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Australian experts warn against the use of sedatives to contain Covid spread in aged care
The aged care regulator is investigating a Melbourne aged care home following reports it used sedatives to manage the behaviour of some residents who had tested positive for Covid-19. The…
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ACCC investigates complaints about airlines flying to Australia during Covid-19
Australia’s consumer watchdog is investigating international airlines flying into the country during the pandemic, amid allegations operators are cancelling economy passengers’ tickets in favour of business and first-class customers, as…
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UK’s poorest ‘skip meals and go hungry’ during coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has had a catastrophic effect on the nutritional health of the UK’s poorest citizens with as many as one in 10 forced to use food banks, and…
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‘Archbishop’ of Florida church selling bleach ‘miracle cure’ arrested with son
The self-styled “archbishop” of a purported church in Florida that sells industrial bleach as a “miracle cure” for Covid-19 has been arrested with his son in Colombia and faces extradition…
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School exams and Covid: what could the UK have learned from EU?
School leaving exams were cancelled, postponed or adapted because of the coronavirus crisis in countries across Europe, but most have avoided the rows, recriminations and abrupt about-turns experienced in the…
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Coronavirus reappears in Chinese woman more than five months after she recovered from initial infection
A Chinese woman who recovered from Covid-19 more than five months ago has tested positive for the coronavirus again, authorities in central China said on Wednesday. The 68-year-old woman, who…
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China’s exports to show ‘remarkable’ rise despite coronavirus and US decoupling threat, customs chief says
China will eventually gain a bigger share of total global exports regardless of the impact of the coronavirus on foreign demand and threats of decoupling from the United States, according…
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New World Development to pay US$592 million for Shanghai site in first major deal by scion of Hong Kong property empire
New World Development is developing a prime commercial site in Shanghai in the first major deal in mainland China by the heir to Hong Kong’s fourth-largest property group.The Hong Kong-listed…
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Nations brace for new coronavirus outbreaks as global death toll nears 750,000
The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic was expected to surpass 750,000 in days as nations braced for new outbreaks. The number of confirmed infections worldwide since the virus…
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Singapore’s bank workers may see more job losses amid recession, regulator says
Singapore’s financial-services sector, which accounts for 4.5 per cent of total employment, may see more job losses during the second half of the year as the country goes through its…