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Coronavirus: sacking Hong Kong staff for not getting vaccinated may break the law, warns equality chief
Hong Kong’s equality watchdog has told employers they risk breaching discrimination laws by firing workers who refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19, just as staff at restaurants planning to relax…
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I’ve been agoraphobic – what I learned may help those with post-lockdown anxiety | Rhiannon Lucy Coslett
When home feels like a place of safety, ‘re-entry’ syndrome makes sense. But there are ways to gradually return to society We have been trying to get the cat to…
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Australia news live: Morrison stirs debate over international travel, Google may appeal against location data ruling
PM says ‘first goal’ is to allow vaccinated Australians to travel and quarantine at home when they return. Follow updates live Mass vaccination clinics to put strain on healthcare workforce,…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong building locked down after first infection involving mutant strain uncovered in community
Hong Kong detected the first mutant coronavirus infection in the community on Friday, with officials ordering the lockdown of a building in the Jordan neighbourhood over the case in a…
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Coronavirus: restrictions tightened in Japan, Thailand; Duterte considers using hotels as hospitals
Japan is set to expand quasi-emergency measures to 10 regions on Friday as a fourth wave of Covid-19 cases spreads, casting doubt on whether the Summer Olympics can be held…
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Covid booster shot warning ‘underlines urgent need for Australia to make mRNA vaccines’
Pfizer boss flags likelihood that extra jabs will be required – raising prospect of increased global demand Covid booster shot could be needed after nine to 12 months, White House…
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Biden warns of further action ‘if Russia continues to interfere with our democracy’ – as it happened
President proposes summer summit with Putin after sanctions Biden says conversation with Russian leader ‘candid and respectful’ Pfizer CEO: third Covid vaccine likely needed within a year Biden slaps new…
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Covid booster shot could be needed after nine to 12 months, White House says
Pfizer CEO has also said it is ‘likely’ people will need a third coronavirus vaccine dose within a year The US is preparing for the possibility that a booster shot…
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Workers in insecure jobs twice as likely to die of Covid, TUC research finds
Those with no sick pay and fewer rights, such as many care workers and delivery drivers, at higher risk Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Workers on…
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Merkel will receive AstraZeneca vaccine – as it happened
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