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Covid NSW restrictions explained: Greater Sydney’s new coronavirus rules for face masks
New Covid restrictions for the greater Sydney region have been extended for another week. Can you have visitors? Is mask-wearing compulsory? Is travelling permitted? Here’s what you can and can’t…
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Anti-vax group mounts legal blitz to sow disinformation against vaccinations
Texas group the Informed Consent Action Network has capitalized on fear surrounding supposed vaccine mandates Just as the Covid-19 vaccine rollout began in earnest in the United States, the Informed…
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Punishing the young serves Johnson’s politics of nostalgia | William Davies
The pitiful school ‘catch-up’ funding reveals the Tories are only ‘moving left’ on spending where it’s electorally convenient Boris Johnson’s government has made some controversial spending decisions since March 2020,…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong hotels want clearer guidance, compensation for potential lost nights under new quarantine plan
Hong Kong’s hotel industry has called for both clearer guidance and compensation after authorities confirmed that travellers entering the city will soon be able to spend less time in quarantine…
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Donald Trump asked whether Covid-infected Americans abroad could be sent to Guantanamo Bay, book says
Former US president Donald Trump pondered whether Covid-positive Americans abroad could be sent to Guantanamo Bay in the early days of the pandemic, according to a forthcoming book by two…
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Coronavirus: Joe Biden details latest vaccine donations for world, delays June target
US President Joe Biden is delaying a target date for overseas shipments of 80 million doses of coronavirus vaccines donated by the US, with logistical hurdles and millions of shots…
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Coronavirus: surge of Delta variant in Indonesia threatens Bali tourism reopening
Indonesia announced on Monday it would tighten movement restrictions amid a surge of coronavirus infections, fuelled by the Delta variant, that has brought the health system to the brink of…
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Covid Victoria restrictions explained: new coronavirus rules for Melbourne and regional Vic
Victorian Covid-19 restrictions are easing further as the Melbourne coronavirus outbreak comes under control. Is the 25km travel limit being lifted? How many visitors are allowed? Is mask-wearing compulsory? Are…
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What are Hong Kong’s quarantine rules? All the latest on Covid-19 travel restrictions, from hotels to children’s vaccines and antibody tests
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.Hong Kong will start to relax quarantine arrangements for fully…
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Coronavirus: ‘vaccine or jail’, Philippines’ Duterte threatens; Singapore expands testing after finding new clusters
President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Philippines battles one of Asia’s worst outbreaks, with more than 1.3 million…