COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: US scientists suggest another animal link in tests on deer samples
A blood sample collected from American white-tailed deer in 2019 turned out to be positive in antibody tests for Covid-19 infection, according to a new study conducted by US government…
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Coronavirus: Philippines finds first Lambda variant case; South Korea sets up ‘bus walls’ to block protesters
The Philippines’ health department said on Sunday it has detected the first case of Covid-19’s Lambda variant in the country, and reminded the public to strictly observe minimum public health…
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‘Lost samples and late results’: the Tory donor, his son and their travel-test firms
Concerns grow that for-profit Covid testing regime for travellers is facing collapse Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A Tory donor and his son are facing questions…
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A million jobs in peril as one in 16 UK firms say they are at risk of closure
Research suggests end of furlough scheme could be the UK economy’s ‘inflection point’ A million workers are still employed by businesses at risk of closure over the next three months,…
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Anti-vaxxers using pro-choice slogans make me so angry | Eva Wiseman
Slinging around phrases about body autonomy belittles the pro-choice debate and overlooks issues surrounding pregnancy and fertility I am not an angry person, I get headaches instead. Rage is swallowed…
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Vaccine passports are less a threat to liberty than a mark of solidarity | David Grimes
Anti-vaxxers in France and elsewhere claim personal freedom. But what of brotherhood? In France over the past few weeks, the topic of vaccine passports has induced an avalanche of outrage.…
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Chinese province vows to control Covid-19 outbreak ‘by end of August’
China has reported 53 new symptomatic and 29 asymptomatic coronavirus cases as the authorities vowed to control the country’s month-long outbreak.The symptomatic cases included 24 that were locally transmitted –…
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Australia secures 1m Pfizer vaccine doses from Poland, with half earmarked for Sydney Covid hotspots
530,000 of the new doses to go to 20-to-39-year-olds living in the 12 hotspot LGAs as NSW struggles to contain outbreak Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates…
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Indonesia’s Covid-hit religious leaders give hope to their flocks
On July 28, Pastor Marselinus Monang Sijabat, the head of the St Lusia Church in Pakpak Bharat Regency in North Sumatra, Indonesia, began to feel decidedly unwell. By August 2,…
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New Covid variants ‘would set us back a year’, experts warn UK government
Vaccine-beating variant is ‘realistic possibility’, say scientists, amid calls for contingency plans to be revealed Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers are being pressed to reveal…