COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: Met promises to act on illegal parties that flout regulations
The Metropolitan police commissioner has promised to break up events in London that flout coronavirus regulations after disorder on three consecutive nights when officers attempted to disperse illegal gatherings. Police…
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Coronavirus live news: Egypt loosens lockdown despite surging infections as India passes 500,000 cases
I’m going to be heading off soon, but before I go, here’s a summary of key developments in the global pandemic over the past few hours. Thank you all for…
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US reopening plans reverse quickly amid alarming increase in coronavirus cases
As America’s reopening plans went into a dramatic reverse or stalled across the US in the face of a resurgent virus, Miami became the latest authority to act by announcing…
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Why the home-working boom could tumble London’s skyscrapers
As England prepares to return to pubs, restaurants and cinemas next week, vast numbers of offices around the country will remain empty. And some companies are happy for it to…
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‘We opened too quickly’: Texas becomes a model for inadequate Covid-19 response
When Donald Trump welcomed Texas governor Greg Abbott to the White House in May, the US president hailed his fellow Republican as “one of the great governors” and lauded the…
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Toxic mix of violence and virus sweeps poorest countries, warns war reporter
This summer will usher in some of the worst catastrophes the world has ever seen if the pandemic is allowed to spread rapidly across countries already convulsed by growing violence,…
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Covid-19 survivors could lose health insurance if Trump wins bid to repeal Obamacare
Millions of Americans who have survived Covid-19 or face future infections could lose their insurance or be barred from getting coverage should the Trump administration successfully repeal Obamacare. The Trump…
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Coronavirus: Germans roast billionaire ‘sausage king’ as anger mounts over abattoir cluster
Clemens Toennies, known to Germans as a brash billionaire, is turning into a public villain after one of his meat-processing plants triggered the country’s biggest single coronavirus outbreak.Prosecutors and politicians…
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I knew becoming a doctor would be testing, but nothing prepared me for this | Gisele Spencer
It’s almost a year since I graduated from medical school, excited about starting the next chapter in my life. I knew that being a doctor was going to be a…
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Prioritise pregnant BAME women because of coronavirus risk, NHS England says
Pregnant women from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds should be fast-tracked to hospital because of their increased risk of coronavirus, NHS England has said. Doctors and midwives have been…