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Coronavirus
Keep up-to-date with news and updates on the global COVID pandemic.
Latest coronavirus news
- NewsEvening Standard
Covid 19: Where to buy lateral flow tests, how much they cost and where to get them for free
Cases rise most highly in London boroughs of Barnet and Greenwich
- HealthThe Independent
US to offer free at-home Covid tests by mail amid a coronavirus surge: Latest
An updated Coronavirus booster is now being rolled out nationwide
- NewsThe Telegraph
South Africa to expunge criminal records of Covid-19 lawbreakers
South Africa’s parliament has voted to expunge criminal records for those convicted of breaching the country’s severe Covid-19 lockdown laws.
- NewsThe Guardian
Peak medical body labels Covid-19 review ‘half an inquiry’ after Albanese government excludes states
AMA joins human rights commissioner, legal and health experts in criticising narrow terms of reference announced by federal Labor
- NewsThe Guardian
Covid-19 inquiry will exclude state and territory decisions, Anthony Albanese says
Inquiry headed by independent panel of experts will cover commonwealth pandemic response but exclude unilateral actions of states or territories
- NewsThe Guardian
Morning Mail: AFL’s gambling problem, Covid-19 inquiry expected, UK’s green retreat
Sport under fire for promoting bets with an 85% fail rate; Anthony Albanese tipped to announce panel to examine response to pandemic
- NewsThe Guardian
Sunak and Johnson Covid-19 inquiry appearances delayed ‘to avoid party conference season’
Questions for current and ex-PM over their handling of the pandemic put off
- HealthThe Guardian
The new Covid-19 booster shot: what you need to know
US authorities have approved a vaccine that protects from one of the most widely circulating strains of coronavirus
- NewsThe Guardian
The Fatal Breath: Covid-19 and Society in Britain by David Vincent review – a moving account of the plague of our times
This bold and forensic history of the pandemic, drawing on previously unpublished diaries, underlines the sheer scale of suffering, with the poor and isolated particularly badly hit
- HealthThe Independent
Rare side effect sees baby’s eyes change colour after common Covid-19 treatment
Doctors are unsure about the underlying cause of eye colour change