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As Covid-19 surges in Thailand, Prayuth faces crisis of confidence stoked by Thaksin, Clubhouse and ‘fed-up doctors’
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is to meet industry and tourism leaders on Wednesday to discuss how the country, in the thick of a coronavirus flare-up and a month-long lockdown…
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Fears of Covid ‘tsunami’ in Fiji after outbreak found to be Indian variant
Covid-19 outbreak in Pacific nation has forced lockdowns across the country, after the island nation avoided transmission for a year Fijian health officials are bracing for a “tsunami” of Covid-19…
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‘We’re all in this together’: Dr Fauci says world has failed India as Covid cases surge
US’s top infectious disease expert lambasts wealthy countries for failing to provide equitable access to coronavirus vaccines Families of Australians caught in India Covid surge plead for repatriation Why Australia…
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China’s private equity deals surged in 2020 as country emerged from Covid-19 crisis, Bain survey finds
China’s private equity investors benefited from the country’s swift action to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, enjoying a jump in investment value and deal numbers last year, according to global consultancy…
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India’s Covid crisis: Delhi crematoriums forced to build makeshift pyres
Grieving relatives of the dead forced to wait hours for a funeral pyre amid an explosion of new Covid cases Crematoriums in Delhi are being inundated with so many bodies…
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‘A chance to make peace’: the Chinese toughing out India’s coronavirus storm
Qiu, a Chinese mechanical engineer based in India’s southern city of Bangalore, developed a high fever and lost his sense of taste and smell last week. He suspects he has…
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Biden hails ‘stunning progress’ on Covid but warns Americans: ‘Do not let up now’ – as it happened
President lauds vaccination effort to reduce cases and deaths Biden raises minimum wage for workers paid by federal contractors Texas sheriff who criticized Trump is nominated to head Ice CDC…
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Single dose of Covid vaccine can nearly halve transmission of virus, study finds
Research from Public Health England suggests that protection conferred a fortnight after vaccination See all our coronavirus coverage A single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine can slash transmission of the…
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Vaccinating adolescents could help prevent third wave of Covid in UK – study
Slowing down relaxation of coronavirus restrictions also among measures suggested by Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Vaccinating older children and…
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India hits 200,000 coronavirus deaths as new cases surge to record highs
India reached a grim milestone on Wednesday as its death toll from the coronavirus passed 200,000 and a devastating surge of new infections continued to overwhelm health care systems on…