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Half of poorest countries have cut health spending despite Covid, says Oxfam
Analysis of budgets finds rich nations, including UK, ‘exacerbated explosion of economic inequality’ Many of the world’s poorest countries have cut health spending during the last two years, sometimes to…
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Covid: hopes for Oxford nasal vaccine dealt blow after poor trial results
Scientists ditch plans to develop nasal spray version of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in its current form Hopes of distributing the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine as a nasal spray have been dealt a…
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As Japan cheers reopening, weak yen is both good and bad news for travel sector
Travel bosses are delighted visitors are back, but some worry ‘budget’ visitors will flood Japan due to the weak yen, and at a time workers are ‘out of practice’. Read…
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Nearly a fifth of Australia’s Covid vaccine stock binned amid warning of fresh wave of cases
Dwindling demand for booster shots causes concern immunisation gaps leaving country open to new variants Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app,…
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Genting Hong Kong, stricken operator of Dream Cruises and Cruise to Nowhere, will be liquidated, Bermuda Court rules
Debt-laden Genting Hong Kong has been ordered by a Bermuda Court to be wound up, making it one of the biggest pandemic casualties in Asia’s tourism industry which has been…
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Coronavirus vaccines: Hong Kong government advisers split over buying BioNTech’s second-generation booster
City records first Omicron XBB. 1 subvariant, involving an imported case, but health experts caution against undue alarm Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Coronavirus: Singapore’s life expectancy falls for first time on record due to Covid-19 deaths
A spokesperson for Singapore’s statistics department said higher mortality rates caused by excess deaths during the pandemic caused life expectancy to fall in 2020 and 2021, the Straits Times newspaper…
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As Hong Kong eases Covid-19 rules, airlines race to find pilots and cabin crew, get parked aircraft flying again
Cathay Pacific, major airlines start adding flights, but are held back by shortage of pilots, crew. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Australia news live: risk of major NSW flooding remains; Dai Le says stage-three tax cuts an ‘opportunity’ for Labor
There are currently 105 flood warnings across New South Wales. Follow all the day’s news live Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast ‘It’s time…