What China’s devastating Covid outbreak means for the rest of the world
The true scale of the country’s current wave and the failures of its “zero Covid” policy pose a threat to…
ByCovid-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus Sars-Cov-2, which caused a global pandemic from early 2020, necessitating national lockdowns and a huge vaccination programme. Read all of our latest coverage below.
The true scale of the country’s current wave and the failures of its “zero Covid” policy pose a threat to…
ByThe New Statesman’s Writer-at-Large reviews what he got right and wrong about the past year.
ByWhen children and adults can work from home, snow loses its magic.
ByThe Chinese government has had almost three years to prepare for the end of its strict rules. It has failed…
ByIn less than three months I’d taken as many days off work due to illness as I had in the…
ByThe government has announced it will “optimise” its Covid response.
ByThe demonstrations haven’t yet threatened the president’s power – but that they happened is still remarkable.
ByThe country’s “zero-Covid” policy has failed to contain the spread and is leading to anti-government protests.
ByDemands for the country’s “zero Covid” policy to be eased have been building for months.
ByI loathed the idea of lockdown novels or TV. In its own tragicomic way I’m a Celebrity has changed my…
ByThe furniture retailer was seduced by post-pandemic optimism. Other companies should take note.
ByA trend that began at the beginning of the pandemic has accelerated as the cost-of-living rises.
ByMore than half a million Britons have had the post-Covid condition for more than two years.
ByThe chair of the British Medical Association UK council on the politics of healthcare and the virtues of Clement Attlee.
ByExperts warn that scientists and doctors are poorly prepared for the effects of drug-resistant bacteria.
BySteve Barclay should revive the nixed plans on tackling thealth disparities brought to light by the pandemic.
ByColder temperatures, increased socialising, waning immunity and Omicron subvariants are all causing a coronavirus increase in the UK.
ByBioNTech is attempting to deploy the vaccination technology it developed for Covid as a weapon against malignancy.
ByA new report, exclusively shared with the New Statesman, reveals the pandemic experiences of young people – in their own…
ByThe self-confessed activist lawyer believes Covid legislation showed how vulnerable human rights are in the UK.
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