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Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education exam students take change of venue over Covid-19 risks in their stride
Hong Kong’s university entrance exams entered their second day on Saturday, with more candidates taking the tests, but about 80 students were forced to use a backup venue after a…
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India’s daily Covid death toll hits new record amid oxygen shortages
Authorities battle to get oxygen supplies to hospitals overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of new cases Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage India’s daily coronavirus death toll…
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The world is desperate for more Covid vaccines – patents shouldn’t get in the way | Stephen Buranyi
Pharmaceutical companies insist secrecy is the only way. But what if they were obliged to share recipes and supply chains? Biolyse is a small pharmaceutical manufacturer in Canada with a…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong expects almost all cross-border truck drivers to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by end of month
Almost all of the roughly 7,000 cross-border truck drivers actively in business were expected to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by late April, Hong Kong’s transport minister said on Saturday,…
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Like the prime minister, I have decided now is not the time for personal growth | Nish Kumar
Seeing Boris Johnson give briefings about Covid deaths has been like watching Elmo from Sesame Street deliver a Ted Talk All things being well, we are entering the endgame of…
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Western Australia Covid lockdown: hotel quarantine failures condemned as McGowan urges Morrison to ‘step up and help’
Australian Medical Association president Dr Omar Khorshid says state governments are not doing enough to protect those in quarantine from coronavirus Continued leaks from hotel quarantine are “a frustration to…
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Philippine woman who started food bank branded a communist, compared to Satan by Duterte’s forces
On April 14, Ana Patricia Non set up a small bamboo cart on a pavement in a Quezon City village, stocking it with 800 pesos (US$16.50) worth of groceries, including…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong expecting three new cases; nasal spray vaccine by HKU could be available in two to three years
A nasal spray Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Hong Kong could be available on the market in two to three years, one of its researchers has said,…
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Australian authorities say three new cases of blood clots ‘very likely linked’ to AstraZeneca vaccine
Therapeutic Goods Administration says the patients, including an 80-year-old man, are stable and recovering Australian health authorities say another three cases of rare blood clots – including in an 80-year-old…
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Covid-19: India’s hospital crisis deepens, Tokyo goes under state of emergency
US restarts Johnson & Johnson vaccinations, New Zealand excludes Western Australia from bubble, EU pledges vaccine drive See all our coronavirus coverage Hospitals in India have launched desperate appeals for…