‘It’s too late to make a material difference to course of Omicron wave,’ Prof Mark Woolhouse says; India records highest single-day toll since July
Former minister accuses Starling Bank over Covid loans
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Former Tory minister Theodore Agnew has launched a public attack on Starling Bank, dragging the online lender into the Covid loans scandal by claiming it did not run adequate checks on borrowers before handing out tax...
Safety regulator refused to investigate some NHS staff Covid deaths
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Britain’s safety at work regulator refused to investigate reports from NHS trusts that 10 frontline staff had died as a result of catching Covid-19 during the pandemic. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) declined t...
Airbnb to close in China amid repeated Covid lockdowns
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Airbnb is closing down its business inside China indefinitely, as the country’s zero-Covid policy, lockdowns and travel restrictions continue. On Tuesday Airbnb told its China-based users it would cease taking all boo...
Kim Jong-un buries mentor amid North Korea Covid crisis
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Kim Jong-un attended the funeral for a top North Korean official, state media reported on Monday, helping carry his coffin, as the country maintained the much-disputed claim that its coronavirus outbreak is subsiding....
Shanghai reopens some public transport after months-long Covid lockdown
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Shanghai has reopened a small part of the world’s longest subway system after some lines had been closed for almost two months, as the city paves the way for a more complete lifting of its Covid-19 lockdown next week....
Priti Patel in fresh bid to push through strict anti-protest measures
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Priti Patel will tell MPs that “we do not make policy through mob rule in this country” as she urges them to give their support to the new public order bill. It represents the home secretary’s latest attempt to introd...