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Melbourne aged care resident and nurse test positive for Covid as Victoria records four new cases
Resident is fully vaccinated and asymptomatic and nurse last worked on Saturday as health authorities struggle to contain cluster of two variants Victoria Covid-19 exposure sites; NSW exposure sites Victoria’s…
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Labour to force vote on ‘totally insufficient’ school catch-up plan
Opposition plan comes amid Tory MPs demanding urgent rethink of lost learning scheme The expert view Labour has vowed to force a vote over the government’s “totally insufficient” plans to…
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Data on Delta variant splits scientists on lifting final Covid restrictions
Sage group advises against easing social distancing on 21 June, but others say it is too early to assess risks Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Health…
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Cut of £40m in help for tenants will ‘drive up homelessness’
Renters’ groups shocked as funding in England and Wales for rent shortfalls or deposits is cut to below pre-pandemic levels The government is cutting the funding it gives to councils…
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Adjusting to life After Covid means living on constant alert | Eva Wiseman
Things are beginning to get back to normal, but in other ways everything has changed I’m gazing at the sea again. I don’t know when I started – when I…
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Have more than 100% of older people been vaccinated? | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters
To understand vaccine coverage, we need to know how many people there are Across the world, more than 2bn doses of Covid-19 vaccines have gone into arms, and on 2…
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Long-haul bookings surge for 2022 after summer travel chaos
Adventurers are waiting and saving – determined to make long-awaited trips spectacular With foreign summer holiday plans in disarray following weeks of uncertainty over popular European destinations, more tourists are…
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Victoria to receive 330,000 extra Covid-19 vaccines as Greg Hunt urges people to get a jab
Federal health minister says 42% of all Victorians over 50 have had the vaccine as Anthony Albanese calls for purpose-built quarantine facilities in every state • Melbourne aged care resident…
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Wary of Covid-19 vaccine shortages, several Asian governments are determined to develop home-grown shots
Asia-Pacific economies are racing to develop home-grown Covid-19 vaccines as supply shortages threaten to upend containment efforts and prolong the pandemic.Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam are…
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Boris Johnson to call on G7 leaders to vaccinate entire world by end of 2022
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call on fellow leaders at the G7 in Cornwall to pledge to vaccinate the world’s population against coronavirus by the end of 2022.With the…