How worried should we be about the new Covid wave?
The UK is not going to return to lockdown, but there are mitigations that a responsible government should be vigorously…
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Covid-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.
Austria’s far right has found a new enemy
Deprived of the unity created by opposition to Covid measures, the far right now has LGBTQ+ people in its sights.
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China’s never-ending Covid lockdown story
Parts of Shanghai have again been put under lockdown restrictions, with further implications for the global cost-of-living crisis.
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In defence of lateness
Why a chronically punctual person finally has compassion for latecomers.
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Jeremy Hunt: “It’s a rabbit hole to try and change how the NHS is structured”
The former health secretary and 2019 Tory leadership candidate on Blue Wall Toryism, health policy and social care.
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Boris Johnson still does not understand his great betrayal of ordinary people
The brave and dignified patients I encountered during the pandemic are the polar opposite of the Prime Minister.
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Forget irony, I have discovered earnestness – and it is wonderful
My tendency towards glibness did not protect me from the madness of Covid. What helped, instead, was art.
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“They make fun of us”: Government cleaners respond to the Sue Gray report
Long treated with contempt, Whitehall cleaners have dealt with vomit, faeces and bloodstains.
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Downing Street’s partygate lawlessness was a threat to public security
It is bizarre that every business understood the need to limit contact to avoid being paralysed by infections, but the…
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“We’re losing the war against disinformation”: This American Life’s Ira Glass
The host of the influential radio programme and podcast on the success of his show – and competing with Joe…
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Monkeypox is not a gay virus. Haven’t we been here before?
As with HIV/Aids 40 years ago, the stigma of a disease can have serious consequences for efforts to contain it.
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North Korea’s Covid-19 catastrophe
With suspected cases surging past two million and the population unvaccinated, will Kim Jong Un accept international help?
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America has learnt nothing from its million Covid deaths
If the US was driven by a genuine pro-life ideology, it would have reduced inequality rather than defended the right…
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Partygate is over – and Boris Johnson is safe again
The Prime Minister’s avoidance of a second police fine makes the prospect of a Tory revolt against him even more…
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North Korea has finally been hit by Covid, and it’s not prepared
The country is believed to be completely unvaccinated, and many of its hospitals lack basic medicines, let alone ventilators.
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Did the UK perform better than thought on Covid-19?
The circumstances were unenviable but to shrug and say ministers “did their best” is to excuse the inexcusable.
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Covid might seem less lethal, but the pandemic is far from over
The dynamics of mutation and reinfection do not guarantee progressively weaker variants.
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“Control your soul’s desire for freedom”: Shanghai’s dystopian Covid regime
As case numbers surge in China's largest city, the inhumanity of its lockdown is stirring public anger.
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Two years on, we can no longer accept so many children off school because of Covid
The government talks about “learning to live with Covid” but it has not learned anything about transmission in schools.
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Covid-19 death rates expose health inequalities
England’s most deprived areas had four to six times as many avoidable coronavirus deaths.
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