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By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A woman walks past chairs painted with the colours of the Tour de France leaders’ jerseys on the seafront in Nice, FranceANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 27 August…

cataloging deadly epidemics.From the Black Death of the 14th century to cholera in war-torn Yemen, it was a baleful history. But Professor Whitty, who had spent most of his career fighting infectious diseases in Africa, was reassuring. Britain, he said, had a special protection.“Being rich,” he explained.Wealth “massively hardens a society against epidemics,” he argued,…

Environment | Analysis 7 July 2020 By Adam Vaughan Electrolysers produce hydrogen from waterITM Power Hydrogen is back. On 8 July, the European Commission will announce a new strategy to turn the universe’s most abundant element into a way “for the EU to achieve a higher climate ambition”. Past grand visions of a “hydrogen economy”…

Which countries have made wearing face masks compulsory?Doctor's Note: Do masks protect us from coronavirus?Where are we with a coronavirus vaccine? | Start HereAfter the first batch of 1.5 million masks was shipped to 17 of the 27 member states and the UK, Poland's Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski said the 600 000 items Polish authorities…