COVID-19 Updates
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Hong Kong third wave: jolted by outbreak at home for the elderly, care workers tighten precautions
Tending to the frail, elderly residents at the care home where she works, Lai Sui-lin feeds and bathes them, turns them in their beds, and changes their diapers.Lai, 52, has…
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Australia beef exports ‘rescued’ after China ban by demand from US, South Korea
A slump in US beef production in May as a result of the coronavirus pandemic has “rescued” Australian beef exports hurt by a Chinese ban on four of its abattoirs,…
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EU leaders clash over coronavirus plan as new cases hit single-day record
European Union leaders headed into Saturday, the scheduled final day of their summit, about as far apart from reaching a deal on an unprecedented €1.85 trillion (US$2.1 trillion) EU budget…
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Touting Covid-19 success, Australia offers Hollywood studios US$280 million to revive jobs
Australia is hoping its success in dealing with the coronavirus will lure more big budget Hollywood productions Down Under, with the government announcing incentives worth hundreds of millions of dollars…
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Trump’s approval rating drops as US breaks daily Covid-19 case record – live
The Guardian’s Sam Levine reports: The Trump administration is weighing issuing an executive order that would ban undocumented people from being counted in the census, Politico reported Friday. Such a…
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The Guardian view on the government’s coronavirus gamble: winter will come | Editorial
In Aesop’s fable, the ant uses summer to prepare for the bleak months to come, while the grasshopper idles its time away, only to regret it as temperatures plummet. England…
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Coronavirus: keenly awaited dexamethasone trial results confirm life-saving benefits – and risks
The keenly awaited full results from a British trial of the steroid dexamethasone were published on Friday, confirming its life-saving benefits for Covid-19 patients on ventilators but suggesting it may…
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Naomi Campbell, Erykah Badu set trend with hazmat suits for air travel, and Canadian firm snags orders for 50,000
After the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention officially recommended the widespread use of face masks to help slow the spread of Covid-19, the minimalist medical mask quickly got reimagined as…
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Coronavirus live news: Barcelona residents told to stay home after cases rise
The US has suffered another 926 deaths and recorded 72,045 new cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has said. That takes the respective totals to 137,864 and…
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Lyft sparks uproar after opening store to sell masks to its drivers
The ride hailing platform Lyft has opened an online store to sell masks and other protective gear as the Covid-19 pandemic intensifies, enraging drivers and labor organizers who say the…