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David Ottewell was head of data journalism at New Statesman Media Group.

Is the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown working?

Britain currently has the worst death rate in the world but the number of new cases each day appears to be falling.

By David Ottewell

UK Politics

Anatomy of a crisis

By David Ottewell

Coronavirus

Britons think Covid-19 will make country kinder, fairer and less divided, according to ONS study

By David Ottewell

Coronavirus

Covid-19: a pandemic in numbers

By David Ottewell

Coronavirus

Cases rise again after holiday weekend

By David Ottewell

All Articles

The fight against Covid-19: what does winning look like when the enemy is a virus?

Until the worldwide search for a vaccine succeeds, winning is likely to mean making sure we lose as little…

By David Ottewell

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