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‘We’re way behind’: next US booster rollout faces delays and lack of funds
With a potential second booster on the horizon for vulnerable groups, the White House is still struggling to drum up interest for additional shots – and funding As vaccine makers…
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Patients with Covid and flu double the risk of dying, say scientists
There have been calls for those hospitalised with the coronavirus to be routinely test for influenza after new research revealed an increased mortality rate for those with both conditions See…
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Grayson Perry, God, and a teddy named Measles sum up UK life in the Covid era
A work by the award-winning artist forms part of an exhibition about the pandemic at the Science Museum in London A pot made in lockdown by the British artist Grayson…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam fuels talk she may not seek re-election after comments on leaving pandemic probe to next administration
Hong Kong’s leader has fuelled talk she may not be seeking re-election after saying it will be up to the next administration to conduct a full investigation into the city’s…
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Trapped and destitute: how foreign nurses’ UK dreams turned sour
Lawyers and unions condemn scandal of international health workers forced to pay out if they quit their jobs early • Overseas nurses in the UK forced to pay out thousands…
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Australia live news update: Labor’s Katy Gallagher says ‘mean girls’ label ‘diminishes women’; 11 Covid deaths recorded
Labor senator Katy Gallagher says she had no ‘difficult arguments’ with Kimberley Kitching beyond what was normal in politics; Victoria records five Covid deaths and 7,466 new cases; NSW records…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong to cut 14-day flight suspension rule to 7, convert 13 isolation hotels back into quarantine facilities for travellers
Hong Kong will reduce a 14-day suspension for flights carrying in passengers infected with Covid-19 to a week with the trigger for this ban kept at three cases, a move…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s ethnic minority communities, ex-offenders say they need HK$10,000 e-vouchers too
More than 50 struggling Hong Kong residents including members of ethnic minority communities and former offenders are appealing to the government to include them in the HK$10,000 e-voucher scheme.The Society…
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Weak community links? Hong Kong pays the price for wrecking district-level bodies, putting politics first in coronavirus battle, observers say
It was a rare moment when Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor admitted last week to shortcomings in handling the city’s Omicron-fuelled fifth wave of Covid-19 infections.Announcing that…
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Amid Covid-19 challenges, Hong Kong’s special needs children require more support
Across the globe, the pandemic has affected children and their welfare in profound ways. While the full extent of the impact is yet to be understood, the detrimental effects on…