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Singapore GDP expected to grow from 3-5 per cent this year amid post-pandemic recovery
-Singapore reaffirmed its 2022 economic growth forecast, and raised its reading for last year, as its recovery from the pandemic stabilises and it seeks to ease virus restrictions.Gross domestic product…
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Bali welcomes first international flight in two years as island opens to tourists from all countries
Bali began a tentative reopening to foreign tourists on February 16, with the first international passenger flight to the Indonesian holiday island in nearly two years.The resumption of flights comes…
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Covid death rate three times higher among migrants than those born in Australia
People from the Middle East suffer highest death rate as experts blame government failure to engage communities and reliance on migrants for essential, insecure jobs Follow our Australia news live…
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A scolding or call to arms? Unpacking Chinese President Xi Jinping’s message to Carrie Lam on Hong Kong’s floundering coronavirus struggle
If the Hong Kong government assumed help from mainland China to fight the raging coronavirus pandemic would be unconditional, being sternly instructed by President Xi Jinping to shoulder the “main…
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CDC contemplating change to mask guidance in coming weeks
Director Rochelle Walensky notes recent declines in Covid cases, hospital admissions and deaths The leading US health officials said on Wednesday that the nation is moving closer to the point…
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Texas sues Biden administration to stop mask mandates on planes – as it happened
State attorney general challenges CDC mask rules on transport Ryan Zinke misused position to advance project in Montana Biden letter instructs Trump White House logs to be turned over Sign…
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Five- to 11-year-old children in England to be offered Covid vaccine
Pfizer/BioNTech jab to be offered to younger children as experts decide benefits outweigh risks Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage All children aged five to 11 in…
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Vaccine offer lets parents weigh finely balanced benefits and risks
Analysis: JCVI recommends jabs for children to ‘future-proof’ against later Covid waves, but says offer is non-urgent Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The decision to extend…
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Europe heads towards new normal as final coronavirus curbs unwind
Europe looks to be gradually leaving the pandemic behind, with Germany becoming the latest in the region to unwind restrictions that have disrupted life for two years.Most of Germany’s Covid-19…
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BioNTech plans modular coronavirus vaccine factories in Africa
German vaccine maker BioNTech, which developed the first widely approved shot against Covid-19 together with Pfizer, unveiled plans on Wednesday to establish manufacturing facilities in Africa that would boost the…