COVID-19 Updates
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Fashion turnaround helps M&S celebrate Christmas in style
Analysis: Marks & Spencer toasts sales boom as easing of Covid rules prompts national wardrobe refresh Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Marks & Spencer may have…
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Chinese hospitals told to suspend operations after deaths linked to strict Covid-19 rules
Two hospitals in Xian involved in recent scandals while under Covid-19 lockdown – resulting in a death and a miscarriage – have been ordered to close temporarily and review their…
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Rees-Mogg’s Douglas Ross attack betrays desperation to change narrative
Analysis: ‘Lightweight’ jibe was attempt to conceal key truth: the party of union is deeply disunited It was a pretty comprehensive put-down from an erstwhile colleague. Douglas Ross, the Scottish…
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Coronavirus killer material developed in 3D printing project by Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University paves way for new lift buttons, door handles
Researchers from a Hong Kong university have developed the world’s first 3D printing material with a surface that can kill the coronavirus within 20 minutes and be used to produce…
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Leading health adviser predicts Hong Kong’s Omicron outbreak could end before Lunar New Year festival in February
Hong Kong could bring an end to the Omicron outbreak in as little as two weeks if local infections remain stable and no cases are untraceable, a top government health…
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Covid news live: Boris Johnson will win next election, says UK minister; teachers in France to strike over rules for schools
Northern Ireland secretary backs UK PM amid calls for him to quit over lockdown parties; up to 75% of French teachers plan to walk off the job today Boris Johnson’s…
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Australia news live update: no decision on Novak Djokovic visa, PM says; more than 145,000 Covid cases and 53 deaths recorded nationally
Scott Morrison announces widespread easing of close contact isolation rules; no decision on Novak Djokovic visa status after Australian Open draw delayed; NSW records 92,264 Covid cases and 22 deaths;…
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You can’t remember anything about today? It might be transient global amnesia – a rare form of sudden, temporary memory loss
Chris Hanson was preparing to leave his beachfront hotel on the last day of a Florida holiday when his mind started malfunctioning in a rare and mysterious way.As he put…
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If Omicron is on the retreat, that’s bad news for the Conservatives | Larry Elliott
When fear of Covid fades, people will notice taxes, bills and inflation are all up. And that there’s no plan for that After two years, there is light at the…
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‘Not the cruise I signed up for’: 30-fold increase in Covid cases upends industry
The surge has led to passengers stranded on ships, staff shortages and tour cancelations in addition to ports turning ships away A surge in Covid infections on cruise ships is…