COVID-19 Updates
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UK coronavirus news: official death toll rises by 36 in lowest increase since lockdown began
Senior scientists have reported flaws in an influential World Health Organization study into the risks of coronavirus infection and say it should not be used as evidence for relaxing the…
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Scientists report flaws in WHO study on two-metre distancing
Senior scientists have reported flaws in an influential World Health Organization study into the risks of coronavirus infection and say it should not be used as evidence for relaxing the…
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Racism contributed to disproportionate UK BAME coronavirus deaths, inquiry finds
Racism and discrimination suffered by Britain’s black, Asian and minority ethnic people has contributed to the high death rates from Covid-19 in those communities, an official inquiry has found. The…
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China Eastern to launch new airline in Hainan with partners including Trip.com unit, as plans to make the island a free trade hub promise greater air traffic
China Eastern Airlines and several partners plan to launch a new airline in Hainan, as they eye growing air traffic to China’s southernmost island province amid Beijing’s plan to turn…
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Plague and Spanish flu shaped our world – will the coronavirus pandemic have as big an impact?
In 2008, a young economist named Craig Garthwaite went looking for sick people. He found them in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Conducted annually by the United States Census…
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Balearic islands prepare to welcome 11,000 German tourists
Almost 11,000 German holidaymakers will begin arriving in the Balearic islands from Monday as part of a pilot scheme to help Spain reactivate its tourism sector, following the disruption caused…
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Tokyo reports jump in coronavirus cases, many linked to nightclubs
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Sunday confirmed 47 new coronavirus infections, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said, marking the largest daily figure since May 5.Of the figure, 18 people were traced…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong domestic helpers should be quarantined in government centres on arrival as most families do not want to house them initially, union says
Employment agencies have called for newly hired domestic helpers to be quarantined in government centres on their arrival in Hong Kong, saying most families did not want to house them…
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Rishi Sunak signals two-metre distancing rule could soon be reduced
Rishi Sunak has indicated the government could soon reduce the two-metre physical distancing rule as way to help businesses, with the chancellor saying ministers would “actively review” the measure in…
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The 10-year-old has returned to school and we live for the stories she brings back | Zoe Williams
So the 10-year-old went back to school, railing at the injustice. There are two other school-age individuals in the house, who, according to one news story this week, will not…