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Education
Teachers were surveyed between 7 and 17 May on whether they thought families would send their children back to school when they reopened. Read
Health
This was the opinion of the Independent SAGE, who are a different group of scientists. Read
The photo is from 2020 as the Mail claimed and first appeared on a Facebook group for canal boat owners. Read
Health
The new coronavirus can cause many thousands of deaths even though Covid-19 is no longer considered a “high consequence infectious disease”. Read
Posts suggest that an image shows the aftermath of a fire started by a bottle of alcohol antibacterial hand gel left in a hot car. Read
This patent application appears to be for some sort of wearable activity tracker. Read
Health
It is still too early to know the effect of school openings will have on coronavirus cases in France. Read
An Alice Cummings is a director at Idox but she’s not his sister and the company has nothing to do with the app. Read
Health
New findings that 19 million people in the UK have already had the new coronavirus are very uncertain. Read
Health
The Wayback Machine website shows the edit being made in mid-April 2020. Read
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