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Omicron XE and XD: health chiefs ‘continue to monitor’ recombinant Covid-19 variants
XE is 10 per cent more transmissible than ‘stealth Omicron’ BA.2 but XD is no more transmissible, according to WHO’s latest evidence. Read the original article at South China Morning…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong government advisers recommend elderly get fourth shot of Covid-19 vaccine, city confirms 2,644 new infections
Expert panel finds three doses ‘very effective in preventing hospitalisation and death’, but residents aged 60 and above should receive a fourth for better protection. Read the original article at…
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Almost 3,000 Covid deaths added to UK total after discovery of data error
Health agency says revision brings total number of deaths within 28 days of positive test to 169,095 Almost 3,000 Covid-19 deaths have been added to the UK’s official figures after…
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‘Learning to live with it’? From Covid to climate breakdown, it’s the new way of failing | George Monbiot
The government is trying to wish away problems such as flooding by doing nothing. It’s incompetence by design We have a new term for doing nothing: “learning to live with”.…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: government to spend additional HK$12 billion on revamped wage subsidy scheme
‘We call this the ultimate version, because we can say that we have concretely accepted all the comments and proposed improvements,’ city leader Carrie Lam says. Read the original article…
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‘Toxic combination’ of issues threaten world’s health and human rights – BMA
Doctors’ group says the pandemic heightened inequalities, with populism and conflict also negatively affecting global healthcare Health-related human rights are under intense threat across the globe with devastating consequences for…
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A simple typo means that I can’t get a vital Covid recovery pass
I’m stuck in limbo and unable to travel because just one figure was wrong I have been stuck in administrative limbo after an NHS test centre recorded my date of…
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Australia news live updates: NSW flood evacuation orders; asylum seekers to be released from detention; 30 Covid deaths
Seventeen asylum seekers expected to be released from detention; flood evacuation orders in NSW; Marise Payne meeting Nato members to discuss Ukraine; NSW records 16 Covid deaths and 22,255 new…
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EU officials say too early to consider 4th Covid-19 dose, but recommend booster for people over 80
European health officials said data showed no conclusive evidence vaccine protection against severe disease is waning or there is added value of a fourth dose. Read the original article at…
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Thousands of health workers walk off the job over pay dispute with NSW government
Strike designed to put pressure on state government before conciliation hearing next week Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app; get our…