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Oxygen shortages are killing thousands. Why aren’t we doing more about this? | Charlotte Summers
As with vaccines and drugs, the pandemic has shown how access to this life-saving resource is deeply unequal Dr Charlotte Summers is a lecturer in intensive care medicine at the…
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Coronavirus: social-distancing rules relaxation for Hong Kong bars, nightclubs stalled following mutant case
The emergence of another mutant Covid-19 case in Hong Kong has stalled a government plan to resume live music and potentially relax seating rules in bars and other nightspots, the…
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Coronavirus: gold, cash, and HK$20 million in shopping vouchers among incentives Hong Kong businesses offering to residents to get Covid-19 vaccine
Lotteries for HK$20 million worth of shopping coupons, a HK$5 million cash grant, free insurance policies and gold bars are among the fresh incentives provided by Hong Kong’s private sector…
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There’s still no HIV vaccine. Could Covid-19 jab technology – mRNA shots or modified cold virus – be the answer?
In the four decades since the first cases of what would come to be known as Aids were documented, scientists have made huge strides in HIV treatment, transforming what was…
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Does Joe Biden’s spending plan really risk high inflation?
We should expect price increases in the Covid recovery phase – and we have the tools to cool the economy Slight increases in the rate of inflation in the United…
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Price rises should be short-lived – so let’s not resurrect inflation as a bogeyman | William Mitchell
Until full employment is reached, governments need not cut back on public spending A decade ago the financial press, echoing predictions from mainstream macroeconomists, obsessed about whether governments would run…
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Brexit: Eustice attacks ‘nonsensical’ ban on selling sausages as row with EU over Northern Ireland protocol deepens – live
Latest updates: minister suggests US might side with UK over the Northern Ireland protocol if issue is brought up at this week’s G7 summit Stop Brexit ‘blame game’, Northern Ireland…
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Hearing loss, organ failure, fungus, gangrene: as India’s coronavirus hell eases, new threats emerge
India’s ferocious second wave of coronavirus infections is thankfully receding, but the country’s doctors are now grappling with a new threat: a devastating surge in complications among people who previously…
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Cathay Pacific given an extra year to tap Hong Kong government’s US$1 billion rescue loan facility
The Hong Kong government has extended the drawdown period of the HK$7.8 billion (US$1 billion) rescue loan facility it extended to Cathay Pacific, giving the embattled airline another year to…
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South Australia and Western Australia expand vaccine eligibility – as it happened
Victoria reports two new cases as variant traced to returned traveller. This blog is now closed Victoria’s Covid restrictions ‘on track’ to ease from Friday Support for Coalition’s Covid handling…