COVID-19 Updates
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EU seeks to curb investment by state-backed buyers from China and other countries
Europe took aim at China’s subsidised state-owned enterprises, as it proposed on Wednesday to set up new barriers to curb future – and possibly existing – investments by foreign firms…
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RSC ‘may be forced into drastic hibernation without urgent help’
It may be one of Britain’s biggest and best-funded arts organisations but without urgent support the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) faces being forced into “drastic hibernation” because of the pandemic,…
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UK theatre faces ruin amid coronavirus crisis, say top cultural figures
Britain’s world-leading performing arts sector has been brought to its knees and faces ruin without urgent government investment, a powerful alliance of nearly 100 actors, writers, directors and creatives has…
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Private rents in England hit record high during coronavirus lockdown
Private-sector rents in England hit a record high of £700 a month just as the country was heading into coronavirus lockdown, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics…
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How Trump’s missteps undermined the US’s recovery from pandemic
Despite the inertia and dysfunction that plagued the early stages of the US government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, the situation could still have been somewhat rescued if Donald Trump…
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While other countries are recovering, Britain is the patient in intensive care | Trish Greenhalgh and Andrew Sentance
Coronavirus can take many forms. At one extreme, the illness can be mild and fleeting. At the other, and relatively rarely, it can kill. Most commonly, it produces a short…
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‘Enter through the back door’: secret church services in Mexico and Brazil defy Covid-19 rules
The invitations arrive via text message or social media. “They ask you for a kind of password to let you in,” said Jesús Preciado, whose father has attended the secretive…
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Hospitalization Forecasts
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Guidance for Dental Settings
Background In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, in March, 2020, CDC recommended that dental settings should prioritize urgent and emergency visits* and delay elective visits and…