COVID-19 Updates
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Naomi Klein on following her ‘doppelganger’ down the conspiracy rabbit hole – and why millions of people have entered an alternative political reality
For years the writer laughed off being mistaken for fellow author Naomi Wolf. Then her ‘double’ drifted into a world of conspiracy theories and became a favoured guest of Steve…
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Tory frustration with Nadine Dorries grows as former party whip calls for clarity – as it happened
John Penrose is the latest MP to voice their frustration after Dorries said she was quitting but then failed to do so. This live blog is now closed MPs will…
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Political support for surveillance of Covid waning in Australia despite ‘waves of mutations’, scientists say
Active community testing required on an intermittent basis to see ‘the whole iceberg, not just the tip’, Prof Catherine Bennett says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates…
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Americans at high risk advised to wear masks as new Covid variant detected
CDC said that scientists discovered a new coronavirus variant, BA 2.86, and that higher-risk individuals should be cautious As authorities revealed that a new Covid-19 variant has been detected in…
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Lockdowns and face masks ‘unequivocally’ cut spread of Covid, report finds
Royal Society review looks at non-pharmaceutical interventions when applied in packages of several measures Measures taken during the Covid pandemic such as social distancing and wearing face masks “unequivocally” reduced…
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Australian Covid deaths lowest since December 2021 despite falling booster numbers
Department of Health says improvements are due to to vaccine coverage, hybrid immunity and ready access to treatment Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning…
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Hollywood studio Lionsgate brings back mask mandate amid Covid spike
The studio behind John Wick and The Hunger Games has reinstated the use of masks after several employees tested positive for Covid-19 The Hollywood film studio Lionsgate has reinstated its…
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North Korea abruptly cancels first post-Covid international commercial flight
Air Koryo flight from Pyongyang cancelled two hours after its scheduled arrival in Beijing North Korea’s national airline’s first commercial flight since it largely closed itself off from the world…
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Readers reply: which person has had the greatest impact on the course of the 21st century so far?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts Which person has had the greatest…