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UK housing market cools as stamp duty holiday winds down
Prices rose in July but annual rate of increase is down to its lowest level since March, says Halifax Britain’s biggest mortgage lender has predicted a cooling in Britain’s house…
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Why has the CDC stopped collecting data on breakthrough Covid cases? | Yasmin Tayag
The US is stumbling in the dark when it comes to breakthrough cases. Why? Breakthrough cases – infections among vaccinated people – are happening. These are normal and expected because…
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Coronavirus: China’s CanSino says vaccine booster shot can reverse drop in antibodies
Antibody levels in people inoculated with CanSino Biologics’ single-dose Covid-19 vaccine fell by some 30 per cent after six months, but a booster shot could offer a significant lift, a…
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Chinese city offers medical staff incentives to report new Covid-19 cases as infections continue to rise
China reported 80 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on Friday, a slight increase on the previous day that brought the infection tally from the latest outbreak to 591.Meanwhile, medical institutions are…
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US Covid-19 cases hit six-month high, more symptomatic children in Florida and Texas hospitals
Daily new Covid-19 cases have climbed to a six-month high in the United States, with more than 100,000 infections reported nationwide as the Delta variant ravaged Florida and other states…
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Coronavirus: Sydney struggles to stem Delta variant surge; chaos at Philippine vaccination sites over false news
Australian officials on Friday warned Sydney residents to brace for a surge in Covid-19 cases after the country’s largest city logged record infections for the second straight day despite a…
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Hong Kong’s mainland Chinese expats could be spending about US$903 million a month on luxury goods, boosting economy in absence of tourists
More than a quarter of the 1.3 million mainland Chinese living in Hong Kong are spending HK$20,000 (US$2,572) a month on luxury goods in the city, according to a survey…
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Xi Jinping says China promises 2 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to other countries in 2021
President Xi Jinping on Thursday said China promises to provide 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines to other countries in 2021.China will also donate US$100 million to the Covax global…
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Anti-China animosity mars next stage of coronavirus origin study plan
In March this year, a World Health Organization (WHO) team of international experts conducted the China part of a global study on the origins of Covid-19. The experts visited every…
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School exam grades in England: how the system will work this year
With Covid-19 blocking exams for the second year, how will A-level, GCSE and vocational grades work out? Tens of thousands of school leavers are set to find out their grades…