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Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms 4,285 new cases, another 7,000 preliminary infections identified as 9 deaths mark new daily record
Hong Kong hit another daily coronavirus record on Wednesday, confirming 4,285 new Covid-19 cases, with 7,000 more preliminary-positive infections identified so far.Even without Wednesday’s figure, the city’s surging fifth wave…
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‘Bullying tactics’: Richard Colbeck denies he should resign over aged care deaths
Labor says ‘system is in crisis’ because of aged care services minister but he says opposition is playing politics Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Download…
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Coronavirus: from South Korea to Singapore, Omicron-fuelled wave pushes cases to record highs
Major Asian economies, including South Korea, Singapore and Indonesia, have seen a rapid increase in coronavirus cases as the highly infectious Omicron variant continues to tear through the region.South Korea…
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US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy reflects on his four-year-old daughter’s Covid-19 experience
Joining worried parents across the country, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy announced on Twitter on Tuesday that his four-year-old daughter had tested positive for Covid-19.“Staring at my daughter’s positive test,…
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Belittling the Canberra convoy protesters will just push ostracised people further into their bunkers | Simon Copland
Many in the motley group sought community in a world sorely lacking in it. We must seek to understand and address their feelings Over the past couple of days the…
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Hong Kong’s Omicron wave: too densely packed to be locked down or to open up, city must find own route out of pandemic
These are stressful times for Hong Kong. The prospect of a “tsunami-like” Covid-19 outbreak – to borrow the expression used by Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor last month –…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: Xi Jinping urges local government to take ‘main responsibility’ in containing fifth wave and placing top priority on stability and people’s lives
Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed to the Hong Kong government it must take the “main responsibility” in tackling the coronavirus pandemic, urging it to stabilise the situation as soon…
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Moderna to open Hong Kong office, hire 1,000 staff to drive its expansion in Asia
Moderna, the United States pharmaceutical specialist in RNA therapeutics and mRNA vaccines, said it would open a branch in Hong Kong, adding to its commercial presence in Asia to tap…
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Study of Chinese mRNA vaccine candidate shows booster raises effectiveness against Omicron
A new study has shown that a Chinese mRNA vaccine candidate saw a significant drop in its ability to neutralise the Omicron strand of the coronavirus compared to its effectiveness…
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Vaccination reduces chance of getting long Covid, studies find
UK health agency notes research that also suggests jabs can improve long Covid symptoms among unvaccinated Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Covid vaccination reduces the risk…