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St Basil’s Covid tragedy: ‘We are still finding out things that we weren’t aware of and it makes us angry’
Spiros Vasilakis’s mother, Maria, died in the Melbourne aged care home outbreak. He is among 64 witnesses to give evidence at a coronial inquest starting Monday Get our free news…
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‘It sucks’: how parts of NSW’s northern rivers reluctantly got vaccinated
The drive to get the population vaccinated is gathering momentum despite the issue dividing families and straining friendships It’s fair to say the people in the northern rivers of New…
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QAnon: how the far-right cult took Australians down a ‘rabbit hole’ of extremism
Conspiracy theories have taken root in Australia, but it doesn’t impact just the converts. For every new believer, there are the friends and family who they’ve shut out Cam Smith,…
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Conservative judges block Biden’s vaccine requirement for businesses
Panel of judges rules stay of requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers is ‘firmly in the public interest’ Judges appointed by Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan declined on…
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LA has imposed one of the US’s strictest vaccine mandates. Will it prevent a Covid surge?
Stringent proof-of-vaccine measures are an attempt to prevent the ‘incalculable loss’ of lives that struck the area last winter This week, Los Angeles embraced one of the strictest vaccine rules…
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Millions to be offered Covid booster jabs earlier to protect NHS over winter
Exclusive: boosters to be offered five months after second dose as part of major change to vaccination rollout programme Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The government…
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Migrants refusing vaccines for fear of being deported, charity warns
People fear that coming forward for a jab or other medical care will bring them into conflict with the authorities Undocumented migrants reveal they have been forced to avoid the…
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Matt Hancock in talks over Covid book deal
Victims’ families accuse former health secretary of cashing in on the tragedy with insider account Matt Hancock has been “approached” about writing a book about his experience as health secretary…
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Taxi? Taxi? Why it’s suddenly getting so hard to find a cab
Lockdowns forced drivers to abandon the trade last year, and many now prefer their new jobs For people crowding back into restaurants, stumbling out of reopened clubs, or heading again…
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Is Europe’s Covid wave coming here – or is Britain ahead of the curve?
Analysis: many experts believe that the continent is only now tackling a Delta variant surge that arrived in the UK some time ago Once again the UK and Europe are…