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Congress approves US$900 billion stimulus package, sending to Donald Trump
US lawmakers on Monday approved a US$900 billion relief package that will provide a long-sought boost for millions of Americans and businesses battered by the coronavirus pandemic.Overwhelming approval in the…
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NSW records eight new Covid cases, raising prospects of eased restrictions for Christmas Day
State sets testing record as Avalon cluster grows to 90 while a nurse who works in hotel quarantine program in Sydney contracts coronavirus •NSW Covid hotspots – list of venues…
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Hospitals discuss rationing care as California faces deluge of Covid cases
More than 16,000 hospitalized with figure projected to reach 75,000 by mid-January Hospitals in California are scrambling to handle an explosion of coronavirus cases that threatens to overwhelm the state’s…
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Vatican says getting Covid vaccine ‘morally acceptable’
Catholic church says researchers’ use of cell material derived from foetuses does not amount to cooperating with abortion The Vatican has urged Catholics to get vaccinated against coronavirus and said…
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UK schools ‘will have less than a third of Covid costs met by government’
Support fund will not cover two-thirds of spending needed to be Covid safe, says thinktank Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than two-thirds of the extra…
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Joe Biden receives coronavirus vaccination
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Nick Niedzwiadek on politico.com on December 21, 2020.US President-elect Joe Biden and incoming first lady…
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Coronavirus: Vatican says ‘morally acceptable’ to receive vaccines using abortion cell lines
The Vatican on Monday declared that it is “morally acceptable” for Roman Catholics to receive Covid-19 vaccines based on research that used cells derived from aborted fetuses, guidance that came…
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New coronavirus strain not out of control, says WHO as more countries ban travel from Britain
The new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain with a higher transmission rate is not yet out of control and can be contained using existing measures, the World Health Organization said…
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New Covid variant in UK: spreading Christmas fear?
B117 is more transmissible than original virus, but there is no evidence it makes people sicker Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage If a new virus sounds…