COVID-19 Updates
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US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and family get Covid-19 despite safeguards
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy announced on Friday that he and his young family have Covid-19 despite their best efforts to avoid infection by getting vaccinated and taking other precautions.Writing…
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Las Vegas clerk killed self after shooting customer with no mask, police say
Customer survived gunshot wound to shoulder in incident three days before end of Nevada Covid mask mandate A convenience store clerk who killed himself minutes after shooting a customer who…
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Ending all Covid restrictions ‘premature and not based on evidence’, says BMA
Council chair says decision not guided by data or made in consultation with health profession Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ending all Covid restrictions is premature…
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No 10 staff facing police over Partygate can see notes on their evidence
Staff allowed ‘limited access’ before Sue Gray inquiry evidence passed to police Downing Street staff being questioned by police about alleged lockdown breaches will be allowed to view notes on…
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Covid infection increases risk of mental health disorders, study finds
Researchers note need to follow patients after recovery for any emerging disorders Having Covid-19 puts people at a significantly increased chance of developing new mental health conditions, potentially adding to…
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Pret a Manger in cash call on shareholders as finances under pressure
Trade in the coffee chain’s stores, however, is back up to 93% of pre-pandemic levels Pret a Manger’s owners have warned of doubts over its ability to continue as a…
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Coronavirus: China bans unauthorised lockdowns to support ‘in difficulty’ services sector
Local governments in China have been banned from imposing unauthorised lockdown measures, in the latest attempt to fine-tune the country’s coronavirus policies and offer a boost to the “in difficulty”…
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The 3 most likely scenarios of how the pandemic in Hong Kong ends
There is little doubt that Hong Kong’s implementation of the “dynamic zero-Covid” strategy – accepting that infections will happen but moving quickly and mobilising all the resources at the state’s…
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HKMA instructs Hong Kong’s 165 banks to allow only vaccinated staff in branches and offices, stepping up government’s vaccine pass policy
Hong Kong’s monetary authority has instructed the city’s banks to allow only vaccinated employees to enter their branches and offices, as it enforces the government’s vaccine pass policy amid a…
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Coronavirus: lawyers voice concern after Hong Kong prison service stops visits, court trips for all inmates to conduct Covid-19 testing
Lawyers have expressed concern over disrupted schedules and an inability to take instructions from clients after all of Hong Kong’s 23 prisons and correctional institutions were placed under lockdown to…