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Telegraph Global Health Security

23 Mar, 13 tweets, 7 min read

🔓You might have noticed that The Telegraph has lowered its paywall until 8am tomorrow

We're always free to read but in case you needed any more of a reason to give us a follow, here is a recap of our best stories of the year

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@niccijsmith

It's hard to believe a whole year has passed since the UK first went into lockdown

Revisit @niccijsmith's exclusive interview with Taiwan's Yin-Ching Chuang, the first foreign official to enter Wuhan – the city where it all began
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@sneweyy

The last twelve months have been just as gruelling for those on the front line

@sneweyy and @JKellyLinden spoke to healthcare workers about living through a global crisis
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Closer to home we heard from a critical care medic about their experience of battling Covid-19 in one UK hospital

Read the series in full here: telegraph.co.uk/from-the-red-z…

@sneweyy

Care homes have also been at the centre of the UK’s battle against the pandemic

@sneweyy and @SimonTownsley discovered the devastating impact on one:
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@_Will_Brown

Covid-19 sparked a crisis around the world but no one could prepare you for the findings of @_Will_Brown and @ZekuZelalem’s investigation which told the harrowing story of African migrants 'left to die' in Saudi Arabia’s hellish detention centres
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@joerwallen

The cycles of lockdown have not been easy for anyone but in India it meant the difference between life and death

@joerwallen reports:
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@annegulland

This warning still stands today. Yet was reported by @annegulland all the way back in May
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@jriggers

The same may be said for this piece by @jriggers
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@mat_charles_

Of course it's not all been about Covid. Take another run at this fascinating story of Colombia's superstitious criminals by @mat_charles_
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@JoeShute

Don't miss @JoeShute's gut-wrenching piece on Blackburn's tumultuous year
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@PaulNuki

And of course @PaulNuki's latest analysis
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@jriggers

While the picture is broadly positive in the UK, the third wave of the coronavirus is causing devastation in countries like Brazil

@jriggers reports 🧵

The country reported 3,000 daily deaths on Tuesday and is close to reaching 300k deaths in total from the virus

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@WHO

And while Brazil is currently the epicentre of the latest Covid resurgence the picture is worrying in a number of other regions, the @WHO says

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@Harrietmbarber

🇫🇮Finland ranks best in Europe for fighting disinformation

And the country puts its success down to its children's robust education

@Harrietmbarber explains

In 2014 the government embedded media literacy into the curriculum, teaching children from the age of six to read sources critically
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Finland has more reason than most to target disinformation

In 2014, when neighbouring Russia annexed Crimea Finns say their neighbours began bombarding them with disinformation

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17 Feb

@ItsBillyMate

🦠 Health authorities are scrambling to halt a new Ebola outbreak

@ItsBillyMate explains what we know so far

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@sneweyy

There are two unrelated outbreaks: one in Guinea & the Democratic Republic of Congo

While the DRC is battling a resurgence of the disease, all eyes are on West Africa where Ebola sparked the world’s worst outbreak between 2013-2016

@sneweyy reports
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Guinea's first case was detected in a nurse who died in late January

Already at least seven people who attended her funeral have reported symptoms, including five people who have died

Others have been isolated in treatment centres, but experts warned more cases may emerge

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12 Feb

@paulnuki

The sunny days of Lockdown One feels very far away and if you're feeling fatigued, you're not alone.

But just why does this lockdown feel so different this time round?

The answer, as our editor @paulnuki explains, is in the data

🧑‍⚖️The rules have changed

A sense of not-quite normality may be playing a part as essential work has been defined more broadly, meaning more people can travel to and from work, and there is no longer a limit on daily exercise