COVID-19 Updates
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Victorian doctors call for more transparency around health workers infected with Covid-19
The Victorian government needs to be more transparent about the number of healthcare workers who have been infected with Covid-19 in their workplace and should urgently roll out mandatory mask-fitting…
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Why is cosmetic surgery on the rise? Because of hours staring at ourselves on Zoom | Bidisha
I remember once reading some advice from a fashion photographer in a magazine, who said: “No one looks good sitting down.” This struck me as harsh at the time, but…
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‘The Zoom shirt’: how the pandemic changed work dress codes
Work dress codes have radically altered during the pandemic. According to a poll from market research group NPD, only 10% of people get dressed for working from home at the…
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Republican leaders to meet Trump as talks begin on new Covid-19 relief bill
Donald Trump said discussions about the coronavirus relief package were going well at the White House on Monday, as Congress began negotiations on how best to address the public health…
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Oxford vaccine results ‘major breakthrough’ in fight against Covid, says UK government – as it happened
That’s all from me for today. Coverage continues on our global coronavirus live blog. Coronavirus live news: ‘No country can get control of its epidemic’ without contact tracing, says WHO…
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Playgrounds reopen in Wales: ‘It’s so lovely to see her having fun’
It was a momentous day for Sally-Anne Trebilcock and her seven children. Four months after the play area at Jubilee Park in Cardiff was shut because of coronavirus, the swings…
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A coronavirus vaccine would be a triumph, but the worst human impulses threaten its success | Polly Toynbee
The world has moved a step closer to ending the Covid-19 horror as researchers from Oxford University, among the 200 global teams working on vaccines, published promising results in The…
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Coronavirus vaccine trial by Oxford, AstraZeneca prompts immune response
Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.British…
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Coronavirus: eating more cabbage and cucumber might reduce death rate, European study says
There could be a link between coronavirus death rates and eating certain vegetables, according to a preliminary study in Europe.It suggested that increasing the average consumption of cabbage or cucumber…
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Coronavirus recovery: Unemployment crisis calls for new policy focus
The Covid-19 crisis has thrown the world economy into chaos, and global leaders need quick solutions to tackle the risks. Finding a viable vaccine to halt the pandemic is essential,…