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Philippines records 3,420 new infections and 65 deaths

The country has identified a total of 161,253 infections, while the death toll sits at 2,665 according to government figures.

The Philippines has among the highest number of coronavirus infections in Asia.

‘Bad housing kills’: How coronavirus overwhelmed the UK’s most overcrowded community

The coronavirus does not care about your social class or employment status. It does not concern itself with your accent, or where you went to school. It is uninterested in how much money you have in your bank account, writes Adam Forrest.

But this tiny concentration of proteins has been able to succeed in doing the most harm in our least privileged communities. The death rate from Covid-19 has been more than twice as high in England’s poorest areas than in the richest parts of the country.

Why is that? Why is the impact of this disease so uneven, so unfair?

The London borough of Newham is a good place to start getting some answers. This unloved patch of the old east end – packed with neglected 60s high-rises and run-down Victorian terraces – has seen the second-highest coronavirus death rate in England since the beginning of March.

Newham also has single worst overcrowding problem in the country. More than 25 per cent of homes in the borough don’t have enough bedrooms for the families living in them.

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India's daily coronavirus fatalities near 50,000

India recorded some 944 deaths in the past day, bringing the country's total number of fatailties to nearly 50,000.

India now has the fourth-highest death toll in the world, behind the US, Brazil and Mexico, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

Prime minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that three vaccines are in different phases of testing and mass production will begin as soon as scientists give the green light.

No ifs, no buts: Keir Starmer 'expects' children to return to school next month

"I want Britain to be a country where every child can have the opportunity to fulfil their potential, no matter where they come from. And yet, last week, that opportunity was dashed for thousands of young people across England," Keir Starmer has written in the Mail on Sunday.

"The anger and frustration I have heard from families over recent days about the exams fiasco has been profound.

"I have heard from young people who feel a deep sense of injustice that their futures have been decided by an unfair computer algorithm; teachers angry at a system they knew to be unfair; and parents let down by a Prime Minister who has refused to listen to them.

"I do not underestimate how challenging it is to assess qualifications for young people this year when exams had to be cancelled. It was never going to be easy."

Here's our chief political commentator John Rentoul on Labour's apparent tactics:

Labour's shadow education secretary Kate Green has responded to Ofqual's removal of its criteria for appeals.

Welsh guidance advising against non-essential use of public transport to be scrapped

Guidance urging travellers to avoid using public transport in Wales except for essential journeys is being scrapped from Monday.

But the Welsh Government is urging people to act responsibly and avoid travelling at busy times where possible.

The guidance was introduced to allow key workers to travel safely and is being scrapped as the number of coronavirus cases continues to fall.

Face coverings on public transport remain compulsory except for people who are unable to wear one for medical reasons.

Lee Waters, deputy minister for economy and transport, said: "As we continue to carefully ease restrictions we are able to lift the essential travel message that was in place to allow our key workers to travel safely.

"But with the virus still in circulation it's essential that people act responsibility when using public transport.

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South Korea accuses public church of spreading coronavirus

South Korea has accused a conservative pastor of violating self-isolation rules and obstructing contact tracing at a church where 240 infections have fuelled the country's worst outbreak in over five months.

The focus on the Sarang Jeil Church, led by Rev Jun Kwang-hoon, revived bad memories of the country's biggest outbreak, among followers of a secretive Christian sect back in February.

South Korea on Sunday reported 279 new cases, more than double the 103 reported on Friday, with most of the new infections found in and around Seoul.

Aside from the infections linked to the church, there were also smaller clusters, including some 30 cases linked to a Starbucks outlet in the city of Paju, north of Seoul.

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The shadow health secretary has this to say on the alleged scrapped of Public Health England:

Coronavirus restrictions should act as pause to evaluate 'slum tourism'

Restrictions on travel during the coronavirus pandemic should act as a pause to re-evaluate "slum tourism" - a popular option for gap year students, researchers have said.

Analysis of TripAdvisor reviews from tourists visiting impoverished urban areas in South Africa suggests they regularly misrepresent townships as places of great hope, which creates a skewed understanding of poverty.

Researchers at the University of Bath analysed more than 400 reviews for the townships of Langa and Imizamo Yethu, outside Cape Town.

Tourists regularly produced optimistic descriptions, describing townships as productive, vibrant cultural spaces, rich in non-material assets, inhabited by happy and hard-working people.

Typical responses included: "We learned so much, and it was wonderful to be in the community, to experience the friendship, the solidarity, to see a new future being built"; "The level of poverty that these people live in is unbelievable. But everyone here has hope and aspirations of getting a house and work. Truly amazing people"; "There are hardworking people in the township who are making life better for themselves."

Only four reviews remarked on water, sanitation or sewerage and two noted most residents live without toilets or running water in their homes.

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School return 'needs to go beyond slogans', Independent Sage member says of Keir Starmer's latest statement

Dr Zubaida Haque, director of the Runnymede Trust and member of Independent Sage - a group set up to shadow the government's scientific advisers - has said that pupils' return to schools needs to go "beyond slogans" after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's "no ifs, no buts" comments in the Mail on Sunday.