COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus live: ‘no return to normal for foreseeable future,’ says WHO; Latin America deaths pass US and Canada
Ahead of a special EU summit to discuss plans for a pandemic recovery fund, Angela Merkel said on Monday that it was not clear that leaders would be able to…
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Guardian essential poll: government approval takes a knock as anxiety over coronavirus rises
Australians are increasingly anxious about the threat of the coronavirus, and public approval of the way Scott Morrison and Daniel Andrews have handled the pandemic slipped during the onset of…
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Google detecting 18m malware and phishing messages per day related to Covid-19
The Covid-19 crisis has led to a significant increase in phishing attacks and scams as “bad actors” look to either frighten or motivate unsuspecting recipients of fake material, according to…
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Does a man without a mask look tough? No, just vulnerable – and lethal | Suzanne Moore
Barefaced masculinity stares at us everywhere we go. Its boastful machismo says that it’s inviolable. “Real men” don’t wear masks even when they are told to. On a train in…
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Boris Johnson: shoppers should wear masks to protect others – video
Boris Johnson has urged the public in England to wear masks in shops as ‘extra insurance’ against coronavirus, and hinted the government could make them mandatory. ‘I think In shops it…
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UK coronavirus live: England and Wales ministers criticised for lack of action on face masks
Businesses in Barnard Castle have seen a rise in visitors after Dominic Cummings’ infamous trip to the market town. David Harper, a TV antiques expert who has a shop in…
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Coronavirus: no return to normal ‘for the foreseeable future’, says WHO – video
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, has criticised the leaders of countries where ‘mixed messages’ have led to a breakdown in trust over measures to…
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Halfords to close up to 60 sites despite rise in bike sales in lockdown
Halfords has confirmed plans to close up to 60 stores and garages by April, as it accelerates its plans to withdraw from one in 10 of its sites. The cycle…
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Betsy DeVos insists all US children should be in school this fall
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) prepared to release new details on its guidance for reopening US schools, the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, reiterated the administration’s push…
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Markets strengthen amid economic recovery hopes – as it happened
And finally, a late flurry of action has driven the FTSE 100 up to its highest closing level in nearly a week. The index has closed up 80 points, or…