COVID-19 Updates
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Over 450 Covid-19 cases reported at food factories in England and Wales
More than 450 workers at four food factories across England and Wales have tested positive for coronavirus. Kirklees council confirmed on Thursday that 165 employees of an Asda-owned meat processing…
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Coronavirus UK: are cases rising or falling near you?
The map shows local authorities where the number of cases has increased week-on-week and where it has fallen. Some of this is due to natural fluctuations, especially in areas where…
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Lockdown is teaching us how to take art into the wider community | Elinor Morgan
I still wake up and think about my day ahead at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA); the journey in through the incredible landscape of the Tees Valley, colossal…
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The British government is about to sleepwalk into an unemployment crisis | Larry Elliott
Crunch time for the economy has arrived. Lockdown restrictions are being relaxed across the UK, with England easing the quickest. From 4 July, hotels in Cornwall will be open and…
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Coronavirus resurging in Europe as restrictions ease, World Health Organisation says
Europe has seen a surge of Covid-19 cases since countries began easing restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the potentially fatal virus, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday.“Last…
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Cambodia tourism chiefs call for end to Covid-19 healthcare and funeral deposit
Tourism chiefs in Cambodia say they hope officials will drop a $3,000 (£2,400) coronavirus deposit scheme under which travellers have to make a downpayment for potential medical costs – including…
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Center Parcs to reopen on 13 July in UK and Ireland but pools stay closed
Center Parcs is to reopen its UK and Irish holiday “villages” on 13 July – but its pools and spas will stay closed. The company, which shut its five UK…
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Tencent snaps up assets of Malaysian streaming video service iflix in expansion drive
Tencent Holdings has agreed to acquire a range of assets from Southeast Asian streaming video provider iflix, as the Chinese gaming and social media giant steps up efforts to build…
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Coronavirus: Wuhan’s women health workers battled depression and fear at height of outbreak, study shows
As the coronavirus pandemic reached its peak in China, one in 10 medical workers considered quitting the profession, while one in five said their friends and family avoided them out…
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Sweden’s anti-lockdown coronavirus expert says he’s ‘willing to reconsider’ face masks
The scientist behind Sweden’s controversial Covid-19 strategy said he is willing to reconsider using face masks, after previously advising against them.Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s state epidemiologist and the architect of its…