COVID-19 Updates
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Nadhim Zahawi: vaccine passports necessary to keep large venues in England open – video
Certification process will be required for nightclubs, mass events and large venues in England by the end of September, the vaccines minister has confirmed, saying that would allow businesses to stay open…
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Boris Johnson’s incompetence is pulling the UK apart | John Harris
Beyond the orbit of Westminster, the idea that normality can simply be willed back into existence seems absurd As summer withers away and politicians and journalists prepare for the return…
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Global investment in Asian property will become increasingly local as Covid-19 travel curbs bite
Just 18 months ago, institutional investors from around the world were busy building up their exposure to private real estate in the Asia-Pacific. Executives from North America, Europe and the…
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Hong Kong’s ‘cruise to nowhere’ proves a hit with expats stranded by coronavirus travel restrictions
Hong Kong’s stringent quarantine requirements have created a brand new and growing market for pandemic-battered cruise operator Genting Hong Kong: expats who are unable to travel.In the last month Dream…
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The pandemic has united people but old attitudes to welfare are returning | Torsten Bell
Research shows that many softened their thinking about helping those in need during Covid but the change of heart didn’t last The pandemic has been a shared experience, albeit one…
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Numbers don’t always mean what they seem to mean | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters
It pays to always check what is actually being counted Last Wednesday, the Evening Standard trumpeted “Covid deaths rocket to 207 in deadliest day in nearly 6 months”. In fact,…
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Coronavirus: 2 who tested positive after Kyrgyzstan trip were in city during incubation period, health authorities say
Hong Kong confirmed eight new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, but while all were imported, two of the patients had been in the community during their incubation period.The pair, a 60-year-old…
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NSW confirms 1,485 new cases and three deaths; Victoria now at 60% with first dose – as it happened
Gladys Berejiklian says October will bring ‘relief’; New Zealand confirms 20 new cases. This blog is now closed. NSW records 1,485 cases as Victoria premier laments ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’…
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Zoom meetings mean you have to face your own face
Is that little flickery square in the corner of the screen the real me? Something has become clear. I need to face up to my face. I’ve taken precisely two…