Just like with testing, the UK government is weeks behind and scrambling to catch up. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/germany-uk-coronavirus-contact-tracing-compared from BuzzFeed News Alberto Nardelli
Some Number 10 advisers, cabinet ministers, top civil servants and “a clear majority” of Tory MPs initially lobbied for a “rival” exit strategy, BuzzFeed News can reveal. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-sided-doves-over-hawks-lockdown from BuzzFeed News Alex Wickham
Refugees in Australia face an unenviable choice: stay in indefinite detention, or start a new life at the epicentre of a global pandemic. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahryan/us-australia-refugee-coronavirus-swap-deal from BuzzFeed News Hannah Ryan
Manafort and a former Obama White House counsel were on the brink of being charged for aiding the embezzlement of more than $1m in Ukraine. Then the case suddenly disappeared. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyakozyreva/ukraine-manafort-corruption from BuzzFeed News Tanya Kozyreva
Francis Zaake was left with “bits of flesh [hanging] off his chest as though someone had attempted to randomly pluck them out with a fork but stopped midway,” a politician said. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/lesterfeder/uganda-francis-zaake-coronavirus from BuzzFeed News J. Lester Feder
On mass events, social distancing, isolation, school closures and testing, the government’s message hasn’t always been clear. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/uk-government-coronavirus-timeline from BuzzFeed News Alan White
Wendy Bishop survived World War 2 and went on to open a famous hospital for teddy bears. But she never got to see her great-great-granddaughters. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hannahalothman/coronavirus-victim-wendy-bishop-ve-day from BuzzFeed News Hannah Al-Othman
“It will be four in the morning and one of the nurses is just sat with her patient, stroking their hair or holding their hand.” View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/an-intensive-care-doctor-wants-families-to-know-that-their from BuzzFeed News Patrick Strudwick
Fast fashion was always a problem. Now, COVID-19 has deepened the inequity between garment workers and fashion labels rebranding themselves as saviors. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nishitajha/coronavirus-zara-spain-inditex-myanmar from BuzzFeed News Nishita Jha
At least 11 people have died after styrene gas leaked from the LG Polymers factory in the city of Visakhapatnam, although it is feared the death toll will rise. View Entire Post › … https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nishitajha/india-gas-leak-lg-polymers-visakhapatnam from BuzzFeed News Nishita Jha