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UK Covid-related cybercrime fuels 15-fold rise in scam takedowns
Vaccine rollout used as a lure via email and text to harvest people’s personal information for fraud The UK’s cybersecurity agency has taken down more scams in the last year…
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NSW health minister condemns media for naming Sydney ‘barbecue man’ at centre of Covid outbreak
Brad Hazzard says AFR story that identified man was ‘appalling’, and warned it would undermine public health • NSW restrictions: what you can and can’t do under new coronavirus rules…
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‘It stinks, actually’: NSW health officials criticise media for naming man with Covid-19 – video
The New South Wales health minister has strong feelings about the Australian Financial Review’s decision to identify the Sydney man who came forward with Covid symptoms. ‘I think it’s absolutely…
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‘A step too far’: Liberal senator James Paterson speaks out against India travel ban
Influential Coalition parliamentarian says he worries about the precedent set Follow our Australia live news blog The influential Liberal senator James Paterson has warned that Australia has crossed an “enormous…
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Sydney and NSW Covid-19 restrictions: what you can and can’t do under new coronavirus rules
New Covid restrictions for the greater Sydney region, including Wollongong, the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains, have been extended for another week. Can you have visitors? Is mask-wearing compulsory?…
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Coronavirus: Laos reports first death; unlinked Singapore cases rise to 13
A Vietnamese woman died from Covid-19 in Laos on Sunday, according to state-run media, marking the first death from the disease in the impoverished communist country.Reclusive, landlocked Laos had appeared…
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EU not renewing orders for AstraZeneca jabs after June – as it happened
Pressure builds on Indian government to announce national lockdown; third of UK adults now fully vaccinated against Covid-19; Laos records first Covid death See all our coronavirus coverage 11.44pm BST…
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Hong Kong officials are a long way from achieving herd immunity against bad decisions
Hell hasn’t frozen over yet, but last week, pro-establishment lawmakers took turns counting the ways Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s administration has messed up, freely airing their grievances. Some named names,…
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Johnson to allow hugging and indoor venues to reopen in England from 17 May
Spread of Indian Covid variant has not deterred PM from return of cinemas and indoor hospitality and permitting mixing at home Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…
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US ‘turning the corner’ on pandemic but pressure grows to help other nations
Daily new cases plummet in US with advent of vaccines while they rise at alarming rates in south Asia, with India bearing the brunt The US is approaching a turning…