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Covid: European governments must urgently boost monitoring, WHO says
‘Waiting for the autumn will be too late,’ says regional director as Omicron variants drive threefold surge in cases over past six weeks The World Health Organization has called on…
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Coronavirus: ‘virus is not done with us yet’ warns expert as new Covid-19 variants are better at evading antibodies
With the new variants circulating, doctors still recommend people wear masks indoors and ensure they are up to date on booster shots. Read the original article at South China Morning…
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Calls for employers to allow working from home as 75 Covid deaths recorded – as it happened
Tanya Plibersek pledges new environment laws to end years of ‘wilful neglect’ by Coalition Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Victorian students aged eight…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong care home staff ‘to undergo weekly PCR tests’ in government’s first move to shore up defences; 3,256 new cases logged
Measure said to be one of the first moves by new Hong Kong government to strengthen defences in vulnerable sectors amid fifth wave rebound. Read the original article at South…
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New Covid variant is a ‘significant new threat’, says Australia’s chief medical officer – video
Chief medical officer Paul Kelly says the BA.5 Covid subvariant is a significant new threat as Australia faces its third Omicron wave. ‘Here is a new variant of Covid-19 that…
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Questions raised about Lords standards rules after Tory peer cleared of lobbying
Peter Selwyn Gummer, Lord Chadlington, had stake in company awarded £50m Covid contracts via government VIP lane Labour has called for a review of the Lords conduct rules after the…
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New Zealand Covid chief’s farewell party ruined … by Covid
Dr Ashley Bloomfield dramatically scales back planned event, including cancelling the karaoke, in face of Omicron surge New Zealand’s Covid chief has had his farewell party scuppered by a rising…
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How ‘living with Covid’ is helping keep England’s infections stubbornly high
A year on from ‘freedom day’, government messaging promoting a sense of the pandemic being over is having the opposite effect, experts say When Boris Johnson trailed plans for what…
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School district home rents drop by the most in 2 years as more Hong Kong residents head for the emigration queue
Hong Kong districts with shrinking student populations have registered the biggest declines in home rents since January 2020, showing the ‘negative and lasting’ impact of a net outflow of people.…
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With the tourists gone, what now for Lopburi’s famous monkeys?
Deprived by the pandemic of their steady diet of treats, the city’s omnipresent macaques are turning to outright banditry Food vendors in the Thai city of Lopburi can never let…