COVID-19 Updates
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US uses coronavirus to challenge Chinese Communist party’s grip on power
The escalating row between Washington and Beijing over blame for the coronavirus pandemic is fast becoming a battle over the Chinese Communist party’s legitimacy, raising the stakes in an already…
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Coronavirus live news: Japan extends state of emergency as global cases top 3.5m
The UK is co-hosting an international conference today to drive forward the global race for coronavirus vaccines, treatments and tests. The virtual Coronavirus Global Response International Pledging Conference, is also…
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UK coronavirus live: Two-metre rule could be relaxed as lockdown eased, minister suggests
Hello everyone. I am helping Andrew today on the live blog. As ever, your input is really valuable. Please do share with me any comments, thoughts, and news tips. Thanks…
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Coronavirus plan for returning to work puts employees at risk, says TUC
Britain’s trade union body has warned the government’s draft guidelines for getting employees back to work during the coronavirus crisis will put people’s health at risk and cannot be supported…
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Tenants accuse workspace provider of ‘unethical profiteering’
Carl and Kerry Humphreys were looking forward to celebrating the second anniversary of the opening of their sandwich shop and catering business when the coronavirus crisis hit and trade dried…
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Norwegian Air shareholders back £770m rescue plan
The embattled carrier Norwegian Air will push ahead with its rescue plan and unlock government aid after winning support from shareholders, bondholders and aircraft lessors for a 10bn kroner (£770m)…
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Amlo’s coronavirus briefings rival Trump’s: ‘a spectacle without any value’
In the course of a two-and-a-half-hour press briefing, the president claimed the country had “flattened” its coronavirus curve (despite official figures showing a relentless rise in cases), he spent several…
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Hong Kong dragged deeper into recession by Covid-19 pandemic – business live
Norwegian Air’s future is looking more secure this morning after investors backed an emergency rescue package. My colleague Julia Kollewe explains: The embattled carrier Norwegian Air will push ahead with…
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India’s Covid-19 app fuels worries over authoritarianism and surveillance
Narendra Modi’s request was simple: to help combat the spread of coronavirus, people should download an Indian government-built smartphone app that helps identify their risk of catching and spreading the…
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‘We’re ready if we are needed’: East London Mosque opens Covid-19 morgue
The final few snagging jobs were still in progress at the end of a lightning conversion of railway arches into an emergency morgue as the first bodies arrived. A smell…