COVID-19 Updates
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‘We’ve been forced into debt’ – jobless life in the UK under lockdown
UK unemployment is expected to climb over the next few months from one of the lowest in the developed world, at 3.9%, to a much higher level. The Bank of…
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Essential to get balance right in easing of virus restrictions
Hong Kong’s record in handling the Covid-19 pandemic justifies the further easing of social-distancing restrictions. The government’s decision on Tuesday enables much-needed further opening up of economic activity to lessen…
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‘Pure distraction’: Keir Starmer dismisses Boris Johnson’s DfID and FCO merger – video
The Labour leader has dismissed the merger of the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development as ‘pure distraction’ after Boris Johnson announced he would create a ‘new Whitehall…
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Coronavirus: Dexamethasone can help save lives of very ill patients, British trial into low-cost drug finds
A low-cost and widely available drug has been found to reduce the death rate by one-third among most severe Covid-19 patients, according to trial data published on Tuesday.Dexamethasone, a generic…
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Isle of Wight patient sent home on first day of Covid-19 lockdown almost died
A patient almost died after being misdiagnosed and sent home from hospital on the first day of the lockdown as the NHS curtailed many normal services to focus on Covid-19.…
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Pence falsely claims Oklahoma has ‘flattened the curve’ ahead of Trump rally
In Tulsa on Saturday, Donald Trump will hold his first campaign rally since March, a showpiece event as the administration seeks to reopen an economy battered by the coronavirus outbreak,…
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Germany appeals to nation to download coronavirus app
The German government has appealed to its citizens to download a newly available coronavirus warning app as it launched what it insisted was its most sophisticated tool yet for tackling…
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Coronavirus: Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne says China is spreading ‘disinformation’
Australia’s top diplomat has hit out at China for spreading “disinformation” about the coronavirus pandemic and the risk of racist attacks against tourists and students in the country, amid escalating…
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China’s economic recovery from coronavirus in doubt as Beijing outbreak forces businesses to ‘wait and see’
Small business owners in Beijing who were beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel are now taking a “wait and see” approach after the new coronavirus…
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Charities for deaf people call for more see-through face masks
See-through face masks should be made widely available, leading deaf charities have said, warning that the growing use of face coverings is causing communication difficulties among the 12 million people…