COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus UK map: the latest deaths and confirmed Covid-19 cases
Please note: these are government figures on numbers of confirmed cases – some people who report symptoms are not being tested, and are not included in these counts. cases per…
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Young Americans having less sex than ever, study finds
In 1975, David Bowie famously sang of a girl who wanted “the young American/ All night”. Nearly 50 years later, however, a lot of young Americans are having less sex…
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Fauci says US might not see ‘second wave’ of Covid-19 cases
Leading US public health expert and White House coronavirus taskforce member Dr Anthony Fauci has said the US may not see a “second wave” of cases of Covid-19. According to…
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Global report: New Beijing cases spark second wave fear as India and Brazil struggle with first
A cluster of dozens of new coronavirus cases in Beijing has prompted authorities to lock down parts of the city again after nearly two months without any new local infections.…
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Australian, Chinese nationals arrested at Nepal coronavirus protest
Nepali police arrested 10 protesters including foreign nationals from Australia, the United States and China on Saturday as hundreds staged a demonstration in Kathmandu against the government’s handling of the…
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Beijing reimposes lockdown measures after new Covid-19 outbreak
Parts of Beijing have reimposed lockdown measures after a cluster of locally transmitted coronavirus cases emerged nearly two months after the Chinese capital appeared to have stamped out the virus.…
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Chinese inmates in Philippines fear the worst as coronavirus deaths rise
Chinese inmates in the Philippines’ most notorious jail are fearing for their lives after some prisoners in the overcrowded facility were suspected to have died of the coronavirus, a source…
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Coronavirus: tests for travellers wanting to cross border must be cheap or people will stay home, warn tourism industry leaders
Coronavirus tests required under a planned cross-border health scheme are so expensive they will deter travellers from making the journey, Hong Kong tourism practitioners say.As the pandemic eases in China,…
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Why is Spain’s coronavirus death toll stuck at 27,136?
For days now, Spain’s daily coronavirus death toll has been on hold, generating widespread uncertainty about the real state of the epidemic that has claimed more than 27,000 lives.The health…
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Doctors warn that thousands could die of bowel cancer after halt in screening
A dramatic rise in bowel cancer cases is set to sweep Britain in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, doctors and scientists have warned. They said they feared that the…