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Nationals say Labor ‘asleep at the wheel’ as more FMD fragments found – as it happened
Labor resists calls to close border to Indonesia after foot-and-mouth viral fragments detected in SA Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Linda Burney says…
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Covid-19 in China: Shenzhen residents fear tighter controls on the way as authorities pledge to do all they can to stop new outbreak
Megacity reported 22 new locally transmitted cases for Wednesday, with the daily count creeping up from single digits earlier this month. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Covid vaccine figures lay bare global inequality as global target missed
Only one in seven people in low-income countries are fully vaccinated with poorest pushed to the ‘back of the queue’ The international target to vaccinate 70% of the world’s population…
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Coronavirus: Australia sees record deaths as Omicron variants push up hospital cases
The country reported 89 Covid deaths and more than 55,600 new cases on Thursday as the highly contagious BA.4/5 variants take hold. Read the original article at South China Morning…
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How Covid keeps surprising us and confounding the experts
More than two years into the pandemic, the virus continues to evolve in unpredictable and surprising ways, says science correspondent Hannah Devlin We’re now more than two years into the…
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Health department defends Australian Covid vaccine ads criticised as ‘very hard to find’
Health expert says health videos contain key messages but it’s difficult to find and share them Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast The Department…
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China’s top Covid official denies authorities are easing controls and calls for swift response to new outbreaks
Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan says recent changes, including shorter quarantine for arrivals from abroad, are ‘not about relaxing rules but precision’. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Hong Kong’s prime office market takes a breather as banks, other tenants pause after an eight-month leasing spree
The city’s grade A office market saw a slower take-up rate in June even as rents have slumped by 28 per cent from the peak in 2019, a JLL report…
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How does Australia’s Covid death rate and hospitalisations compare with other countries?
There are currently more than 207 people in hospital for every million Australians – similar figures to Belgium, France, Spain and the UK Get our free news app, morning email…
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NSW government suggested children as young as 10 could work off $1,000 Covid fines
Exclusive: government rejected call by legal groups to replace Covid fines, issued to about 3,000 children, with cautions Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast…