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Australia live news: 70 people barred from first India repatriation flight; Morrison comments on Israel-Palestine conflict
Around 70 people due to be evacuated from New Dehli have either tested positive for Covid or are close contacts of cases; PM talks about ‘deeply sensitive’ Middle East situation.…
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Coronavirus live news: Japan prefectures to declare emergency; calls for ‘surge vaccinations’ in UK
Japan will declare a state of emergency in three more prefectures; Greece launches tourism season; calls for ‘surge vaccinations’ in UK as India variant cases double Call for ‘surge vaccinations’…
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Almost half the Australians booked on India repatriation flight barred after Covid tests
More than 70 of the 150 vulnerable Australians booked on the flight have either tested positive or have been deemed close contacts Almost half the Australians due to fly home…
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Coronavirus Singapore: tighter restrictions reimposed after surge in local cases
Singapore on Friday announced further tightening of social distancing measures to combat an increased number of local Covid-19 cases, reimposing bans on dining at restaurants, urging people to work from…
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UK women forced to wear face masks during labour, charity finds
Survey of 936 women in December shows nearly one in five made to cover up, despite official guidance to contrary Nearly one in five pregnant women in the UK were…
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Australian cricketers set to return from Maldives once India travel ban lifts
Cohort may return this weekend on BCCI-funded charter flight Majority of 38-strong group could quarantine in Sydney Australia’s Indian Premier League contingent could return home in coming days, with cricket…
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Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble likely to be delayed beyond May 26 after spike in cases, minister says
Hong Kong’s long-awaited travel bubble with Singapore is unlikely to launch on May 26 as planned amid a recent surge in coronavirus cases in the city state, a top official…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong makes hotel quarantine mandatory for Taiwan arrivals amid island’s recent outbreak
Travellers from Taiwan to Hong Kong will be required to quarantine for 14 days in designated hotels, the city’s health minister has said, amid a recent surge of locally transmitted…
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If Australia keeps using hotel quarantine, we must tackle airborne transmission head on | Hassan Vally
It may not be easy, but we can make Australia’s hotel quarantine safer We have seen how dangerous the Covid-19 virus is and the damage it can do, and around…
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Coronavirus India: how Modi ally has suppressed damaging reports about oxygen shortages
As India’s hospitals filled up and long queues emerged outside crematoriums last month, local journalist Anuj Awasthi had a big scoop. Oxygen supplies were being diverted away from his district in…