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Covid news live: England care home staffing crisis over Omicron; Rio cancels Carnival parade
More than 11,000 care workers in England unable to work as staffing ratios breached; Rio de Janeiro mayor calls off world-famous Carnival parade China’s locked down cities pay price of…
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‘Appalling message’: outrage over Novak Djokovic’s medical exemption to play Australian Open
Former AMA president says Djokovic shouldn’t be allowed into Australia, while fellow players express surprise at the decision Follow our live blog for the latest updates Get our free news…
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Omicron fuels India third wave as Mumbai prepares for ‘tsunami’ of Covid cases
There are hopes this outbreak will not be as deadly as the devastating wave in April 2021, which saw crematoriums overwhelmed Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…
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Desperation as China’s locked down cities pay price of zero-Covid strategy
Reports emerge of fatal hospital delays and food shortages as more than 14 million people are confined to their homes in the cities of Xi’an and Yuzhou Coronavirus – latest…
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Joe Biden urges calm, not alarm as US smashes global Covid-19 record and Omicron runs rampant
US President Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm as the United States set records for daily reported Covid-19 cases and the highly contagious Omicron strain made up over 95…
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New head of No 10 parties investigation ‘unlikely to start from scratch’
Sources say Sue Gray won’t re-interview staff on their knowledge of Downing Street events during Covid restrictions The new head of an investigation into alleged rule-breaking Downing Street parties has…
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Hong Kong’s travel restrictions and quarantine rules in 2022
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Scott Morrison’s dereliction of duty over rapid Covid tests is a threat to Australians’ public safety | Kevin Rudd
PM’s hogwash arguments against free rapid tests range from hypocritical to obscene Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Scott Morrison’s bloody-minded refusal to fund rapid Covid-19…
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Lockdown city Xian suspends data chief over Covid-19 tracing app failures
The Chinese city of Xian suspended its top official in charge of big data after the system powering the local health code app, a critical tool in China’s zero-Covid strategy,…