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Albanese honours Queen amid jubilee celebrations; up to seven monkeypox cases detected; 59 Covid deaths reported – as it happened
Prime minister renames island in Lake Burley Griffin to honour monarch’s 70 years of service to Australia. This blog is now closed ‘Out of control’ gas prices likely to filter…
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China’s Covid-19 era students prepare for gaokao college exams in record numbers
After two years of pandemic restrictions, the class of 2022 is about to take the test that can make or break a young person’s future. Read the original article at…
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Covid-19 persists amid puzzling hepatitis cases and monkeypox outbreaks – welcome to the new abnormal
Compared with countries like the UK that are living with the virus and the mainland’s citywide lockdowns, Hong Kong’s measures have been more balanced, albeit with some oddities. A sensible…
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China must switch from mass testing to vaccinations to move on from its wasteful zero-Covid policy
Less than half of China’s over-80s are double jabbed, yet the central government seems intent on making testing a permanent feature of daily life instead of formulating a plan to…
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The future of Covid-19 vaccines? Why nasal sprays, not needles, could be better in the long run
Marty Moore, founder of Meissa Vaccines, says nasal sprays could be the future of the fight against Covid-19 and its variants by building better protection where the battle begins. Read…
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How Melbourne became a city of homebodies | Anna Spargo-Ryan
Working from home is cheaper, commute-free and warmer – and a lot of us are still unlearning the internalised fear of going outside People in Adelaide bloody love returning to…
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Dragon boat races return to southern China as Covid cases retreat
Places such as Guangzhou were able to hold the first races to mark the Dragon Boat Festival since the start of the pandemic Read the original article at South China…
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Taiwan reports 142 more deaths as it considers easing quarantine on entry
The number of daily infections should fall over the next two to three weeks, epidemiologists say. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Omicron subvariant drives spike in cases and deaths in Portugal
Europe faces prospect of further Covid measures later in the year as share of Omicron BA.5 cases rise in Portugal and Germany A spike of Covid-19 cases and deaths in…
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Coronavirus: Shanghai finds three community infections two days after lockdown, raising concerns of resurgence and U-turn
The flare up of new cases underscores how challenging it is to combat the highly transmissible Omicron variant in one of China’s largest population centres. Read the original article at…