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Bouquets of flowers are now ‘substitute hugs’, says booming florist
Online firm Bloom & Wild doubled sales thanks to the pandemic and its letterbox-sized packages
China to only allow foreign visitors who have had Chinese-made vaccine
Move raises questions as China’s vaccines not approved in many countries to which it is opening travel
Pandemic forcing girls in south-east Asia and Pacific out of school and into marriage – study
Female children are seen as an economic burden, and tough times are setting back progress by a generation, gender equality charity says
Will I have to wear a mask after getting the Covid vaccine? The science explained
The CDC is relaxing guidance on masks for vaccinated people, but that doesn’t mean we’ll be seeing the end of face coverings any time soon. Here’s why
Nobody is more irritating when you are ill than your own family
My family treated my positive Covid test as exciting news, like they had been watching EastEnders for 17 years and finally something had happened
Scott Morrison says AstraZeneca vaccine is safe for Australians after reports of blood clots
Denmark, Norway and Iceland halt rollout after 30 ‘thromboembolic events’, but PM says Australia won’t change vaccine’s classification
Israeli real-world data on Pfizer vaccine shows high Covid protection
Jab has 97% efficacy against disease and death and 94% against infection without symptoms
Soap substitute kills Covid just as well as alcohol sanitiser, study shows
Research, not yet peer-reviewed, shows antimicrobial lotion Dermol 500 neutralises virus
Deadly pig disease could have led to Covid spillover to humans, analysis suggests
African swine fever led to mass cull of pigs in China and may have increased human-virus contact as people turned to other meat
Make working from home a possibility for everyone
Dr Frances Holliss on why building a society that offers homeworking is important, especially for poor people and the young
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