COVID-19 Updates
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US says it won’t use Russian ventilators sent to it by Moscow after deadly hospital fire kills 5
A view of St George’s Municipal Hospital after a fire, five patients dead on ventilator support in the intensive care unit. The hospital was one of the first in St…
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Australia is ‘winning’ against coronavirus, finance minister says as country eases restrictions
Swimmers return to Bondi beach on April 28, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Brook Mitchell | Getty Images As authorities globally look to ease restrictions intended to contain the coronavirus and reopen…
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Travel firm Tui to cut up to 8,000 jobs amid ‘greatest crisis’ in tourism history
A Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ plane with the logo of tourism giant TUI at Hanover airport in Langenhagen, central Germany. JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE | AFP | Getty Images Tui will cut up…
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Europe has new state aid rules — this is how they differ from the 2008 banking crisis
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – MARCH 13: Executive Vice President of the European Commission for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age and European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager. Anadolu Agency There…
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‘Finally, a virus got me’: Ebola expert on nearly dying of coronavirus
Peter Piot, the scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus, and the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has told of his brush with death after…
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JPMorgan is ‘underweight’ on financial stocks in emerging markets. Here’s why
Emmanuel Dunand | AFP | Getty Images The outlook for banks is bleak and the financial industry will have a difficult time growing its business due to the coronavirus pandemic,…
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Naomi Klein: How big tech plans to profit from the pandemic
For a few fleeting moments during the New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s daily coronavirus briefing on Wednesday 6 May, the sombre grimace that has filled our screens for weeks was…
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Covid-19: do we need more than one vaccine? Podcast
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Symptoms of Coronavirus
When to Seek Emergency Medical Attention Look for emergency warning signs* for COVID-19. If someone is showing any of these signs, seek emergency medical care immediately Trouble breathing Persistent pain or…
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Interim Guidance on Unsheltered Homelessness and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) for Homeless Service Providers and Local Officials
People experiencing unsheltered homelessness (those sleeping outside or in places not meant for human habitation) may be at risk for infection when there is community spread of COVID-19. This interim…