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Tokyo Olympics: record number of new coronavirus cases for Japan and host city
Follow our live coverage of day five here.Japan’s daily total of Covid-19 cases topped 9,000 for the first time on Wednesday, with a surge in infections in Tokyo casting a…
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Sydney extends coronavirus lockdown by four weeks, Phuket sandbox at risk
The Australian city of Sydney extended its lockdown by four weeks on Wednesday after an already protracted stay-at-home order failed to douse a Covid-19 outbreak, with the authorities warning of…
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Are Covid jabs ‘Trump vaccines’? No, but I’ll call them that if it means people will take them | Arwa Mahdawi
Trump sycophant Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the ex-president deserves credit for the jab rollout. If that’s the price of herd immunity, so be it Forget Pfizer or AstraZeneca, the hottest…
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Coronavirus: third child of Hong Kong’s Saudi Arabian consulate staff member confirmed to have Covid-19
A third child of a Saudi Arabian consulate employee was Hong Kong’s sole new Covid-19 case on Wednesday, a week after two of her siblings were confirmed as infected.The latest…
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‘Tortured and killed’: US man who sent threatening emails to Anthony Fauci arrested
A man has been arrested and charged in federal court with sending emails that threatened to harm and kill Dr Anthony Fauci, National Institutes of Health Director Dr Francis Collins,…
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New Sydney Covid lockdown restrictions and update to regional NSW coronavirus rules explained
Covid restrictions extended for greater Sydney, with a hard lockdown expanded to Parramatta, Georges River and Campbelltown LGAs. Some restrictions have been eased with some construction to resume and a…
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Excluding the most vulnerable from Covid payments isn’t just cruel – it jeopardises public health | Alison Pennington
These desperate people face continued compulsion to work, expanding the pool of desperate workers seeking precarious, dangerous cash-in-hand and gig work Builders plea for home renovations to be included in…
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As Vietnam’s coronavirus surge continues, lockdowns take their toll on factory output, small businesses
University student Tran Thanh Nha has been working 14-hour shifts almost every day for the past two months, delivering food to locked-down residents and assisting medical workers in conducting Covid-19…
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Coronavirus: US urges face masks indoors as Delta variant surges
People vaccinated against Covid-19 in high-risk parts of the United States should resume wearing masks indoors, the top health authority said, a major reversal in guidance that underscored the country’s…
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How Hong Kong can chart a course towards living with Covid-19
It has been over a month since the government announced an exemption of executives in Hong Kong’s financial sector from quarantine measures when returning to the city from overseas business…