COVID-19 Updates
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‘A new normal’: how coronavirus will transform transport in Britain’s cities
Amid the confusion that followed Boris Johnson’s televised announcement easing the lockdown, Will Norman was clear about one thing – the way people move around cities would never be the…
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UK coronavirus live: self-isolate if you lose your sense of smell, new advice from chief medical officers says
Shakespeare’s Globe theatre is facing insolvency and the risk of closure because of the coronavirus pandemic. The digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) committee has called for more financial support…
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Markets lifted by Covid-19 vaccine hopes and Fed’s stimulus pledge – business live
Here are the key points from Moderna’s announcement, of “Positive Interim Phase 1 Data for its mRNA Vaccine (mRNA-1273)” (which is online here). After two doses all participants evaluated to…
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Coronavirus live news: Italy begins reopening bars and cafes as Spain also eases restrictions
Hungary and Slovenia have agreed on a road map towards a gradual reopening of their border by 1 June, the Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto wrote on his Facebook page…
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Coronavirus US live: Trump attacks Obama and the media as death toll nears 90,000
The World Health Organization is holding its first global assembly since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. For the Guardian, Lily Kuo reports from Beijing: Beijing is expected to face…
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Guidelines agreed to get the television cameras rolling again
Television stars will have to do their own makeup, and cast and crew may have to bring their own cups and plates to sets, in new coronavirus safety rules agreed…
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French minister tells of risks of missing school as more pupils return
France’s education minister has told parents it was more of a risk keeping their children at home than sending them to school now the strict lockdown has ended. Jean-Michel Blanquer…
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Which European countries are easing travel restrictions?
The UK Foreign Office (FCO) is currently advising against all but essential international travel for an indefinite period. However, countries across Europe have begun to ease lockdown measures and border…
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Students at NSW public schools will return to classrooms full-time from next Monday – as it happened
That’s where we are going to leave the live blog for this evening. If you need to catch up on the biggest news of the day you can read the…
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US lockdown protests may have spread virus widely, cellphone data suggests
Cellphone location data suggests that demonstrators at anti-lockdown protests – some of which have been connected with Covid-19 cases – are often traveling hundreds of miles to events, returning to…