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Coronavirus vaccine: let’s finish the job of controlling the pandemic and reopening
All of us in Hong Kong have been shocked and appalled these last two weeks by the terrible scenes from India of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Over 350,000…
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Coronavirus: from Google’s Sundar Pichai to steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, Indian diaspora races to help homeland in crisis
In the United States, Jaspreet Rai is desperately trying to do her part for the country she left more than 30 years ago: help its people breathe.Rai, 53, who moved…
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The first 100 days of Biden were also the first 100 without Trump – that’s telling | Robert Reich
The new president is benefiting not just from bold proposals and actions but from his predecessor’s catastrophic record By almost any measure, Joe Biden’s first 100 days have been hugely…
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No Perth lockdown but premier says it remains ‘a prospect’ after Saturday’s Covid cases
Mark McGowan says the much-anticipated western derby AFL match will go ahead but without spectators Perth will not be forced back into lockdown, but the state’s premier, Mark McGowan, announced…
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Coronavirus: US states mull ways to boost vaccine take-up as demand slows
It is official: the United States’ Covid-19 immunisation campaign is stalling.While vaccination programmes are lagging badly in many countries – if they have begun at all – mass vaccine sites…
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‘Our profession is at stake’: Mumbai’s ‘dabbawallas’ fear for their futures as coronavirus shuts down age-old food delivery network
For the past 30 years, come rain or shine, Rohidas Sawant has been up at the crack of dawn six days a week to cycle through the lanes of Mumbai…
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Hong Kong coronavirus fight must not overlook airborne transmission
Warnings that Covid-19 is an airborne disease and governments should focus on precautions to stop the coronavirus spreading through the air are gaining momentum after a group of interdisciplinary experts…
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New Zealand pauses flights from Perth after hotel worker and two housemates test Covid-positive
WA premier Mark McGowan says there will be no coronavirus lockdown ‘at this point’ New Zealand has ordered a pause on direct flights from Perth after a Western Australian working…
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Thousands in Brazil rally for President Jair Bolsonaro, ignoring coronavirus rules
Several thousand Brazilians marched Saturday in support of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, ignoring a surging pandemic even as government opponents took their own protests online.There were rallies in Brasilia, Sao…
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Coronavirus blog as it happened: surge testing to begin in east London after variants detected; WHO approves Moderna vaccine
Saturday’s news on Covid developments around the world Thousands waiting for dementia diagnoses during Covid crisis Travellers in England to get one-week notice of overseas rule easing Canberra condemned over…