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Europeans tighten coronavirus curbs as situation in France described as ‘critical’
France, Belgium and Poland on Saturday tightened curbs as coronavirus cases surged in Europe while the Philippines readied for a giant lockdown and Chile confined over 80 per cent of…
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For New Zealand-Chinese, global rise in anti-Asian hate a painful reminder of past wounds
It wasn’t so long ago that New Zealand officially did away with a law designed to exclude the ethnic Chinese community.The government in 1944 axed the Chinese Immigration Act, a…
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Boris Johnson branded irresponsible over ‘back to the office’ call
Scientists alarmed as prime minister suggests people have had enough ‘days off’ while Labour pushes the right to work from home Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…
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Will Australia need more than the Pfizer and AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines?
Other candidates include Johnson & Johnson and Novavax, but even if approved, they will need to be imported More than 410,000 doses of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines have…
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New Zealand’s Covid quarantine fee change places politics over a citizen’s right to return | Sarah Habershon
The government knows that to quell the mutinous grumbling at home you have to nominate an ‘outgroup’ See all our coronavirus coverage Since the beginning of the pandemic I’ve taken…
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Lawyer leading Melbourne tower lockdown class action under investigation by legal board
Serene Teffaha, who has filed a lawsuit against Victoria’s Covid lockdown, says the state’s Legal Services Board has ‘threatened to cancel’ her A lawyer who has filed a class-action lawsuit…
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Dublin hospital told to stop giving Covid jabs after sharing surplus with private school
Beacon hospital chief is believed to have sent his children to St Gerard’s school, where staff received jabs Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Irish health…
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Coronavirus: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson sees ‘nothing’ in Covid-19 data to prevent easing of lockdown
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed on Saturday to stick with his planned unwinding of a coronavirus lockdown, relishing the prospect of a pint and a haircut even as scientists…
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Kate Garraway deserves our thanks for her heart-breaking home movie | Barbara Ellen
Vilifying the presenter for documenting her husband’s plight is beneath contempt It must take a special kind of person to sit in lofty judgment on Good Morning Britain presenter Kate…
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UK Covid deaths pass 150,000 milestone, analysis shows
Figures collated by the Guardian reveal that one in 445 people have died from the virus during pandemic Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than 150,000…