COVID-19 Updates
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I love watching airport arrivals. The reunions say: life is better now you’re here | Rory Kinnear
Six weeks apart from my family is insignificant compared with the separation some have had to endure. Public health has deeply affected the private heart Not everyone likes each other.…
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Should we shame the anti-vaxxers? That can only backfire | Emma Brockes
‘If they’re dumb enough not to get the vaccine, let them get sick,’ some thought. Now we know everyone would suffer An email arrived from my cousin this week outlining…
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NSW reports 210 cases as protesters a no-show; Queensland announces snap lockdown – as it happened
New South Wales records 210 new locally acquired cases of coronavirus – two-thirds in people under 40 – as police set up exclusion zone over anti-lockdown protest; Queensland locks down…
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Sydney anti-lockdown protest blocked as organisers vow to regroup in August
Anti-lockdown protests planned in Sydney fail to materialise as police enforce exclusion zone Follow our coronavirus live blog NSW restrictions; NSW hotspots; border restrictions Qld Covid restrictions and lockdown: Brisbane…
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NSW Covid outbreak: death toll rises as two-thirds of 210 new cases under 40
Man in his 60s dies at home in south-west Sydney as state reports new locally acquired cases Follow our coronavirus live blog State v state: war of words heats up…
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Coronavirus: China and Australia toughen Delta response
Snap three-day lockdown in Brisbane and surrounding areas of Queensland, while WHO urges containment ‘before more dangerous variants emerge’ See all our coronavirus coverage Outbreaks of the Delta variant have…
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Red tape hinders Indonesia’s vaccination drive, even as Covid-19 cases surge
When Indonesian national Maria Caritas went to the city of Surabaya two weeks ago to get her first shot of Covid-19 vaccine, she was turned away.Staff at the vaccination centre…
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Coronavirus: how India’s catastrophic failure in tackling its second wave doomed the country and cost an unimaginable – yet avoidable – toll on lives
On April 21, Ashley Delaney took his father-in-law to the Goa Medical College and Hospital, the largest public hospital in the small southwestern Indian state. The facility was in chaos…
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Jazz, fish balls and live streaming: Hong Kong musicians play from eatery to keep music going amid coronavirus pandemic
Squeezed into a cramped Hong Kong noodle restaurant and perched on drink crates, a jazz band live-streamed its performance to bring out the grounded grass-roots spirit of jazz and reach…
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Positive thinking: how to make the most of your world, cope with adversity and increase your well-being with the right attitude
Positive thinking. You could be forgiven for imagining this is the lexicon of new age pop psychology – but it’s been around for ages. The Greek philosopher Epictetus, who died…