Coronavirus: Virus provides leaps in scientific understanding

How a year of intense scientific effort unravelled the secrets of a virus that shut down the world.

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Coronavirus: Disposable masks 'causing enormous plastic waste'

The government is urged to do more to get people to wear reusable, washable face coverings.

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Coronavirus: Pandemic 'causing new wave' of plastic pollution

Charity Surfers Against Sewage says it has seen a wave of discarded masks and plastics on beaches.

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