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WA, NT and SA Covid restrictions: update to coronavirus rules for Perth and Peel region, Darwin and South Australia
WA’s four-day lockdown for people in Perth and the Peel region ends, while the Northern Territory announces some restrictions for Darwin and Alice Springs post-lockdown, and South Australia announces immediate…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s run of zero local Covid-19 infections reaches 28 days after hotel cleaner’s case reclassified
Health officials have reclassified a hotel cleaner’s coronavirus infection as linked to an imported one, meaning Hong Kong’s run of zero local Covid-19 cases, now at 28 days, remains intact.The…
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Lengthy wait times as more than 2 million Hongkongers jump online to sign up for HK$5,000 vouchers
Nearly 2.4 million Hongkongers, or about one-third of qualified residents, had signed up for the government’s HK$5,000 (US$644) consumption voucher scheme by 8am on Monday, with the rush leading to…
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How coronavirus helped India’s mom-and-pop kirana stores beat Amazon and Bigbasket at their own game
Malati Balakrishnan, who lives in an upmarket part of Chennai, did not bother to stock up on groceries and provisions when the city went into a coronavirus lockdown in March…
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Coronavirus: first Hong Kong patient found with variant strain jailed 3 months for lying to health authorities, girlfriend gets 20 days
Hong Kong’s first two Covid-19 patients found to be carrying a mutated strain of the coronavirus in the community were handed jail sentences on Monday for lying to officials about…
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Coronavirus: in July 4 speech, Joe Biden declares US success in beating back pandemic
A triumphant US President Joe Biden all but announced an end to the pandemic in the United States on Sunday, celebrating what he called a “heroic” vaccination campaign on the…
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Covid Australia vaccine rollout tracker: total number of people and per cent vaccinated, daily vaccine doses and rate of progress
How does Australia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout and schedule compare with other countries, when will Australia be fully vaccinated and when will you be eligible to get your dose? We bring…
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Queen Elizabeth to honour Britain’s health workers for services during coronavirus pandemic
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will award the UK’s state-run National Health Service (NHS) the country’s highest civilian honour in recognition of health workers’ service during the pandemic, the government has announced.The…
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Wuhan lab leak theory dogs Democrats eager to keep focus on Trump’s Covid-19 failings
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Alice Miranda Ollstein on politico.com on July 4, 2021.Congressional Democrats are having to balance escalating…
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Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel hospitalised after Covid-19 diagnosis
Prime Minister Xavier Bettel of Luxembourg has been admitted to hospital a week after testing positive for coronavirus, the government said on Sunday.“As a precaution,” Bettel is expected to remain…