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Covid news live: Schools in England face staffing crisis as Brazil’s Bolsonaro criticises plans to vaccinate young children
Schools in England are ‘teetering on the edge’ with 36% struggling with staff absence rates in excess of 10%; Brazilian president says he will not vaccinate his 11-year-old daughter as…
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NSW bans singing and dancing in venues and suspends elective surgery; Coalition defends Djokovic visa decision – As it happened
NSW to ban dancing and singing in venues and suspend non-urgent elective surgery amid 38,625 new Covid cases; Queensland considers delaying school year start amid 10,953 new cases; Victoria records…
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Almost all 12,500 hospital beds in NSW could be full during Omicron peak in worst-case scenario
Modelling predicts 6,000 people could be hospitalised with Covid in the second half of January ‘Entirely predictable’: experts accuse Dominic Perrottet over Omicron surge as NSW premier backflips on restrictions…
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Australians face worse fresh food shortages unless Covid isolation rules ease, industry warns
‘Significant risk’ to supply of fruit and vegetables to supermarkets as industry calls for seven-day isolation requirement to be scrapped Follow our live blog for the latest updates NSW hospitals…
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The NHS was already collapsing long before the arrival of Covid | Polly Toynbee
Even the ravages of the pandemic won’t prompt the kind of funding it needs. Once again, it will just have to ‘cope’ When is the NHS overwhelmed? When it has…
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Jackie Weaver pleads for return of online council meetings
Star of viral video clip says disallowing virtual meetings is damaging councils The government’s failure to enable local politicians to meet virtually is hampering councils, worrying older councillors and shutting…
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‘Entirely predictable’: experts accuse Dominic Perrottet over Omicron surge as NSW premier backflips on restrictions
NSW government “basically accelerated into the Omicron wave”, say AMA as premier bans dancing and singing in pubs and clubs and pauses non-urgent elective surgery Mass cancellation of children’s vaccinations…
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Australia’s Covid hotspots: see case numbers in your neighbourhood
Data reveals country’s leading hotspots, which are seeing some of the highest case numbers in the world on a per capita basis Follow our Covid live blog for the latest…
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Schools in England ‘teetering on the edge’ with staff Covid absences
One in 10 heads in survey say more than 20% of their staff were off for Covid reasons on first day of term Coronavirus – latest updates See all our…
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England Covid testing changes could hit low-paid workers, leaked memo warns
Exclusive: Health Security Agency chief set out risks of PCR test requirement for £500 isolation payment in December Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The head of…