COVID-19 Updates
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No 10 faces ridicule after tweeting incorrect lockdown rules
No 10 has courted mockery after tweeting the wrong lockdown rules hours after an easing of restrictions in England. The official Downing Street Twitter account, which is verified and tweets…
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UK ponders joining EU’s coronavirus vaccine scheme
The UK is assessing whether to join an EU programme to help secure a potential coronavirus vaccine in what could mark a bellwether for post-Brexit cooperation. In what the Daily…
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Campaigners say NHS deserves better as health service marks 72nd anniversary
Dozens of landmarks across the UK will be illuminated in blue light on Saturday to mark the NHS’s 72nd anniversary, bur campaigners have said those who work in the health…
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Melbourne’s ‘hard lockdown’ orders residents of nine public housing towers to stay home as coronavirus cases surge
Three thousand people living in nine public housing towers in Melbourne have been placed under the harshest lockdown rules of the coronavirus pandemic in Australia so far and banned from…
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Pregnant and fighting Covid-19 – Netflix docu-series focuses on doctor in pandemic hotspot New York
Early in a special episode of Netflix’s medical documentary series Lenox Hill, Dr Mirtha Macri is beginning yet another shift in the emergency department at Lenox Health, a division of…
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Coronavirus: Philippine commuters cheer as affordable jeepneys restart transport services
Thousands of jeepneys, flamboyantly decorated jeeps that serve as cheap public transport across the Philippines, are back on the streets of Manila, bringing relief to companies and commuters who have…
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Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jnr’s girlfriend, tests positive for coronavirus
The girlfriend of President Donald Trump’s eldest son has tested positive for coronavirus, US media reported on Friday.Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News TV personality who is dating Donald Trump…
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England eases lockdown: how pubs, hairdressers and restaurants will work
Saturday marks the biggest easing of lockdown rules in England since the government announced businesses could start reopening. The social distancing guidance has been cut to 1-metre-plus, and people can…
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Considerations for Traveling Amusement Parks and Carnivals
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Pandemic leaves Hong Kong women stressed by caregiving, household chores and husbands who say ‘that’s your job, not mine’
Housewife Amy Leung, 38, has found herself overwhelmed during the Covid-19 pandemic, taking care of two young children, cooking, cleaning and disinfecting.Her husband, a civil servant in his 40s, has…