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Doctors criticise Australia over plan to end home quarantine for Covid-19 patients
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the country will scrap the mandatory five-day home isolation for confirmed cases from October 14. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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National cabinet ends Covid-19 mandatory isolation orders and payments – video
The mandatory Covid isolation requirement will be scrapped following the latest meeting of national cabinet, with exemptions for those working in high-risk settings such as health or aged care. Prime…
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Australia to end mandatory Covid isolation period and disaster payments for workers
Workers in health, disability and aged care will be exempt when both measures are scrapped on 14 October, Anthony Albanese says Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest…
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Hong Kong’s Covid-19 policy and reopening road map must be clear and manage expectations
A lack of clear targets for the reopening of Hong Kong over the past few years has bruised both public and business confidence. To restore trust, the government must communicate…
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NHS 111 failures led to early Covid deaths, investigation finds
Inquiry says phone service misjudged levels of illness and failed to advise some to seek urgent help Multiple failures by the NHS 111 telephone advice service early in the pandemic…
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Thérèse Coffey scraps promised paper on health inequality
Exclusive: health secretary has decided not to publish white paper, which was originally intended for publication by last spring Thérèse Coffey is ditching the government’s long-promised white paper on health…
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England’s A-level and GCSE grades to fall to pre-Covid levels in 2023
Some warn about impact on disadvantaged students, who suffered greatest learning loss during pandemic A-level and GCSE grades awarded in 2023 will be lower on average than this summer, the…
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I will never forget the brutal realities of the pandemic – This England brushes them aside | Rod Dacombe
On the frontline, I saw abject failure, arbitrary death and utter helplessness. Michael Winterbottom’s Covid drama tells a very different story During the pandemic I deliberately killed six people. I…
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Asia-Pacific tourism won’t recover until 2024 in absence of mainland Chinese tourists, say analysts
Tourism in Asia-Pacific will not see a recovery until 2024 as China’s borders remain closed, keeping an estimated 140 million visitors from travelling within the region, according to analysts. Read…
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China urged to set ‘clear road map’ for zero-Covid exit to enable economic recovery as premier looks to fourth quarter
Premier Li Keqiang said China’s economy generally recovered and stabilised in the third quarter, but that Beijing will push ahead in the last three months of the year to offset…