COVID-19 Updates
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Joe Biden makes supply chain push in bid to avert Christmas crisis
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged the private sector to help ease supply chain blockages that are threatening to disrupt the American holiday season and said the White House…
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President of Brazil says it ‘makes no sense’ for him to be vaccinated
Jair Bolsonaro’s comments called ‘stupid and selfish’ in country where 600,000 people have died of Covid Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than 600,000 of his…
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Romanian doctors issue ‘cry of despair’ amid coronavirus surge
Romanian doctors sent an open letter on Wednesday titled “a cry of despair” as the country’s overwhelmed and deteriorated health care system copes with a record-setting surge of coronavirus infections…
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China’s ‘zero Covid’ vs Singapore’s ‘living with it’: rapid low-cost testing could mean we don’t need to choose
Singapore’s vaccination rate is one of the highest in the world, above 80 per cent. Encouraged by this, the city state has tried to reopen and renormalise. However, the recent…
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NHS England Covid app outage shows problems of single centralised system
Analysis: app falling offline caused frustrated users to be turned away from flights and venues It’s always annoying if your phone battery dies while you’re travelling – but it’s even…
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In the pandemic £27bn worth of fraud was committed – why aren’t we angrier? | Adrian Chiles
The small business bounce-back loan scheme could end up costing enough to pay for the universal credit uplift four times over. Yet there has been no outcry We have never…
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Malfunctioning NHS app for Covid vaccine status causes travel delays
Problems accessing Covid pass cause travellers to be turned away from flight and ferry Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Travellers have been blocked from boarding flights…
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Wilcannia celebrates two weeks without a new case after Covid hit ‘like a cyclone’
Town is in recovery as other regional NSW Aboriginal communities face a surge in cases of more than 400% Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates NSW ‘freedom…
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Scientists abused and threatened for discussing Covid, global survey finds
Poll of 321 scientists found 15% received death threats after speaking publicly on the pandemic How my ivermectin research led to Twitter death threats Coronavirus – latest updates See all…
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How my ivermectin research led to Twitter death threats | Dr Andrew Hill
I was sent images of coffins and hanged Nazi war criminals after finding medical fraud in clinical trials The story of online threats and abuse is very dark. In early…