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US scientists are working on a coronavirus super-jab for the ‘pandemic age’
As countries race to vaccinate their populations against the coronavirus and its variants, some scientists have turned their focus to a broader goal: a vaccine that protects against a range…
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Coronavirus: mixing Pfizer shot and AstraZeneca safe and effective, Spanish study finds
A Spanish study on mixing Covid-19 vaccines has found that giving a dose of Pfizer’s drug to people who already received a first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine is highly safe…
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Coronavirus: leaders from Hong Kong’s battered tourism sector urge people to get vaccinated so travel can resume
Tourism industry leaders have urged Hong Kong residents to get vaccinated for Covid-19 to help resume travel as arrivals to the city plunged nearly 100 per cent year on year…
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Singapore ramps up vaccination drive to give all adults one Covid-19 shot by early August
Singapore is speeding up its Covid-19 vaccine roll-out and aims to inoculate its entire adult population with at least one dose by early August, as it seeks to maximise its…
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UK jobs likely to keep recovering if Covid easing can continue
Analysis: furlough has helped shelter Britons from unemployment, and businesses are hiring again Trying to get to the bottom of what is happening to Britain’s labour market is a tricky…
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Sour relations between Beijing and Canberra dampen mainland Chinese investment in Australian property market
The worsening tensions between Canberra and Beijing have dampened the appetite of mainland Chinese for Australian property, with investments declining by 29 per cent in 2020, according to data from…
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Japan’s economy shrinks more than feared amid coronavirus curbs
Japan’s economy shrank at an annualised rate of 5.1 per cent in the first quarter, a government report showed on Tuesday, heightening fears of another recession as the country struggles…
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Australia news live: AMA calls for dedicated Covid quarantine facilities; Flight Centre CEO says deaths when border opens is ‘inevitable’
Businessman Govind Kant is the second Australian to die from coronavirus in India; Morrison condemns Virgin boss’s ‘insensitive’ border comments. Follow all the day’s news Virgin boss says Australia’s borders…
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Coronavirus live news: India suffers record daily deathss; Tokyo doctors call for Japan Olympics to be cancelled
India deaths rise by record 4,329 in 24 hours; Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association warns Tokyo hospitals ‘have almost no spare capacity’; strikes destroy Gaza’s only Covid testing laboratory How did…
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Covid experts warn against foreign holidays, so why is Boris Johnson so keen? | Polly Toynbee
As the delay on restricting arrivals from India suggests, the prime minister might have political reasons for his lax approach “Fly now pay later”, offers one finance company, which gives…