COVID-19 Updates
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Border dwellers grapple with English and Welsh lockdown rules
The discrepancies in lockdown rules between the UK’s four jurisdictions, from schools to exercise and social gatherings, has left those living in border areas of England and Wales grappling with…
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Prison release schemes close to impossible to deliver, says watchdog
Prisoners in England and Wales have been left confused by high-profile government announcements which led them to believe thousands of inmates would be temporarily released to mitigate the spread of the…
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Experts decry easing of coronavirus lockdown for England’s shielders
The government’s surprise announcement that more than 2 million of the most vulnerable people will be allowed outside from Monday lacks any scientific rationale and amounts to a public relations…
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Thailand passes record US$60 billion stimulus package to combat coronavirus impact
Thailand’s parliament on Sunday approved a nearly US$60 billion stimulus package, the country’s biggest-ever cash injection, to revive an economy that has been hammered by the coronavirus.The 1.9 trillion baht…
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Labour’s Rosie Duffield ‘right to resign’, says shadow chancellor
Labour’s shadow chancellor, Anneliese Dodds, has said her colleague Rosie Duffield had been “absolutely right” to resign from the party’s front bench for breaching lockdown rules, saying it was vital…
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Indonesian 100-year-old becomes country’s oldest coronavirus survivor
A 100-year-old Indonesian woman has recovered from coronavirus, making her the country’s oldest survivor of the deadly respiratory illness.Kamtim, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, was discharged from…
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Donald Trump’s ‘G11’ plan heightens speculation over efforts to build new anti-China alliance
US President Donald Trump plans to invite Australia, India, South Korea and Russia to join an upcoming Group of Seven meeting, in a move that has stoked speculation that he…
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Coronavirus: Philippines capital emerges from lockdown into economic uncertainty, fears of second wave of infection
After 76 days of a coronavirus quarantine that shut down the Philippines’ economic heart and kept millions under virtual house arrest, Metro Manila will spring abruptly back to life on…
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Dominic Raab: I had no idea Cummings was self-isolating in Durham
Dominic Raab has said he had no idea Dominic Cummings was self-isolating with coronavirus outside London, even though this coincided with Raab being the stand-in prime minister during Boris Johnson’s…