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Australia Covid news live update: new daily record of 47,738 cases nationwide; ACCC to ‘name and shame’ over soaring RAT prices
A key figure in South Australia’s response to Covid has tested positive to the virus this morning. Police commissioner Grant Stevens is the state’s emergency coordinator during the pandemic. After…
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Here’s some good news for 2022: this could be the year the pandemic comes to an end | Raghib Ali
Reduced hospital admissions, new medicines and stronger vaccines are reasons for real optimism Dr Raghib Ali is a clinical epidemiologist As an epidemiologist and NHS consultant, 2022 begins much like…
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Chinese city of 1.2 million people locked down after three Covid cases emerge
Public transport halted and cars banned from roads in Yuzhou as China pursues its zero-Covid strategy ahead of Winter Olympics Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Three…
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Teachers seek urgent talks with NSW government on school safety amid Omicron surge
Teachers’ union warns absentee rates could cause chaos, with vaccination levels among children lower than adults The New South Wales teachers’ union has called for an urgent meeting with health…
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Queensland defends anomaly that means Covid-free travellers must quarantine longer than infected locals
Covid-positives in the community only need to isolate for seven days while there is 14-day mandatory isolation for international arrivals Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates Queensland…
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Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China
Activists say crackdown is driven by Xi Jinping, who has ‘declared a war on independent journalism’ Chen Kun was living in Indonesia with his wife and daughter when he learned…
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New Zealand Covid experts take legal action against employer over alleged failure to protect them from abuse
Siouxsie Wiles and Shaun Hendy say they have been subject to ‘vitriolic’ harassment from small section of the public as a result of their work Two of New Zealand’s most…
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US singer Omarion responds to Omicron name confusion
First it was Corona beer, then Delta Air Lines. Now, singer Omarion has become the latest victim of an unfortunate comparison to Covid-19 with the rise of the Omicron variant.But…
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A crisis of faith in South Africa: ‘People have given up on the state’
Struggling even before Covid, communities are taking it upon themselves to try to fill the gaps left by the government One evening a week, Natasha Msweswe and Zanele Madasi leave…
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How the obsession with healthy weight is wrong – and why some people say you should rethink that January diet
In most cultures it’s bad to be fat. Rarely is this more apparent than at the start of the new year, when diet culture, fatphobia and capitalism converge. Exploiting body…