COVID-19 Updates
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Plus500 slips 8% as betters win on Covid-19 market volatility
Punters betting on volatile financial markets during the Covid-19 crisis have won more than half of the revenues earned by the online trading platform Plus500, sending the company’s shares down…
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‘We feel like prisoners’: the Moroccans stuck in Spanish enclaves during lockdown
On 14 March, Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, ordered the country into Covid-19 lockdown, saying “extraordinary decisions” needed to be taken as the country struggled with a “health, social and economic crisis”.…
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Half of Singapore’s coronavirus cases show no symptoms, joint head of task force says
At least half of Singapore’s coronavirus cases show no symptoms, the co-head of the government’s virus task force said on Monday, reinforcing the city state’s decision to ease lockdown restrictions…
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Pub gardens in England could reopen from 22 June – reports
Opening beer gardens before the end of the month would give struggling pubs a psychological boost but most would still lose money, JD Wetherspoon’s founder, Tim Martin, has said. The…
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‘Adapt and overcome’: class of 2020 inherits worst labor market since the Great Depression
Monique Guerra will graduate from the University of California, Riverside, this week with a double major in education and Spanish. But, like so many other students in their final year of study,…
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Only two-thirds of UK bathing waters rated excellent in EU survey
Swimmers itching to take advantage of the easing of lockdown to have their first sea bathes or wild swims of the summer should pick their spot wisely: only two-thirds of…
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Bleach baths and drinking hand sanitiser: poison centre cases rise under Covid-19
The official US advice has been to disinfect high-touch surfaces to minimise the spread of Covid-19. Taking that advice to the extreme, Lisa filled a sink with a mixture of…
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What are the UK’s new quarantine rules?
The UK’s new quarantine rules have come into effect from today. What are the new restrictions on international arrivals and how will they be enforced? How will arrivals be tracked?…
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Filming for Avatar sequel begins as New Zealand last coronavirus case recovers
New Zealand has no active coronavirus cases in the country for the first time since February 28, the health ministry said on Monday.The last person who was being monitored for…
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Hong Kong pupils continue return to school despite concerns over coronavirus outbreak
More than 250,000 Hong Kong children returned to school on Monday morning after a four-month suspension caused by the coronavirus, despite concerns over a recent infection cluster linked to a…