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Britons with Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine face extra EU travel hurdle
EU vaccine passport scheme omits Covishield jab, despite it offering same protection as UK-made one Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage British travellers hoping to visit Europe…
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Russia coronavirus deaths on upswing amid Delta variant, low vaccine uptake
Russia on Friday reported 679 coronavirus deaths, a record number of pandemic-related fatalities over a 24-four period for the fourth day in a row, a government tally showed.Russia, the fifth…
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Philippine villagers evacuated after Taal Volcano rumbles but shelters risk becoming coronavirus clusters
Thousands of people were being evacuated from villages around a rumbling volcano near the Philippine capital on Friday, but officials said they faced another dilemma of ensuring emergency shelters will…
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South Korea offers quarantine-free travel as Asia’s ‘zero-Covid’ economies stay isolated
As much of the world went into lockdown last year during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, South Korea bucked the trend with a strategy aimed at keeping as…
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Cases continue to rise as federal government announces pandemic exit plan – as it happened
Scott Morrison announces four-step pandemic exit plan after meeting with state leaders. This blog is now closed Border closures and restrictions Covid-19 restrictions: Qld; NSW; WA, NT and SA; Vic…
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Ryanair passenger numbers soar as Covid vaccine restores travel confidence
Airline carried 5.3m passengers on 38,000 flights in June compared with only 400,000 a year earlier Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ryanair’s passenger numbers surged in…
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Japan may be forced into U-turn over Olympics crowds
Plans to allow 10,000 locals into events at risk with Tokyo’s Covid restrictions unlikely to be lifted Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Japan could be forced…
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Replacing isolation with unreliable Covid tests will put pupils in England in harm’s way | Deepti Gurdasani
It’s not a binary choice of ending absences or disrupting education – ministers could bring in masks, air filters and more On 4 May, many scientists, union representatives and parents,…
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Australian unions reject ‘unacceptable’ proposal allowing employers access to staff vaccination data
Australian Industry Group suggests large workplaces could become vaccine hubs and employers should be informed who has and hasn’t had the jab An industry proposal to allow employers to access…
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WA lockdown rules for Perth and Peel, NT rules for Darwin and Alice Springs, and coronavirus restrictions for South Australia and Adelaide
WA nears the scheduled end of a four-day lockdown for people in Perth and the Peel region, while the Northern Territory announced some restrictions for Darwin and Alice Springs post-lockdown,…