#CoronavirusFlips

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  Kol Tregaskes

  

  Covid: UK infections continuing to rise

  bbc.co.uk - By Smitha Mundasad

  Covid infections are continuing to rise in the UK, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. The data suggests about 1.7 million people were estimated to have Covid in the week ending 18 June. This is about one in 35 people - an increase of 23% on the week before. Experts …

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  Kol Tregaskes

  

  Daily Covid-19 cases in the UK exceed 100,000 for first time

  bbc.co.uk - By Adam Durbin

  Daily Covid-19 cases in the UK have exceeded 100,000 for the first time, the latest government figures show. Some 106,122 cases were announced on Wednesday - the latest in a series of record-breaking days for infections. The eight highest daily case figures since the pandemic began have all come …

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  Kol Tregaskes

  

  WHO urges cancelling some holiday events over Omicron fears

  bbc.co.uk - BBC News

  The World Health Organization has urged people to cancel some of their holiday plans to protect public health, as the Omicron variant spreads globally. "An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled," said WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding that "difficult decisions" must be made. A …

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  Kol Tregaskes

  

  Covid gives us a chance to fix indoor air pollution forever

  Wired UK - Grace Browne

  Germans love fresh air. The people of Germany love it so much that they have a name for the act of airing out a room: Lüften. It’s been called a …

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  Kol Tregaskes

  

  Covid-19 may stay with us forever

  Wired UK - David Cox

  In mid-September the director of the Wellcome Trust, Jeremy Farrar, suggested that Covid-19 was here to stay. “I think that politicians across the …

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  Kol Tregaskes

  

  We asked Covid experts how to stay safe after Freedom Day

  Wired UK - Grace Browne

  In England any adult with the will to do so can now stroll around a music festival filled with thousands of attendees, then squeeze into a crowded …