Marcus Rashford today leads a roll call of heroes honoured for their part in the UK’s response to coronavirus. The footballer stands with 414 “unsung heroes” who helped the Covid-19 fight in a specially-expanded Queen’s Birthday Honours. Others made ‘Covid’ MBEs include “The Body Coach” Joe Wicks, 34, whose daily […]
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Taoist priest honours China’s coronavirus dead with memorial tablets
By Martin Quin Pollard LAIWU, China (Reuters) – In a room inside a hillside Taoist monastery in China’s Shandong province lies a collection of 558 memorial tablets inscribed with the names and home towns of people who died after contracting the coronavirus or while battling the pandemic. Some of them, […]