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‘We are absolutely in crisis’: Sydney’s health workers on whether the system is coping under Covid | Joseph Freeman and Alexandra Martiniuk
Sydney health professionals are reporting a lack of staff and have blunt messages for the NSW premier and PM We spoke, promising anonymity, to health professionals across Sydney ranging from…
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China’s travel industry ‘paralysed’ by coronavirus sees tour guides turn to live streaming
As a train whizzed through a residential building at Liziba Metro Station in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing last week, local tour guide Xiong was there to live-stream the…
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Hong Kong loan schemes that have paid out HK$170 billion during Covid-19 pandemic to be extended 6 months, Carrie Lam says
Three government-backed borrowing schemes will be extended by six months in a bid to ease the economic difficulties that individuals and companies continue to face during the Covid-19 pandemic, Hong…
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Coronavirus: Singapore’s oldest Covid-19 survivor dies aged 103; Malaysia hits 80 per cent vaccination rate
Yap Lay Hong, who last year made world headlines as one of oldest coronavirus survivors anywhere, has died at the age of 103, her Singapore nursing home said.“It is with…
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Scream if you need to – it might be one of the only things that makes sense in lockdown | Saman Shad
When I was a teenager, I would shriek at the ocean to feel better when things became too much. It was helpful then, and for some it might be now…
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From Hong Kong to Australia, how much death and sickness lie ahead as vaccination rates max out?
Since the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines, a crucial but largely unspoken question has loomed large for countries looking towards returning to pre-pandemic life: how much sickness and death will occur…
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Can China stay ahead as a leading exporter of Covid-19 vaccines?
Since China approved its first two Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use slightly over a year ago, it has quickly scaled up its production to become the world’s largest exporter of…
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Why is Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro eating pizza on the street in New York?
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ate pizza on the pavement in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly, likely because he does not meet the city’s Covid-19 vaccine requirements for…
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World Alzheimer’s Day: what you can do about dementia, from changing your lifestyle to lower your risk of getting it to spotting the warning signs in older people
When I tell people my mother has dementia, they say: “Oh, I am so sorry”. They might add: “It’s a terrible illness.” But they don’t say anything else. They offer…
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Covid live: UK records 36,100 new cases; Pfizer vaccine safe for children aged 5-11, company says
UK also reports 49 further deaths; Pfizer says their vaccine produces strong antibody responses in children aged 5 to 11 US will lift travel ban for vaccinated passengers from UK…