COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: Singapore arrests 20 linked to karaoke bar cluster; Thailand’s Koh Samui reopens
Singapore is racing to figure out how to counter a growing Covid-19 cluster around karaoke lounges, where the sort of close contact and discretion essential to their normal operations complicates…
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Chinese authorities take a leaf from the Trump playbook and ‘build the wall’ as part of Covid-19 curbs
The Chinese authorities have started building a wall along the country’s porous southwestern borders that have long been an easy conduit for drug smugglers and human traffickers.It may not stand…
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Asian air travel could take 3 years to recover from coronavirus pandemic, lagging behind rest of the world
Asian air travel may take another three years to recover fully from the devastation wrought by the pandemic, lagging behind rebounds in other regions and offering a stern headwind for…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s entry ban relaxation leaves helpers with unrecognised vaccine records on outside looking in
Hong Kong’s plan to lift entry bans for fully vaccinated residents and work visa holders from extremely high-risk areas will do little to help thousands of domestic helpers whose home…
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Victoria Covid-19 exposure sites: full list of Melbourne and regional Vic coronavirus hotspots and case location alerts
Here are the current coronavirus hotspots and Tier 1, 2 and 3 Covid-19 public exposure site locations in Victoria and Melbourne, and what to do if you’ve visited them Follow…
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Long Covid: how singing helps overcome it, making it easier to breathe and clearing away brain fog
Singing was the only time I felt in control of my lungs and, paradoxically, able to forget about them.It was October and my shortness of breath had worsened after weeks…
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Coronavirus: pop-up California vaccine clinic offers free marijuana with shots
Two Los Angeles community groups are encouraging residents to get vaccinated against Covid-19 – by offering free marijuana.As the Delta variant becomes the dominant strain of the coronavirus in California,…
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China should treat coronavirus vaccine data transparency as a matter of science, rather than politics
The announcement on July 12 that Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, had signed advance purchase agreements with Sinopharm and Sinovac was a significant marker of progress for China’s vaccine industry.Prior…
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British navy’s flagship hit with Covid-19 outbreak en route to Asia
The Royal Navy’s flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, is managing a Covid-19 outbreak after more than 100 crew were infected during a port call in Cyprus earlier this month, officials said…