COVID-19 Updates
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US lawmakers, top official clash on China’s involvement in coronavirus vaccine development
US lawmakers and a top official leading the White House’s efforts to produce a coronavirus vaccine clashed on Thursday over whether American health authorities should be working with China to…
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WHO says hundreds of millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses could be ready before 2021
The World Health Organisation said Thursday that a few hundred million Covid-19 vaccine doses could be produced by the end of the year – and be targeted at those most…
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UK coronavirus live: government confirms its contact-tracing app will be ditched
Arlene Foster, the first minister of Northern Ireland, has announced that the social distancing measure will be reduced from two metres to one in Northern Ireland’s schools when they reopen…
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Coronavirus live news: New York set to ease lockdown further as outdoor restaurants reopen
Johnson & Johnson is in talks with multiple governments and global organisations as it seeks to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, it said on Thursday, after Reuters reported that the US…
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UK poised to abandon coronavirus app in favour of Apple and Google model
The UK is poised to announce it has abandoned its attempt to build a centralised coronavirus contact-tracing app and will instead switch to the model preferred by the technology firms…
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Bank of England continues on money-printing path it set out on in 2009
The Bank of England’s decision to increase quantitative easing by £100bn at its June meeting to support the economy through the coronavirus crisis follows a well-trodden path. Ever since the…
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UK society regressing back to 1950s for many women, warn experts
The coronavirus pandemic is threatening to derail women’s careers and take UK society back to a 1950s style of living, experts have warned, as research showed the proportion of mothers…
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Health experts criticise UK’s failure to track recovered Covid-19 cases
The UK’s failure to report how many people have recovered from Covid-19 has been criticised by public health experts, who say a huge proportion of cases have remained “invisible” to…
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AllSaints asks landlords for rent cut to avoid going bust
AllSaints is asking its landlords to slash the rent bill on its 41 UK stores as the upmarket fashion brand tries to avoid going into administration. The retailer has embarked…
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Coronavirus: China bans imported pork from German meat plant after more than 650 infected in outbreak
China on Thursday banned imported pork from a German company after its workers became infected by coronavirus, adding to uncertainty over fresh food shipments to the country amid a new…