COVID-19 Updates
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Children born in pandemic have poorer communication skills, study finds
Researchers conclude lockdown babies are lagging behind after limited interaction during Covid restrictions At the age of two, babies born during the pandemic have similar behaviour and development compared with…
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Half of UK company directors struck off linked to alleged Covid loan fraud
Official figures show in a 15-month period at least 50% of disqualified bosses are accused of fraud or abuse of coronavirus support schemes More than half of all company directors…
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Social anxiety and wanderlust are among Covid-19 pandemic’s lingering impact on Hong Kong
Even though Hong Kong is slowly returning to normal after the pandemic, its effects still weigh on our daily lives. Many students still wear masks out of health concerns or…
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London losing out to Paris and Milan over tourist shopping, says Burberry
British brand’s sales jump by 18% year on year on back of post-Covid bounceback in China Burberry has reported a sales surge of almost a fifth thanks to a bounceback…
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Michael Gove claims work for no-deal Brexit made UK ‘match fit’ for pandemic
Levelling up minister strongly denied work to leave EU hindered readiness for crisis at Covid inquiry Michael Gove strongly denied planning for a no-deal Brexit weakened pandemic readiness and claimed…
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‘No one is talking about it’: the cruelty of long Covid in the global south
As research focuses on richer parts of world, people in less developed countries suffer from lack of awareness and support In the Hospital del Norte of El Alto, a working-class…
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Number of people going hungry has risen by 122m since 2019, UN says
Covid pandemic and Ukraine war add to widespread crisis with one in nine people in the world facing severe food insecurity in 2022 The number of people going hungry in…
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TGA received two hoax reports of children dying from Covid vaccines – vertical video
Australia’s drug regulator, the TGA, says two reports of children dying from the Covid vaccine were hoaxes. Matilda Boseley explains the context around these false reports. Covid vaccination is recommended…
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Australia’s drug regulator received two hoax reports of children dying from Covid vaccines
Exclusive: Therapeutic Goods Administration documents reveal separate reports made in 2022 about two boys, aged six and seven, were false Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates…