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Apec ministers pledge to expedite transit of coronavirus vaccines
Distribution of coronavirus vaccines was top of the agenda in Asia on the weekend as trade ministers, diplomats and politicians held a series of meetings amid surges in cases throughout…
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My dream of a holiday abroad this summer alas was just magical thinking | Emma Brockes
When I discovered the dreadful toll of the pandemic in Costa Rica, I realised there were worse things than holidaying at home I’d been aware, for a while, that wealthy…
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US promises to give Taiwan 750,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine, but senators’ visit is likely to further anger Beijing
The United States will donate 750,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Taiwan, three American senators visiting the island promised on Sunday.Their visit coincides with growing cross-strait tensions over Taiwan’s vaccine…
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Guangzhou tightens Covid-19 controls as mass tests expose more cases
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong ramped up their Covid-19 controls on Sunday, with residents lining up to get tested after the city reported more infections in the…
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Coronavirus: Britain’s health minister says too early to decide on lifting lockdown
British health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday it was too early to say whether the government would stick to its plan to fully lift Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in England…
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How to survive world’s longest coronavirus hotel quarantine: 3 Hongkongers tell how they endured 21 long days in isolation
In the last week of his three-week hotel quarantine, Arnaud de Surville woke up crying. A successful business executive, he’d never had a mental health issue and hadn’t expected the…
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Coronavirus: Philippines stops nurses from working abroad; Vietnam PM wants eased restrictions
The Philippine government suspended the sending abroad of nurses, and their assistants and aides because the annual limit of 5,000 health care workers deployed has been reached.The processing of permits…
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Covid live: UK under-30s to be invited for jabs this week; Labour calls for ‘amber list’ to be axed
Latest updates: health secretary says Delta variant appears 40% more transmissible; Lisa Nandy says robust quarantine needed for people arriving in UK Tony Blair says fully vaccinated people should get…
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Covid Delta variant ‘about 40% more transmissible’, says Matt Hancock
Under-30s to be offered jabs from next week but variant makes decision on easing rules in England ‘more difficult’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The new…
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Tony Blair calls for new pass to allow vaccinated people more freedoms
Former PM says those who have had both jabs should be treated differently from those who have not People who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 should be able to travel…