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Stay put for the holiday, China urges students as cases ease in northeast
China’s northeastern Heilongjiang reported six symptomatic Covid-19 cases for Wednesday, the lowest number of new infections since the province’s outbreak started more than a week ago, according to the National…
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When lockdown is over, I’ll remember who – and how – I chose to love as I tried to survive it | Van Badham
I feel like I’m living in a re-enactment of Cold Mountain, but the mountain’s been swapped out for a suburban LGA. And yet I’m among the lucky ones It’s been…
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Coronavirus: record deaths, cases test Singapore’s reopening plans; illegal home parties behind surge in Melbourne cases
Singapore posted a record eight deaths from Covid-19 on Wednesday and record cases on Thursday, a potential test of the government’s resolve to reopen amid fears tied to its recent…
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Will Asia accept vaccine mandates like Biden’s for the US?
Nine months since Asian countries began rolling out Covid-19 vaccination campaigns, inoculation rates vary wildly – from eight in 10 of the population in Singapore, six in 10 in Japan,…
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Covid live news: UK reports 36,722 new cases; EU regulator to rule on Pfizer booster jabs next week
Latest UK-wide case figures; EU would join US, UK and Israel in approving it if EMA gives go-ahead New Zealand reports jump in cases as opposition calls for opening up…
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Coronavirus: Brazil’s Butantan Institute to sell Sinovac shots abroad after Jair Bolsonaro rebuffs ‘Chinese vaccine’
Brazil’s Butantan biomedical institute is in talks to sell a locally manufactured Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac to other countries in South America and Africa, as the federal government…
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Beijing 2022: athletes not vaccinated against Covid to face 21-day quarantine
Vaccinated athletes to enter ‘closed-loop system’ on arrival Only spectators from mainland China can attend Games Athletes and other participants who are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 must spend 21…
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Brazil hospital chain accused of hiding Covid deaths and giving unproven drugs
Group of whistleblowing doctors gave 10,000-page dossier to investigators last month with allegations against Prevent Senior One of Brazil’s biggest healthcare providers has been accused of covering up coronavirus deaths,…
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Coronavirus: YouTube cracks down on anti-vaccine misinformation
YouTube announced on Wednesday it would remove videos and some high-profile users that falsely claim approved vaccines are dangerous, as social networks seek to crack down on health misinformation around…
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Final business package worth billions but Covid assistance to end as states hit 80% vaccination rate
Josh Frydenberg says tapering business support, which mirrors changes to income assistance, is in line with national reopening plan The federal government has signed off on a final multi-billion dollar…