COVID-19 Updates
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UK Covid cases near 50,000 in one day as No 10 warns of ‘challenging’ winter
Reported number of cases rise steadily in October to reach highest level since 17 July Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Downing Street has warned of “challenging”…
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UK government ordered to reveal firms awarded ‘VIP’ Covid contracts
Information commissioner says Department of Health has breached FoI Act by failing to disclose names The UK government has been ordered to reveal which companies were given “VIP” access to…
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UK lab investigated for false negative Covid tests is not fully accredited
Neither Immensa nor Dante Labs has ever been accredited, Ukas says, contrary to government comments Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The private laboratory that is under…
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I’m among the unlucky last to endure two weeks’ hotel quarantine in NSW. It makes no sense | Andrew Thomas
Think hotel quarantine in NSW is over? Not for those of us in the air when Dominic Perrottet made the surprise announcement to reopen to the world If ignorance is…
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No 10 appears to confirm Nimco Ali’s Christmas lockdown stay with Johnsons
Friend understood to have stayed over during restrictions, but Downing Street says no Covid rules breached Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A close friend of Boris…
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Colin Powell, former US secretary of state, dies of coronavirus complications
Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who became a war hero in the United States and the first black secretary of state but saw his legacy tarnished when he…
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China scientists link Covid-19 measures to fall in other infections
Stringent measures meant to control Covid-19 may have dramatically reduced the incidence of other infectious diseases in China’s most populous province, new research has found.Nearly 1 million infections of diseases…
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‘You reap what you sow’: Russians party despite record Covid figures
Critics blame Kremlin denial and mixed messaging for pursuit of normality as deaths top 1,000 a day Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Moscow’s streets were buzzing…