COVID-19 Updates
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The difficulties of estimating long Covid | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters
The number of people with post-Covid syndrome depends on the statistical method used Many viruses can lead to prolonged effects after the infection has passed and Sars-CoV-2 is no exception:…
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Old faces of New Labour in Keir Starmer’s inner circle
The party leader has drafted in aides who worked for ex-prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown There are figures who worked for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and others…
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Australia Covid update: NSW records 961 new cases and Victoria 779 as Andrews eases some restrictions
Rules on outdoor activities in Melbourne set to change as the Victoria announces two deaths, while nine people lost their lives in NSW Follow our Australia news live blog for…
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Sporting glory on hold as clubs struggle to cash in on GB’s Olympic success
Funding, facilities and the lockdown hangover take toll on recruitment despite Tokyo uplift Britain’s sports clubs have been battered by the pandemic, but Alex Yee is hopeful that his two…
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China’s Covid-19 cases lowest since latest outbreak, but National Day holiday a big worry
China reported nine locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the lowest number since the latest outbreak started about two weeks ago, as the country stepped up disease control measures ahead…
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Five cost of living crises facing the UK government
Is the pandemic to blame? Is it Brexit? Or is it just ministerial incompetence? Whatever the case, it’s going to be a tough winter The cost of natural gas has…
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Why CBD is so popular in stressed out Hong Kong – whether in drinks, food, oils or cosmetics: it offers relief from anxiety without a doctor’s prescription
When Joyce Chen* returned to her native Hong Kong in April 2019, she was looking forward to a happy reunion. After six years in Los Angeles, she felt it was…
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Fears for 1 million furloughed staff with Sunak set to finally end scheme
After the success of the chancellors’s £70bn programme, there is uncertainty about the future direction of the economy The biggest state intervention in the UK’s labour market in peacetime comes…
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Breaking up, but living together: how lockdowns lead to ‘nesting’
In the uncertainty of lockdowns, some couples have elected to cohabitate while severing ties After 12 years with her husband, Lisa* left her marital bed. She did not have far…