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England’s roadmap for easing Covid lockdown
The government’s plan to unlock England moved a step forward on Monday 29 March. Here’s what comes next Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage England has proceeded…
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Venezuela’s President Maduro proposes paying for coronavirus vaccines with oil
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday proposed paying for vaccines against the coronavirus with oil, though he provided few details about how such a scheme would work.The crisis-stricken OPEC nation’s…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong to offer tourism staff workers about 2,000 jobs at vaccination centres
Hong Kong’s tourism workforce will be thrown a lifeline with officials set to offer its embattled staff members nearly 2,000 temporary jobs with the city’s Covid-19 vaccination programme, the Post…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong to lift ban on residents stranded in Britain; quarantine rules to be eased for arrivals from Australia, New Zealand and Singapore
Key points:– Government urges Hongkongers to get vaccinated if they want to join potential travel-bubble arrangement with Singapore– Officials have already written to Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and New…
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Palau president visits Taiwan to open ‘Asia’s first travel bubble’ between two ‘Covid-safe’ destinations
Palau’s leader flew into Taiwan on Sunday as the two coronavirus-free allies prepare to launch a travel corridor and boost their pandemic-hit tourist sectors.A charter flight carrying President Surangel Whipps…
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Australia news live: Malcolm Turnbull in line to head NSW climate advisory board; Brisbane to enter three-day lockdown
Queensland reports four new local cases of UK variant; two visited Byron Bay in NSW; Nationals MP Anne Webster lodges complaint over alleged sexual harassment in parliament. Follow the latest…
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PNG government official’s company awarded lucrative Covid catering contract
Prime minister James Marape to set up investigation into AU$200,000 contract for Caring Ltd to provide catering services See all our coronavirus coverage A company, one of whose directors is…
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Qld Covid: Brisbane to go into snap three-day lockdown after cluster grows to seven cases
Two women who travelled to Bryon Bay in NSW while infectious are among the four new local cases of the UK variant of coronavirus • Follow the Australia liveblog •…
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Brisbane’s Covid lockdown causes headaches for Queensland sport
AFL, NRL and Super Rugby teams affected by three-day measure A-League and NBL may also potentially be impacted Australia’s major sporting codes are again dealing with a significant Covid-19 disruption…