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Senegal's quiet COVID success: Test results in 24 hours, temperature checks at every store, no fights over masks
Senegal snagged the No. 2 slot in a recent analysis looking at how 36 countries have handled the pandemic. The United States landed near the bottom.
Only this government could miss the open goal of free school meals | Marina Hyde
If it weren’t so serious, there would be deep comedy in seeing Marcus Rashford run rings around Boris Johnson’s lot, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Lack of contact-tracing capacity driving coronavirus into 'darkness' - WHO
A lack of contact-tracing capacity in Europe, despite very high rates of positive tests, will drive the coronavirus further into the "darkness", the World Health Organization's top emergency expert told an online briefing on Monday.
The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It Shouldn’t Be A Model for the Rest of the World
Sweden's unique approach to the pandemic has drawn interest from other countries. But the data are clear: it's largely been a failure.
Tourists and renters to be permitted in student accommodation
Change of use of up to 1,600 rooms ‘co-living by the back door’ – Marie Sherlock
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Covid-19 surge in Belgium leads to shortage of doctors, teachers and police
BRUSSELS - Well into Europe's second wave of the coronavirus, so many Belgians are sick...
Trump’s campaign made stops nationwide. Coronavirus cases surged in his wake in at least five places.
A USA TODAY analysis shows county COVID-19 cases grew at a faster rate after at least five of Trump's rallies across three states since mid-August.
Covid in Australia: Melbourne to exit 112-day lockdown
Locals in Australia's second-biggest city have spent more than 100 days in a strict lockdown.
It’s Not Too Late to Crush and Contain the Coronavirus
There is a proven strategy for winning the fight. To deploy it effectively, governments must address four critical imperatives.
UK academics: opening of universities was illegal
Academic union seeks legal battle over government’s decision to ignore expert advice to move all non-essential teaching online
Refusal to follow Asian model makes zero sense
Last Monday Leo Varadkar described the lockdown measures, introduced by the Government after a two-week delay, as "a pre-emptive strike" against the virus. Had the measures been introduced when first advised by Nphet, they might more credibly have...
Ireland's tree-planting policies are bad news for biodiversity
Analysis reveals licences for conifer plantations still being granted on biodiversity-rich areas and precious peat soils.
Donald Trump Calls Sacha Baron Cohen A ‘Creep’ After ‘Borat 2’ Star Pranks Rudy Giuliani: He’s Not ‘Funny’
Donald Trump called ‘Borat’ star Sacha Baron Cohen a ‘phoney’ and a ‘creep’ after the British funnyman featured the President’s lawyer in his new movie.
The false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19
Why proposals to largely let the virus run its course — embraced by Donald Trump’s administration and others — could bring “untold death and suffering”.
In Conversation with Catherine Corless
Listen back to this ‘In Conversation’ with Catherine Corless who was interviewed by Professor of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin, Aoife Mc Lysaght.
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Why turning Joyce's 'House of the Dead' into a hostel is cultural vandalism
The Georgian house where the Dubliner set his short story is to be turned into a hostel. It’s a move that wouldn’t have surprised Joyce himself, but many view it as cultural vandalism.