COVID-19 Updates
-
The Guardian view on Covid-19’s resurgence: we can make ourselves safer | Editorial
Is the brief respite over? In England, and other European nations hit hard by coronavirus, bars and cafes have reopened, and people have begun to fly abroad again for holidays.…
-
UK health leaders call for government to seek total elimination
Scientists advising the government have predicted that between 43 and 84 people will still be dying from Covid-19 every day by mid-August, as health leaders called on the government to…
-
Grant Shapps apologises for frustration caused by Covid-19 restrictions on Spain – video
Grant Shapps returned to the UK on Wednesday after curtailing his holiday in Spain to deal with the fallout from the government’s decision to impose quarantine restrictions on travellers arriving…
-
Pizza Hut considers insolvency as Covid-19 crisis threatens jobs
The restaurant chain Pizza Hut is considering restructuring its debts in an insolvency agreement that could involve job losses. The UK company has hired turnaround specialists Alvarez & Marsal to…
-
Across Australia people are losing jobs, and it’s older workers that are suffering most | Greg Jericho
The latest payroll job numbers released this week show that, as expected, the shutdown of Melbourne has caused a sharp drop in jobs in Victoria. But the lack of jobs…
-
Australian PM’s department refuses to release Covid-19 commission documents
The prime minister’s department refused to publicly release 1,100 documents linked to the Covid-19 commission’s discussion of gas projects and 690 documents about potential conflicts of interest, while also redacting…
-
National cabinet deliberations may not be exempt from FoI, legal advice says
Deliberations of the national cabinet may not be exempt from freedom of information disclosures as the Morrison government claims, according to legal advice obtained by a major environment group. According…
-
UK coronavirus live: concern about second wave ‘very high’ in NHS; death toll rises by 83 – as it happened
MPs have been told that concern amongst NHS managers about there being a second coronavirus wave in the UK is “very high”. (See 2.42pm.) The warning was delivered as the…
-
Four Premiership players test positive for coronavirus with restart looming
Four Premiership players have tested positive for Covid-19, little more than a fortnight before the league is set to resume after five months in lockdown. Tests have been conducted on…
-
Coronavirus: Republican congressman Louie Gohmert, who refused to wear mask, tests positive
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Jake Sherman on politico.com on July 29, 2020.US congressman Louie Gohmert – a Texas Republican…