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‘Rejected and betrayed’: Australians stranded in India speak of heartbreak
More than 9,000 Australians remain trapped in India by the Coalition’s Covid travel ban. Many travelled before the crisis to visit sick and dying relatives, and say they are angry…
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Why Singapore moved to 21-day hotel quarantine – and a look at the countries with the longest, shortest and ‘most relaxing’ self-isolation requirements
Singapore on Tuesday announced it would extend its quarantine period from 14 to 21 days for most inbound travellers – except those from seven jurisdictions including Hong Kong – as…
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Two Pfizer Covid vaccine doses give over 95% protection, shows Israel study
First research of its kind shows power of vaccines to stem pandemic, cutting hospitalisation, death and infection rates Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Two doses of…
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Coronavirus: ‘vaccine tours’ to US, Russia offered to wealthy Thais fretting over slow roll-out
Travel agencies in Thailand are selling coronavirus “vaccine tours” to the United States, as some wealthy Thais grow impatient awaiting mass inoculations that are still a month away amid the…
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Coronavirus: US to back waiving intellectual property protections for vaccines
The US will back a proposal to waive intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines, with the Biden administration’s top trade official citing the “extraordinary circumstances” of a pandemic that has…
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Canada approves Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for children aged 12 to 15
Canada’s health regulator has authorised Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for ages 12 and older.Dr Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada, on Wednesday confirmed the decision for the ages to…
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Serbia to give US$30 to those who get coronavirus vaccine
Serbia’s president said on Wednesday his country would pay each citizen who gets a Covid-19 vaccine before the end of May, in what could be the world’s first cash-for-jabs scheme.The…
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The stress of the Covid pandemic is driving NHS doctors like me out of frontline care | Anonymous
The intense pressures, understaffing and lack of support for medical staff are taking their toll It’s incredible what you’re able to normalise just because you are seeing a lot of…
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Clearing the dancefloor: how club culture became a museum piece
In the pandemic, nightclubs have been turned into exhibition spaces, switching the craze for museums evoking clubs. It’s throwing fresh perspective on what dancing is even for The ttttssshhhhhh of…