COVID-19 Updates
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We desperately need a government who will say it: Britain is still reeling from Covid | John Harris
Pupil absence is soaring. Long-term sickness is hammering the workforce. Yet some senior Tories expend all their energy on defending Boris Johnson Of all the factions and cliques in and…
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Australia’s rental affordability drops to worst levels in nearly a decade
New report shows average households are spending a third of income on rent while lower income families pay more than half their earnings Get our morning and afternoon news emails,…
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UK Covid inquiry: when is it, what does it cover and how long will it last?
With public hearings into government’s handling of the pandemic set to the begin, here are some of the answers to the big questions The government is already at loggerheads with…
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The Covid inquiry is digging up Boris Johnson’s blunders and the mess keeps piling up | Gaby Hinsliff
The former prime minister seems determined to drag the Tories down with him when the public hearings into Britain’s handling of the pandemic begin It is almost a year to…
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ITV News journalist Emily Morgan dies, aged 45
Broadcaster’s ‘talented and kind’ health and science editor had been recently diagnosed with lung cancer Tributes have been paid to Emily Morgan, ITV News’ health and science editor, who has…
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Boris Johnson calls diary checks for evidence of Covid breach ‘nonsensical’
Former prime minister says Cabinet Office gave entries to the Met police without checking their contents Boris Johnson has insisted the idea that evidence in diaries given to police might…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: parents warned about rise of other respiratory illnesses despite Covid wave peaking
HKU experts sound alert on flu, RSV and pneumococcal infections, with children and elderly most at risk. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Singapore’s Covid-19 deaths surged in April despite drop in cases
The city state reported 54 deaths last month, nearly double of the total number recorded in the first quarter. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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US banker paid £73m dividend in 2021 after firm won millions in UK Covid contracts
Banks Bourne, sole owner of Tanner Pharma in North Carolina, took sum from Tanner’s UK arm, records show An American banker was paid a £73m dividend in 2021 after his…