COVID-19 Updates
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Johnson leadership doubts resurface amid report of fresh Partygate fine at event he attended
No 10 denies PM fined again as source says at least one new fine issued for 20 May party and Tory MPs reconsider his survivability Boris Johnson is facing deepening…
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Digested week: practice doesn’t make perfect for Boris Johnson apology | John Crace
PM still did not sound entirely sincere over Partygate – and later proved repentance was skin deep With impeccable timing I managed to get Covid just a few weeks after…
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Matt Hancock to publish tell-all book on government’s handling of pandemic
The former health secretary will look back at how he and his fellow ministers handled the coronavirus outbreak Matt Hancock’s “inside story of the pandemic” will be published later this…
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Seven in 10 people in England have had Covid, research shows
ONS study reveals only one in three people had been infected until emergence of Omnicron variant See all our coronavirus coverage More than seven in 10 people in England have…
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Making up for lost time: UK goes ‘out out’ after two-year break
Optimism among club owners returns as under-25s hit the streets and bars of London On any given Friday, Saturday or Sunday night, it’s likely Aly Meghani will be relishing in…
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Labour toasts its success in Boris Johnson’s Partygate humiliation
Keir Starmer’s team in ebullient mood as focused tactics contrast with PM’s ebbing authority The contrast was marked. Shortly after the Commons agreed a third Partygate inquiry, the few visible…
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Covid-19 disrupts TB detection but new pandemic tools may aid China in tuberculosis fight
Lessons learned since 2020 mean China can now collect thousands, even millions, of samples, rapidly test and contact trace, says Gates Foundation TB expert. Read the original article at South…
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UK cost of living crisis dents retail sales and service sector
Worried consumers rein in March spending as private sector growth slows Business live updates: retail sales fall amid cost of living crisis Soaring supermarket prices shoppers find hard to swallow…
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Shanghai further tightens Covid restrictions after weeks of strict lockdown
China vows to eradicate virus, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, amid frustration among residents See all our coronavirus coverage Authorities in Shanghai have further tightened restrictions on the movement of residents in…