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Coronavirus Hong Kong: vaccine outreach targeting domestic helpers covers more than 260 Indonesians; 3 new imported cases confirmed
More than 260 Indonesians have been vaccinated through the Hong Kong government’s latest outreach programme targeting domestic helpers, while the city on Sunday confirmed three new imported Covid-19 cases.Civil service…
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Covid-19: China considers plans to give most vulnerable people vaccine booster shots
China is considering plans to give vulnerable people a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine as the Delta variant causes a surge of cases around the world.Shao Yiming, an infectious diseases…
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Covid caution dampens the heady promises of ‘freedom day’
Customers remain hesitant as lockdown habits and the prospect of crowded venues put people off going out Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Statistics suggest that very…
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Australia Covid update: NSW reports 239 new cases and seven ICU patients in their 20s
Gladys Berejiklian says higher vaccination rates the ‘only way to live with Delta’ as Queensland cluster grows to 18 on first day of snap lockdown Follow our Covid live blog…
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NSW records 239 new cases as Queensland reports nine – as it happened
Australia administered 4.5m vaccine doses in July; three million people across Queensland in first full day in lockdown; Victoria records four new local Covid cases. This blog is now closed…
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Daily cases can be falling while the number of people infected still rises | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters
Just think of filling a bath when you forgot to put the plug in At present, confirmed cases in the UK are declining; by specimen date in England, they fell…
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Uber and Deliveroo discounts to lure young people in UK to get Covid jab
Companies will offer credit and price reductions in government push to boost vaccination rates Cheap taxi rides and discounts from the biggest takeaway companies are to be deployed by the…
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There’s a case for vaccine passports, but ministers are failing to make it | Andrew Rawnsley
The government’s hesitant and incoherent policy serves only to create suspicion and offer ammunition to anti-vaxxers • Coronavirus – latest updates• See all our coronavirus coverage Many will have heard…
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Nurseries in England feeling the pressure as ‘pingdemic’ hits children and staff
Calls to extend exemptions to self-isolation in support of critical workers’ children More than half the nurseries in the north-west of England have been forced into a partial or full…
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Hong Kong goes on a spending spree as HK$5,000 e-vouchers scheme launches
Spending of the first batch of coupons under the Hong Kong government’s HK$5,000 (US$643) e-voucher scheme kicked off on Sunday with residents across the city going on shopping sprees and…