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  The Guardian

  New Zealand announces inquiry into Covid-19 response

  While strict Covid-19 response was broadly considered one of the most successful in the world, PM says inquiry will help prepare for next pandemic

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  The Independent

  England World Cup success could be ‘key factor’ in Christmas coronavirus rates, scientist says

  People watching fixtures in crowded places were advised to take a lateral flow test before visiting elderly or at-risk relatives

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  The Telegraph

  Why certain foods you eat every day could give you Covid-19

  Raspberries and broccoli might give you Covid, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned.

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  Sky News

  COVID-19 cases in UK one million again with first rise in England since mid-October

  Coronavirus infections across the UK have topped a million again, with cases rising in England for the first time since mid-October, official figures show. The total number of positive COVID-19 cases rose by 6% in the week to 21 November, up from 972,400 for the previous seven-day period, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. It is the first increase in nationwide coronavirus infections since the week ending 17 October and comes a week after cases dropped below a million for the first

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  Evening Standard

  Covid-19 can remain on some groceries for days

  Scientists have, however, advised the risk to consumers remains very low

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  Evening Standard

  China to accelerate push to vaccinate elderly against Covid-19 amid protests

  Lawrence Young, a virologist and Professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Warwick, told the Standard that China is in a ‘terrible dilemma’

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  Sky News

  Twitter quietly drops policy preventing sharing of COVID-19 misinformation

  Twitter has quietly dropped its policy preventing the sharing of false or misleading information about COVID-19. Under the policy, tweets containing misleading information about the disease could be given a label including corrective information about the claim. Tweets that violated the policy and were severely harmful could be deleted and the users temporarily locked out of their accounts to prevent them from sharing further misinformation.

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  Sky News

  COVID-19: Australia to withdraw or refund tens of thousands of fines

  Australia's largest state has said it will withdraw or refund tens of thousands of fines issued during the COVID pandemic after lawyers found some fines were invalid in a test case. Redfern Legal Centre, a free legal service, launched a test case in July on behalf of three plaintiffs arguing their fines of between A$1,000 (£558) to A$3,000 (£1,674), were invalid because the penalty notices did not sufficiently describe the offence. "Today justice has been granted to three people who took on th

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  The Telegraph

  Taskforce that ran the Covid-19 vaccine rollout to tackle a new cancer inoculation

  A vaccine for cancer is to be sought by a new taskforce set up to emulate the success of the Vaccine Taskforce (VTF) which delivered the world’s first Covid jab.

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  Evening Standard

  China: ‘Zero Covid’ outlier imposes more lockdowns as coronavirus infections hit record high

  More than 6million people in Zhengzhou have been told to stay at home for five days as China sticks to its ‘zero Covid’ strategy

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