COVID-19 Updates
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Covid-19 in China: tour guides turn to ‘cloud tourism’ as Omicron empties scenic spots
Even as local governments offer live-streaming training and support for alternative work, guides are left longing for real tourists to show around. Read the original article at South China Morning…
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Complaints over Covid disruption rose in 2021, student watchdog says
Office of Independent Ajudicator received more than 1,000 complaints in England and Wales related to pandemic measures University students’ complaints about the Covid pandemic disrupting their studies led to more…
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Lessons for Hong Kong and the US in new study on child mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic
A recently published examines how socioeconomic factors and vaccination roll-out have affected children’s mental health during the pandemic. It reveals an urgent need to remove barriers to food security, mental…
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Coronavirus: Beijing outbreak ramps up pressure on China’s economic momentum
Beijing’s rush to contain an outbreak in the capital with mass testing and tough restrictions is putting further strain on China’s economic growth momentum, with the city largely quiet over…
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Hopes rise for Covid vaccine patent waiver after key countries agree on proposal
The proposal, if passed by the full council, could allow other countries to make vaccines without paying pharmaceutical companies The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) most powerful members said on Tuesday…
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Civil servants called UK Covid testing scheme ‘unlegit’, court hears
Details of emails released in Good Law Project challenge to awarding of contracts to Abingdon Health for antibody tests Civil servants described the government’s Covid testing programme as “unlegit” and…
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Partygate means all Covid fines should be overturned, lawyer argues
Call for penalties to be scrapped in light of Boris Johnson’s defence of breaches, as 23 already struck down See all our coronavirus coverage Covid fines should be overturned en…
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Q&A: key questions facing Keir Starmer over office beer during lockdown
Labour leader continues to be asked about claims he broke Covid rules, but legal and police consensus is he did not Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…
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Pfizer accused of Covid profiteering as first-quarter sales hit $26bn
Pharma firm criticised over pricing and for keeping monopoly control over vaccine and new Paxlovid pill See all our coronavirus coverage Pfizer has made nearly $26bn (£21bn) in revenues in…
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Covid hospitalisation may affect thinking similar to 20 years of ageing
Some people experience lingering cognitive decline, with degree of impairment linked to illness severity People who have been hospitalised with Covid may be left with difficulties in thinking comparable in…