COVID-19 Updates
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EasyJet to resume flights across most European routes by August
EasyJet has announced plans to restart flights across the majority of its routes this summer, with holiday flights from all its UK airports in July and August. The airline said…
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How will the UK’s new 14-day coronavirus quarantine work?
What’s happening from Monday? All international arrivals into the UK, including returning British residents, will be required to self-isolate for 14 days. They will be required to fill in a contact…
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Statistics watchdog: ministers still misleading public on coronavirus tests
The head of the UK Statistics Authority has accused the government of continuing to mislead the public over the numbers of tests carried out for Covid-19. “The aim seems to be…
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Wuhan wraps up coronavirus tests on 10 million people
Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the pandemic coronavirus was first detected, has finished screening the city’s population for the pathogen, provincial authorities said on Tuesday.Health workers screened about 10…
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Fifth doctor from Wuhan hospital dies from Covid-19 after long battle
A fifth doctor from Wuhan Central Hospital, where late Covid-19 whistle-blower doctor Li Wenliang worked, has died from the disease.Hu Weifeng, a 42-year-old urologist, died on Tuesday morning after contracting…
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A radiology technologist about to marry his longtime love, a nurse who doubled as a minister: US healthcare workers who died from Covid-19
KHN logo Lost on the frontline is a collaboration between the Guardian and Kaiser Health News that aims to document the lives of healthcare workers in the US who die…
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China’s coronavirus stimulus is geared towards economic survival, but no more
The press conference that follows the closing session of the National People’s Congress every year is show time for the Chinese premier. Unlike his predecessor, Wen Jiabao, who had a…
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Coronavirus: South Korea grapples with new infection clusters a month after easing social distancing rules
South Korea is braced for a fresh wave of infections centred on the capital Seoul almost a month after coronavirus restrictions were eased, as health officials grapple with newly emerging…
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What to expect when the coronavirus-hit world starts flying again
Flying will not be the same when more planes take to the air: passengers will be required to wear masks, moving around the cabin will be discouraged, and don’t expect…
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Locked down afloat: why dozens of cruise ships ended up stranded in Manila Bay
From the balcony of her cabin, Sofia Ivanov* welcomes the light rain that cools the scorching Manila summer. As coronavirus empties the world’s cruise lines of guests, crew workers like her…