COVID-19 Updates
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Why Philippines’ online gaming industry may not survive coronavirus
With the twin global gaming centres of Macau and Las Vegas bleeding millions of dollars daily as casinos stand empty, the much smaller online gaming industry in the Philippines was…
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Brazil coronavirus cases reach 2 million, doubling in less than a month
Brazil on Thursday passed the 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases mark, with little sign that the rate of increase is slowing as anger grows over President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of…
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Protests in Michigan after student jailed for not doing homework during coronavirus pandemic
Hundreds of Detroit-area students turned out in protest outside their high school on Thursday calling for the release of a classmate who is in juvenile detention after not completing schoolwork…
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Pelosi tells Trump he’s ‘gone down wrong path’ on Covid-19 as Republicans reportedly shrink convention – live
More from the Guardian’s Sam Levine on the supreme court’s ruling: In late May, US district Judge Robert Hinkle struck down the Florida law that required those with felony convictions…
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Coronavirus live news: Spain reports steepest rise in cases in months; Covid-19 caused 89% of Italy pandemic deaths
Iraq will reopen its airports for scheduled international traffic on July 23, the Higher Committee for Health and Public Safety said on Thursday, after suspending regular commercial flights in March…
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UK coronavirus live: Leicester’s mayor ‘angry and frustrated’ as city kept in partial lockdown
Here’s a roundup of today’s key UK coronavirus developments: Some local lockdown measures in Leicester have been lifted by the health secretary. Matt Hancock said that while coronavirus cases per…
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I applied to foster a dog, but a month into lockdown the entire nation had the same idea | Brigid Delaney
One dream dies, but in the empty space another has room to flourish. When the borders closed in March and I realised I would no longer be working as a…
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Most Covid-19 patients admitted to a Sydney hospital in March still have symptoms
The majority of patients admitted to an acute care hospital in Sydney with Covid-19 in March and April are still experiencing symptoms more than three months after being discharged. The…
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UK government orders halt to Randox Covid-19 tests over safety issues
The UK government has instructed care homes and members of the public to immediately stop using coronavirus testing kits produced by a healthcare firm after safety problems were discovered. Randox…