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Cow dung cocktails: why India can’t get enough of quack Covid-19 ‘cures’
Doctors in India are baffled. Despite being told incessantly for more than a year that only masks, social distancing, and handwashing can protect them against coronavirus, some Indians still prefer…
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Coronavirus: how the massive pandemic debt bill has ‘reshaped the global economy for good’
Governments will prop up economies for years to come following the coronavirus pandemic, inflating fiscal deficits to record-high levels without a “return to normal in the economic, political and social…
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Coronavirus: Japan cuts size of foreign Olympics delegations as opposition to Games grows
Organisers of the Tokyo Olympic Games say they have lowered the number of foreigners coming to Japan as athletes, support staff or media workers to about 69,000, although a leading…
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Nepal’s coronavirus crisis spurs Everest hopefuls to ‘camp’ in oxygen-deprivation tents at home
Mountaineer Akash Neggi is fully prepared to take on the world’s highest mountain – after spending several weeks sleeping in a tent in his living room in the US state…
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Australia news live: thousands of striking school students march in climate change protest across country
Student demonstrators call on federal government to do more on climate change; Scott Morrison says this is ‘worst time’ for Victoria to lift taxes; some Covid vaccination sites reportedly operating…
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Coronavirus live news: Argentina to return to strict lockdown; China has its citizens in Thailand vaccinated
China has started vaccinating Chinese citizens living in Thailand; Argentinian president announces ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown starting Saturday; Japan expected to expand state of emergency to Okinawa Britain in talks to…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong expert suggests easing Covid-19 rules for schools based on pupil vaccination rates
Hong Kong schools should be allowed to run full-day sessions and even relax mask-wearing requirements if enough of their pupils are vaccinated once the city’s Covid-19 inoculation programme is extended…
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Covid-19 travel amber list: a guide to rules in top holiday destinations
These five popular destinations for Britons may be on the UK’s amber list but they’re opening the door to holidaymakers. We gauge the current restrictions and entry requirements in France,…
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Coronavirus: more Hong Kong universities set to require vaccination or regular testing for accommodation and more
More local universities are set to make Covid-19 vaccination a condition of living on campus, the Post has learned, with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) going…