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DES MOINES, Iowa — Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic. That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu […]
THE UK'S daily Covid cases have increased for the first time in a week with 27,734 reported in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile Covid deaths have fallen slightly with a further 91 losing their lives to the killer bug. It brings the total number of UK Covid deaths recorded within 28 days of a positive […]
DAILY Covid deaths have risen by the highest toll since March with 131 fatalities reported – but cases fell for the seventh day in a row. Though infections have fallen nearly 40 per cent in a week, today's rise in fatalities marks the highest toll in over four months. Today’s rise in infections of 23,511 […]
JOHANNESBURG — Four of South Africa’s largest ports are starting to reopen after having been closed by a cyberattack, the country’s state-owned rail and ports operator Transnet said Tuesday. The ports of Durban, Cape Town, Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) and Ngqura were forced to shut as the result of a cyberattack that started on July […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines, as the aggressive delta variant spreads across the nation and some communities report troubling increases in hospitalizations among unvaccinated people. The VA’s move came on a day when nearly 60 […]
For our free coronavirus pandemic coverage, learn more here. The Andrews government will scrap the five-kilometre restriction on movement and reopen school for all year levels as the state prepares to slowly ease out of its fifth lockdown. In this article you will find a run through of the new rules for the state, to […]
Venice Film Festival will stick with last year’s coronavirus protocols, director Alberto Barbera confirmed during this morning’s line-up announcement. The 2020 edition of the fest became the first major event of its type to stage a significant physical edition during the pandemic, and was widely celebrated for successfully implementing protocols including testing, temperature scanning, enhanced […]
THE number of new Covid cases in the UK dropped for the fifth day in a row in a "reassuring" sign that vaccines are working, experts say. The country is seeing a sustained fall in reported coronavirus cases outside of lockdown for the first time since the pandemic began. The number of people testing positive […]
VACCINES have forced down waves of Covid deaths to just ripples – despite a spike in the number of cases reported, according to the data. Hospital patients are, on average, younger, less poorly and able to leave the wards faster than in previous waves, analysis shows. Brits are also facing weeks of pandemic chaos with […]
DOWNING Street was forced into another U-turn as they announced police, fire crews and some Border Force staff at ports can skip isolation regardless of vaccine status. So will those at the most critical parts of transport and freight systems. Amid growing alarm at the sheer scale of the pingdemic crisis, No 10 has scrambled to free […]