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Portable hospitals provide relief for India’s health care system, which has been overwhelmed by Covid-19
During the second wave of the coronavirus that has ravaged India, Shree Ram Ravichandran knew people who died after being unable to find a hospital bed but he was too…
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AstraZeneca now only recommended for Australians aged 60 and over in blow to Covid vaccine rollout
Change opens up the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to 2.1m more people, but the government has played down the impact as a ‘minor adjustment’ Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout numbers Sydney’s eastern…
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How do we learn to live with Covid in the UK?
Analysis: Lockdown extension brings questions on when and how UK can draw a line under social distancing The Commons vote to delay step four of England’s roadmap out of lockdown…
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Covid cases in England doubling every 11 days as Delta variant takes hold
Scientists say cases rising exponentially but vaccine progress should help reduce increase Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Covid-19 cases are rising exponentially across England driven by…
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Coronavirus: EU-Hong Kong travel deal to ease quarantine, other restrictions ‘unlikely for now given low vaccination rate’
A decision by the European Union to ease travel restrictions for Hongkongers – but only on the condition the city reciprocates – is likely to run into a major roadblock…
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China’s zero-tolerance approach helped control Covid-19, but is it time for an exit strategy?
This is the third in a series about China’s plans to reopen its borders to the world amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Here, Josephine Ma explores whether China’s zero-tolerance prevention and…
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Which Covid-19 vaccine is the best? That’s a complicated question
As the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines accelerates, people are increasingly asking which vaccine is best?Even if we tried to answer this question, defining which vaccine is “best” is not simple. Does…
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NSW Covid update: Sydney’s eastern suburbs cluster grows as Queensland asks residents to reconsider travel
A driver who transported flight crew has been diagnosed with the Delta coronavirus variant and was not vaccinated NSW Covid hotspots and map; Victoria exposure sites; Qld hotspots list Follow…
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NSW Covid-19 exposure sites: list and map of Sydney and regional coronavirus hotspots and case location alerts
Here are the current coronavirus hotspots and Covid-19 public exposure sites in New South Wales and Sydney – including Bondi Junction, Redfern, Zetland and Vaucluse – and what to do…
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How many deaths are acceptable in ‘zero-Covid-19’ economies? From Australia to Hong Kong, that’s the tough question
As the Asia-Pacific’s “zero-Covid-19” economies pick up the pace of their sluggish vaccination drives, a difficult question looms on the post-pandemic horizon: how many deaths should a society accept?Even if…