people “should be going back to work” in offices across England from Monday appeared to have gone unheeded in central Birmingham. In the Colmore business district,…
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Martin Rowson on the UK’s ‘eat out to help out’ scheme — cartoon
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UK virologists criticise handling of Covid testing contracts
A group of Britain’s leading virus experts say mistakes are being made in the handling of the Covid pandemic, with testing contracts awarded on apparently ideological grounds to private sector…
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HSBC is biggest loser in never-ending US-China global power play | Larry Elliot
In most respects HSBC is no different from any other bank. Plunging activity means lending is down, more money is being put aside to cover losses and profits are being…
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UK coronavirus: lockdown laws still not implemented four days after Manchester restrictions — as it happened
80% of Greater Manchester infections in the last week were in the white community. The declaration of a major incident in Greater Manchester should jolt a “complacent white middle class”…
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The Guardian view on local leadership in the pandemic: power down | Editorial
Almost 1,200km divide the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England, from the town of Thurso in northern Scotland. The UK is the third most populous country in…
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Jobs blow as DW Sports and Hays Travel announcements affect 2,600
Almost 2,600 staff in the beleaguered retail and leisure industries face redundancy after the fitness and gymwear firm DW Sports collapsed and the tour operator Hays Travel announced job cuts,…
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Victoria’s contact-tracing effort buckles under the weight of Covid-19 cases
Victoria’s rise in Covid-19 case numbers is occurring so rapidly that contact tracing can no longer be relied upon to unearth all potential clusters in the state, according to epidemiologists…