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Lockdown support for Australian businesses and workers: how much is it, who can get it and when is it available?
Federal and state governments are providing financial assistance for millions of Australians in lockdown. Here is what you need to know Berejiklian confident new restrictions will lower NSW numbers as…
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Latest NSW Covid lockdown restrictions: new update to Sydney and regional coronavirus rules explained
Covid restrictions for greater Sydney, including residents in the Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown and Liverpool LGAs, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Wollongong have been extended. Can you have visitors? Is mask-wearing…
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Covid border restrictions and closures: where you can and can’t travel in Australia – and to New Zealand
Planning a trip across state borders or a weekend away? Is the border between Victoria and NSW closed? Can you travel into or out of Sydney, from NSW to Qld,…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong revokes Saudi Arabia consulate worker’s quarantine exemption for breaking Covid-19 rules
Hong Kong has revoked quarantine exemptions for a Saudi Arabian consulate worker and his family, the Post has learned, after they broke self-isolating rules and two of the children caught…
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Anthony Fauci, Senator Rand Paul in heated clash over coronavirus origins
Republican Senator Rand Paul and senior US government scientist Anthony Fauci angrily assailed each other in a heated exchange on Capitol Hill, as President Joe Biden’s political opponents continue to…
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As Covid-19 batters Thailand’s economy, even pawnshops are running out of customers
From his dusty Bangkok pawnshop, where gold deposits are still recorded in heavy wooden ledgers, Danai Tangvatanangkoon has had a ringside seat to decades of Thai economic crises.But since opening…
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South Australia Covid lockdown restrictions: update to coronavirus rules for Adelaide and regional SA
South Australia is going into lockdown after the state’s coronavirus cluster grew. So what are the rules on travelling, gatherings and mask-wearing? Follow our Covid live blog for the latest…
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Has the Delta variant curbed the effectiveness of lockdowns in ‘zero coronavirus’ economies like Australia and Hong Kong?
Each time Covid-19 has flared up, Australia’s major cities have used strict lockdowns to battle cases back down to zero. As the pandemic wreaked havoc elsewhere, the country’s “zero Covid”…
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Dominic Cummings attacks Boris Johnson over coronavirus, alleges plot to oust UK prime minister
Boris Johnson’s former adviser Dominic Cummings has launched new attacks on the British prime minister, accusing him of taking coronavirus lightly and revealing he held conversations about ousting him.In a…
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China is pushing its own coronavirus lab leak theory in latest battle of narratives
Call it a tale of two laboratories: the Fort Detrick Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in the US, the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, and a competing narrative about…