Covid-19

Britons snacking less as they drift back to office after pandemic | Food & drink industry
Hold the biscuits, popcorn and chocolate and hand out the rice cakes, apples and halloumi, the UK is cutting back ...

Michael Gove ‘wanted to circumvent watchdog’ to push through Dyson bid, Covid inquiry told | Covid inquiry
A health watchdog claimed that Michael Gove wanted to “circumvent” the regulatory process to push through a bid by James ...

‘I don’t feel part of society’: how Covid is still taking its toll five years on | Coronavirus
Five years ago, on 11 March 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a global pandemic. In the intervening ...

Free At-Home COVID-19 Test Program Suspended (Again)
The program that sent Americans free at-home COVID-19 tests is no longer accepting orders five years after the pandemic started. ...

‘The pandemic reinforced existing inequalities – it was a magnifying glass’: how Covid changed Britain | Coronavirus
There is an omertà, or code of silence, around 2020 – a blind spot. Most people don’t want to dwell ...

Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream | Laura Spinney
Once, we all respectfully listened to what epidemiologists said. We queued up for vaccines, observed distancing lines and confidently asked ...

Bereaved come together to mark five years since Covid-19 pandemic outbreak | Coronavirus
Bereaved families and communities came together in a day of reflection on Sunday to mark five years since the outbreak ...

Covid, five years on: UK ‘still not ready to protect the population’ | Coronavirus
On 9 March 2020, Martin Landray was studying the likely impact of Covid-19 as it started to sweep Britain. What ...

Five years on: Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout | Coronavirus
Britain performed worse than most other developed nations in its response to the Covid pandemic, according to an Observer analysis ...

When politicians tell us to focus on growth we need to ask: ‘Why, and for whom?’ | Rowan Williams
Five years ago, we were beginning to face the imminent reality of lockdown. We were confronted with an uncertain future ...