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Coronavirus live news: concern over case clusters at French schools and universities; Melbourne lifts curfew
Le Monde reports 32% of outbreaks in France found in schools or universities; Victoria ends curfewRegular ‘cir…
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Coronavirus live news: India adds nearly 2m cases in August, France cases rise 50% in one month
India’s economy shrinks nearly 24%; Hong Kong launches mass testing; WHO says states can’t ‘pretend pandemic i…
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Coronavirus live news: face masks to be mandatory across Paris as R number rises to 1.4 in France
Measure brought in to curb surging coronavirus infections in French capital; Europe sees increase in infection…
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Coronavirus live news: Russia to start vaccine trials on 40,000 people; Europe reporting 26,000 new cases a day
Russia to start mass testing of vaccine next week; WHO warns about high average of new cases in Europe; Africa…
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‘Bombs can’t kill viruses’: Hawaii faces backlash as international war games approach
As coronavirus case numbers soar, the state prepares to host Rimpac, the world’s largest international maritim…
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US envoy to South Korea posts video shaving off his controversial moustache
The US embassy in Seoul has posted a video on Twitter of Harry Harris visiting a barbershop to remove his mous…
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After the fire: survivors of the Childers backpacker blaze remember lives lost
The fire set by Robert Paul Long in June 2000 killed 15 people and continues to shape the survivors’ lives“We …
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‘Comfort women’ crisis: campaign over wartime sexual slavery hit by financial scandal
South Korean survivor claims support group failed to spend donations on welfare It began with a call by a Sout…
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Coronavirus live news: Spain proposes €1.5tn EU Covid-19 fund as Trump backs lockdown protesters
Trump says ‘some governors have gone too far’; deaths in Italy and Spain fall; China reports no new deaths and…
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Wear a mask to protect me as well as you | Letters
Hilary Cashman and Bill Sharp urge the UK to adopt the wearing of masks to stop the spread of coronavirusThe d…
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Coronavirus live news: global deaths near 90,000 as US says isolation measures are working
Boris Johnson still in intensive care; US protective equipment stockpile nearly empty; virus could push 500m p…
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Coronavirus at a glance: the latest developments
A summary of the biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreakFollow our latest coronavirus blog for…
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Coronavirus outliers: four nations with very different approaches to the crisis
Some nations have managed to maintain surprisingly low death rates – even without imposing draconian measures …
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Around 20% of global population under coronavirus lockdown
Britons told to stay at home while Trump goes against tide, saying economy will reopen in weeks, not months Co…
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‘We’re really fed up’: Britons on life in coronavirus hotspots
UK citizens in China, South Korea, Japan and Italy detail their experiences as outbreak continuesWhile the spr…
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Tourist sites in Asia hit by coronavirus fears – before and after
The number of international tourist arrivals is expected to drop sharply this year, the World Tourism Organiza…
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Coronavirus cases pass 100,000 globally as Iran threatens force to restrict travel
WHO calls on countries to make containing spread their highest priority, as Trump signs emergency spending bil…
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Coronavirus latest: at a glance
A summary of the biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreak Key developments in the global corona…
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Coronavirus quarantine plans ignite row between South Korea and Japan
Seoul lashes neighbour’s ‘passive’ approach to containing the virus and implies Tokyo is more concerned with e…
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Coronavirus: two patients die in France as four new cases detected in England – live updates
South Korea reports almost 500 new cases and a second person dies in the US as UK ministers hold emergency mee…