Coronavirus

NSW government underspent on PPE and mental health, audit of $7.5bn Covid spending finds
Auditor general says state agencies forked out close to $200m on faulty imported masks and ventilators
Tamsin Rose
20, May, 2022 @9:23 AM

Name ministers fined in Partygate, Dominic Raab urges Sue Gray
Deputy PM says there should be transparency about who breached Covid rules in civil servant’s report
Jamie Grierson
20, May, 2022 @8:05 AM

Friday briefing: Is Boris Johnson in the clear over Partygate?
In today’s newsletter: With the announcement Boris Johnson will face no further fines from the Met police, Archie Bland explains where the prime minister stands now
Archie Bland
20, May, 2022 @5:44 AM

North Korea’s Covid caseload passes 2 million amid global concern about regime’s pandemic plan
Experts believe North Korean authorities are underreporting deaths to prove that their response has been effective
Justin McCurry and agencies
20, May, 2022 @3:21 AM

Respiratory syncytial virus kills 100,000 under-fives every year
The acute lower respiratory infection has surged after Covid restrictions eased, experts say
Andrew Gregory Health editor
19, May, 2022 @10:30 PM

Civil servants and No 10 advisers furious over single fine for Boris Johnson
PM received only one of 126 fixed-penalty notices relating to law-breaking parties, prompting claims Met police bungled inquiry
Heather Stewart, Vikram Dodd, Peter Walker and Rajeev Syal
19, May, 2022 @7:28 PM

Johnson may believe he’s safe but threat from Partygate is not over
Analysis: even if MPs conclude a single fine airbrushes PM’s role in scandal, the public may decide otherwise
Heather Stewart
19, May, 2022 @6:09 PM

The Guardian view on low Covid vaccination rates: not just North Korea | Editorial
Editorial: Pyongyang has left its people highly vulnerable to this outbreak. But rich countries have a responsibility for the lack of protection in other places
Editorial
19, May, 2022 @5:51 PM

Aged care sector wants Covid prevention funding restored as 30% of homes grapple with outbreaks
Industry criticises Australia’s ‘perverse incentive’ that reimburses providers for the cost of outbreaks but not for preventing them
Christopher Knaus
19, May, 2022 @5:30 PM

At least 25m people in UK to be offered Covid booster this autumn
Vaccine body says extra jab will be for most vulnerable adults, frontline social care and health workers
Ian Sample Science editor
19, May, 2022 @4:40 PM

The shaming of Whitehall: how the Partygate scandal unfolded
Boris Johnson may survive but the story could prove as damaging to Whitehall’s reputation as the expenses’ scandal was to MPs
Jessica Elgot
19, May, 2022 @4:40 PM

Partygate: Boris Johnson ‘told barefaced lie’, says Labour, as Covid victim group urges Tory MPs to remove PM – as it happened
PM told he won’t be fined again; Sue Gray report to be published ‘as soon as possible’; Emily Thornberry says PM lied to Commons; victim group reacts
Andrew Sparrow
19, May, 2022 @4:36 PM
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