COVID-19 Updates
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Property group Hammerson looks at possible rights issue
The property group Hammerson, which owns shopping centres including the Bullring in Birmingham and Brent Cross in north London, is drawing up plans for a possible rights issue and is…
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Survivors of Covid-19 show increased rate of psychiatric disorders, study finds
More than half of people who received hospital treatment for Covid-19 were found to be suffering from a psychiatric disorder a month later, a study has found. Out of 402…
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Trump calls Birx’s dire warning on widespread coronavirus in the US ‘pathetic’
Donald Trump publicly rebuked a second member of the White House coronavirus taskforce on Monday morning, calling Deborah Birx’s assessment of Covid-19’s spread “pathetic” in a tweet. Birx warned on…
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Coronavirus outbreak on Norway cruise ship sparks fears of wider spread as firm Hurtigruten halts ‘expedition’ voyages
Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten is halting all its so-called expedition cruises until further notice following an outbreak of Covid-19 on one of its vessels last week, the company said on…
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English pubs likely to be spared new Covid-19 restrictions, No 10 says
English pubs are likely to be spared any new restrictions on social contact to stem coronavirus outbreaks, with the focus instead falling on limiting gatherings in homes, Downing Street has…
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Manchester Covid outbreak ‘a warning to complacent white middle class’
The declaration of a major incident in Greater Manchester should jolt a “complacent white middle class” into realising that Covid-19 is not just spreading in ethnic minority households, one of…
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Coronavirus: WHO warns of long road ahead, may never be a ‘silver bullet’
The World Health Organisation warned on Monday that there might never be a “silver bullet” for Covid-19 in the form of a perfect vaccine, and that the road to normality…
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Hong Kong third wave: plans for at least two temporary coronavirus hospitals and expanded makeshift facilities will boost capacity by 2,400 beds
Hong Kong will build at least two temporary hospitals for Covid-19 patients and expand existing makeshift facilities with the help of mainland Chinese experts deployed to the city, adding as…
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Philippine coronavirus: Manila braces for lockdown, Duterte accuses doctors of seeking ‘revolution’
Metro Manila is gearing up for the return of strict lockdown measures that will force most businesses and metropolitan trains to shut down, putting pressure the country’s faltering economy, as…
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Why US dollar will survive the test of coronavirus pandemic
Whatever its detractors might say, the US dollar will never be supplanted as the world’s foremost reserve currency without a massive change in the global monetary order. It’s all down…