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Covid19 / Europe / Russia

Coronavirus causing pain for Putin

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th April, 2020) Badly paid doctors have quit in droves, fearing for their lives after being told to treat coronavirus patients without adequate […]

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Covid19 / Disability / Immigration / Policy / Social care

Britain doesn’t care about social care

Published by UnHerd (22nd April, 2020) There are not many things to celebrate in these dark days of pandemic, but at least the crisis has finally forced people […]

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Covid19 / Health / Policy

Bumbling their way to disaster

Published by The i paper (20th April, 2020) It is 91 days as I write since China confirmed a new virus that had erupted in one of its […]

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China / Covid19 / World

US lawyers launch historic class action to sue China for trillions

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th April, 2020) Lawyers in the US have launched a landmark legal action to sue China for trillions of dollars over the coronavirus pandemic, […]

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China / Covid19 / World

Study exposes terrible effect of Beijing delays

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th April, 2020) China might have cut the number of coronavirus cases by 95 per cent if it had acted immediately after […]

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Covid19 / Health / Policy / Politics / Social care

Callous betrayal of our most vulnerable citizens

Published by The Daily Mail (14th April, 2020) The carnage is horrific as this hideous pandemic carves through care homes across the country, killing hundreds of residents despite […]

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China / Covid19 / World

China muzzled its Bat Woman

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th April, 2020) A Chinese scientist who is the one of the world’s leading experts on coronaviruses was ‘muzzled’ after unravelling the […]

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Africa / Covid19 / Nigeria / Uganda

Coronavirus will expose Africa’s tyrants

Published by UnHerd (9th April, 2020) When Muhammadu Buhari was elected president of Nigeria in 2015 — amid a wave of disgust towards the corruption that plagues his […]

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Covid19 / Europe / Health / Policy / Social care / Spain

We need to care for the carers

Published by The i paper (6th April, 2020) With cruel inevitability, coronavirus is ripping its deadly course through care homes. Thirteen residents in Burlington Court, a Glasgow unit […]

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China / Covid19 / Health / Policy / World

China’s toxic lackey

Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th April, 2020) The Great Hall of the People has held many historic events since it was built six decades ago as […]

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China / Covid19 / Health / Policy / World

The WHO has failed us again

Published by UnHerd (1st April, 2020) Like many doctors, Bruce Aylward has been working tirelessly since this coronavirus started its rampage around the planet, although his job takes […]

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Covid19 / Disability / Health / Policy

The doctor’s dilemma

Published by The i paper (30th March, 2020) The death toll rises each day with the grim predictability of an exponential curve. Medical chiefs say we will do […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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