COVID-19 Updates
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In pretending that Covid is over, the UK government is playing a dangerous game | Stephen Reicher
Acting like the virus is no longer a risk undermines our trust in public health measures and the scientists proposing them Covid is alive and kicking. About 2.3 million people…
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Sats suggest Covid disruption affecting primary school attainment in England
Just 59% of 10- and 11-year-olds reach expected standards in literacy, writing and maths in this year’s assessment The Covid pandemic and disruption has undone many of the improvements in…
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UK Covid cases are rising – should we wear masks again?
Three experts weigh in on the benefits of reintroducing face coverings in certain settings With Covid infection levels increasing and hospitalisations following suit with the rise of the Omicron sub-variants…
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Coronavirus: Singapore health minister says current Covid-19 wave ‘will not be as severe’ as earlier Omicron outbreak
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung believes this current outbreak has likely peaked, and that the country’s high vaccination rates will impede the circulation and transmission of the virus. Read the…
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JCVI chief calls for mandatory masks in hospitals amid Covid surge
Prof Andrew Pollard says there are ‘extraordinary’ number of infections in England, with 1,000 people being admitted daily It would be “sensible” for hospitals to reintroduce mandatory mask-wearing, the chair…
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More than 150 rescues made as SES shifts efforts north – as it happened
Federal disaster payments available to 23 flood-affected areas; nation records 46 Covid deaths as Brad Hazzard says antivirals should be more accessible and Victoria extends pandemic declaration. This blog is…
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Women behind the lens: a life or death moment on Malawi’s Covid wards
In January 2021, Malawi had its biggest surge in cases. I risked my life to capture the urgency of that time, when people were dying due to the oxygen shortage…
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Global oil and gas prices have been highly volatile – what will happen next? | Kenneth Rogoff
Supply and demand shocks seem likely to keep prices up despite fears of recession in US and Europe Over the past two and a half years, world oil and gas…
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Handle with care: mistakes and near-misses at UK Covid labs
A coronavirus-infected ferret bite is among many mishaps investigated during the pandemic A week before the UK’s first coronavirus lockdown, a lab worker at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in…
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Dangerous incidents at UK laboratories ‘potentially exposed staff to Covid’
Official reports describe leaks of virus-laden fluids, a flood and a researcher bitten by an infected ferret Dangerous incidents at UK laboratories, hospitals and Covid test centres potentially exposed staff…