COVID-19 Updates
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No Americans, please: US citizens likely to be left out as Europe reopens borders
Americans are unlikely to be allowed into more than 30 European countries for business or tourism when the continent begins next week to open its borders to the world, because…
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Coronavirus lockdown eased: what you can and can’t do from 4 July
The government has announced an easing of lockdown rules in England from 4 July. Hospitality and leisure businesses will be allowed to reopen, and there will be more freedom to…
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Michael Rosen home from intensive care after coronavirus
Michael Rosen has finally made it back home after going into intensive care with Covid-19 at the end of March. The award-winning and popular poet and children’s author began charting…
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Policing of European Covid-19 lockdowns shows racial bias – report
The “disinfecting” of Roma communities by low-flying planes and the high number of fines handed to minority groups has been cited in a report as evidence of the racial bias…
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How will the world’s poorest people get a coronavirus vaccine? | Achal Prabhala and Kate Elder
Vaccines for Covid-19 are coming. Billions of dollars are flowing in, over 100 efforts are under way, and at least 13 leading candidates are already being tested on humans. But…
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English shoppers return – but economy faces long road to recovery
Gradual decline in Covid-19 cases The number of new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the UK has fallen to the lowest level since lockdown began, with the daily number dropping…
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The window to prevent mass unemployment is rapidly closing | Anneliese Dodds
Today is the day that many businesses on our high streets have dreaded – the due date for the next quarterly rent. This is felt most acutely by those businesses…
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Coronavirus stoking rising racism against Chinese-Canadians, survey finds
A survey in Canada has confirmed reports that racism against people of Chinese ethnicity has been on the rise in the North American country since it reported its first cases…
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Sweden’s Covid-19 expert calls global lockdowns ‘madness’, even as country registers one of highest death rates
The man behind Sweden’s controversial Covid-19 strategy has characterised lockdowns imposed across much of the globe as a form of “madness” that flies in the face of what is known…
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China’s coronavirus-hit Canton Fair closes first virtual edition to mixed reviews
Buyers left the first virtual Canton Fair with mixed feelings, after the renowned trade event was forced online due to the coronavirus pandemic.The online China Import and Export Fair closed…