COVID-19 Updates
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China’s luxury goods market: how big is it, and what impact has the coronavirus pandemic had?
China is a key driver of global sales of luxury goods, from expensive jewellery to private jets.While the global market for high-end products has taken a hit during the coronavirus…
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Those eligible for Covid boosters to be invited a month earlier in England
Pre-booking invitations to be sent out five months after second dose as part of effort to speed up programme Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Booster jabs…
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Hyenas at Denver zoo catch Covid in world first
Pair aged 22 and 23 expected to make full recovery, as 11 lions and two tigers at the zoo also test positive Two hyenas at the Denver zoo have tested…
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Pfizer eyes deal with 90 nations for its Covid-19 pill; Merck in talks with China after UK approval
Pfizer is in discussions with 90 countries over supply contracts for its experimental Covid-19 pill, which was shown to reduce by 89 per cent the risk of hospitalisation or death…
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New Zealand hits Covid case record but Ardern says ‘better times coming’
200 daily cases for the first time as PM says it is on track to have ‘amongst the highest vaccination rates in the world’ New Zealand has passed 200 daily…
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More space, lower living costs lure Hong Kong elderly to retire in mainland China, but health care brings them back
Separated from her husband and estranged from their seven daughters in Hong Kong, retired cleaner Chan Yim-chun moved by herself to the mainland Chinese city of Zhongshan in 2000.She bought…
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UK reports 193 deaths – as it happened
Only those vaccinated or recovered from Covid will be allowed to frequent restaurants and cultural venues in Austria ; UK records 34,029 new infections Everyone in Germany should get booster,…
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Eight police officers injured in clashes with protesters in Parliament Square
Anti-establishment Million Mask March group gathered to let off fireworks and demonstrate against the government Eight police officers have been injured after clashing with hundreds of anti-establishment protesters in Parliament…
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BA owner says US flights nearly full but warns of €3bn loss
IAG pins hopes on reopening of US border to foreign nationals next week, saying it is a ‘pivotal moment’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage British Airways’…
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Covid infections dip among secondary schoolchildren in England
Scientists say fall may signify cases have peaked but experts warn UK should brace for sharp rise in deaths Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Covid infections…