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Covid putting Sydney’s hospital system under ‘enormous pressure’, NSW health minister admits
Eighty staff at St George hospital are in isolation after a cancer patient tested positive to coronavirus Sydney’s hospital system is under “enormous pressure” after a positive Covid case resulted…
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Jacinda Ardern announces three-day lockdown after single Covid case – video
New Zealand will go into a national lockdown on Tuesday night after detecting one case of Covid-19, the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced on Tuesday. ‘Delta has been called a…
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NSW stops publishing ‘low risk’ Sydney Covid exposure sites due to high volume
Health authorities say locations where there has not been much coronavirus transmission, such as takeaway venues and supermarkets, won’t be published Vaccination blitz targets south-west Sydney under-40s Restrictions in Sydney…
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New Zealand to enter lockdown; Berejiklian fears substantial rise in cases – as it happened
Court throws out Victoria lockdown challenge; NSW records 452 local cases; Victoria records 24 cases; Queensland records one case; ACT and parts of NT under lockdown. Follow all the day’s…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: city on fifth-wave alert after infection of airport VIP lounge worker ends streak of zero local cases
An airline VIP lounge worker suspected to be infected by transit flight passengers has ended Hong Kong’s nearly two-week run of zero local coronavirus cases, prompting officials to issue a…
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Sunak’s relief over rising UK employment may be short-lived
Analysis: chancellor warns of ‘bumps in the road’ as Covid, furlough and Bank verdict loom Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Rishi Sunak is too savvy an…
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China must aim to curb Covid-19 before school term, health minister says
China must strive to contain its current wave of coronavirus infections by the end of August, its health minister told the state-run Xinhua news agency, as students prepare to return…
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‘Masks work’: experts on how to navigate Delta when you’re vaccinated
The vast majority of those hospitalized are unvaccinated, but health experts say everyone should exercise caution The Covid-19 vaccine was supposed to bring life back to normal. Then came the…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong imposes 14-day quarantine minimum for all arrivals from medium-risk countries as officials pull plug on Covid-19 antibodies scheme
Anyone flying into Hong Kong from countries in the medium-risk category will have to undergo at least 14 days of quarantine starting from Friday after the government scrapped a plan…
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The latest conspiracy theory about the BBC? It’s lying about the weather | Zoe Williams
Is the broadcaster deliberately sabotaging Thanet’s tourist trade? That’s what an outraged barman told me People always say that if the BBC is under equal attack from left and right…