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Coronavirus: New Zealand sets 90 per cent vaccine target to end lockdown; Melbourne reopens with cheers
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern set one of the world’s highest vaccination targets for pandemic restrictions to be eased as she presented a road map for the country to…
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Coronavirus live: UK sees daily cases rise to over 50,000; WHO warns indoor socialising driving infections
UK PM resists calls to activate ‘plan B’ as new Covid cases top 50,000; lifting of restrictions also a factor in Europe, WHO warns Moscow announces one-week lockdown amid high…
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Australia news live update: Victoria records 2,189 Covid cases, 16 deaths as Melbourne lockdown ends; some Qantas international flights to return early
Victoria announces 2,189 new Covid cases and 16 deaths just hours after Melbourne exits lockdown; NSW records 345 cases and five deaths; Qantas to return to 100% of staff levels…
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Covid booster jabs could be brought forward as UK daily cases hit 52,000
MPs voice frustration to new vaccines minister about ‘stalling’ programme in England Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Millions of people could have their booster jab brought…
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China sticking with ‘zero-Covid’, but is it a binary choice?
A retired couple in China who tested positive for Covid-19 while touring the country’s north have sparked a race to track infections across multiple provinces and regions, becoming the latest…
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The Guardian view on pro-market thinking: ministers want it to survive Covid | Editorial
Historian Adam Tooze explains why, despite the pandemic, voters are still being told there is no alternative Will the market revolution – the predominant ideology of our time – survive…
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PM resists calls to activate plan B as daily Covid cases top 50,000
Boris Johnson says numbers of infections are high but ‘within the parameters’ of the predictions Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Daily Covid-19 cases have risen above…
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UK Covid: over 50,000 cases reported for first time since July as Johnson rejects calls to move to ‘plan B’ – as it happened
Infections in UK at highest level since July but prime minister says ‘we are within the parameters of what the predictions were’. This live blog is now closed. Please follow…
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Melbourne’s lockdown ends today. What are your new freedoms in Victoria under the Covid reopening rules?
Here’s what we know about the next two stages of reopening in Victoria, and what you can and can’t do as Melbourne exits its sixth lockdown on Friday Melbourne freedom…
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Melbourne’s 20 months in and out of lockdown – in pictures
From the March 2020 press conference calling a four-week state of emergency to supermarket queues, hotel quarantine and violent protests, here’s a look back at life in the Victorian capital…