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Health officials beg Australian government to upgrade hotel quarantine amid Covid leaks
Experts call on federal advisory group to reflect importance of airborne spread, as WA asks commonwealth to repurpose immigration detention facilities and airbases Public health experts have pleaded with the…
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India’s rich flee on private jets as coronavirus crisis intensifies
India’s mounting crisis surrounding a surge in coronavirus infections is prompting wealthy families to flee the country by private jet.With reports of hospital bed and drug shortages sweeping social media,…
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India’s Covid disaster: a crisis for the world – podcast
A catastrophe is unfolding in India as hospitals run out of oxygen, the Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, reports from Delhi When India emerged relatively unscathed from its first…
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The prime minister must change course to combat vaccine hesitancy in Australia | Peter Lewis
Australians need their government to succeed in vaccinating the nation every bit as much as they needed the government to succeed in locking down Scott Morrison is fast discovering that…
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Arrival of coronavirus variants a signal for Hong Kong to take no chances, plan for the worst, experts warn
Health experts have warned that Hong Kong risks seeing more infectious Covid-19 variants taking root, and urged authorities to stay alert and plan for the worst.Among other things, they said…
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Travel bubble: what can Hong Kong visitors do in Singapore? Locals suggest hawker centres, Gardens by the Bay and Popular bookstore
Banker Matthew Kong has an inkling where his Hong Kong friends will want to visit when the travel bubble with Singapore opens on May 26. Beyond the usual tourist attractions,…
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California effort to recall Gavin Newsom gets needed signatures to make ballot – as it happened
Recall election could cost Californians $400m Inquiry will examine patterns of unconstitutional policing US to share up to 60 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses around the world Biden to announce new…
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New Zealand loses top spot for best place to be during Covid to Singapore
Slow vaccine rollout cited as the difference between the two countries, both of which have virtually no community coronavirus cases See all our coronavirus coverage New Zealand has been dethroned…
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Shift workers treated in hospital three times more likely to have Covid – study
Research finds ‘quite a strong association between shift working and being hospitalised for Covid-19’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Shift workers treated in hospital are up…
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Coronavirus: masses look to business class tickets to stay safe while travelling
Business class was that silent and spacious sanctuary for the well-heeled, at least until the coronavirus pandemic destroyed global aviation. But as flights creep back, this once-exclusive haven is being…