COVID-19 Updates
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Cycle rental: get on your bike to beat the shops’ stock shortages
The Covid crisis has pushed demand to record levels – but there are still ways to get in the saddle The Covid-19 pandemic has revived cycling to levels last seen…
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Queensland Covid update: premier Annastacia Palaszczuk lifts Brisbane lockdown despite five new cases
Man who works as a baggage handler at Brisbane domestic airport among new coronavirus cases NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian reports 35 new Covid cases ‘It makes me sick’: families of…
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Outdoors rooms, or bridges to nature: lockdown’s changed how we use gardens | Juliet Sargeant
The pandemic has deepened our relationship with green space, be it private gardens or parks. Let’s hold on to that Twenty years ago, I created a town garden for a…
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Biden warns of danger of Delta variant as US set to miss vaccination target
President says America has Covid-19 ‘on the run’ but new cases jumped 10% amid patchy take-up of vaccines across country Joe Biden has warned that although America has Covid-19 “on…
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Why Hong Kong should give excess Covid-19 vaccines to seafarers
Many of us in Hong Kong go about our lives unaware of our dependence on an invisible workforce for the delivery of our daily necessities and conveniences. From the food…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong looks at making unvaccinated teachers undergo regular Covid-19 testing
Teachers who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 could be required to undergo regular mandatory testing, Hong Kong’s education minister has revealed, while the city confirmed one imported coronavirus case…
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Tough Mudder Scotland cancelled at last minute due to Covid
Midlothian council revokes licence for sold-out obstacle race with less than a day’s notice Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Tough Mudder Scotland, which was scheduled for…
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NSW sees ‘green shoots’ despite high daily count as Brisbane lockdown ends – as it happened
Gladys Berejiklian says nine of the 35 locally acquired cases were infectious in the community. This blog is closed NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian reports 35 new Covid cases Queensland premier…
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China and US go dose to dose in Covid-19 vaccine donations to El Salvador
China is expected to deliver 1.5 million doses of Sinovac coronavirus vaccines to El Salvador, just days after the US announced it would donate the same amount of shots to…
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Ministers urged to keep some Covid restrictions after 19 July due to ‘alarming’ rise in cases
Leading doctors are urging the government to keep ‘sensible, cautious’ measures in place to minimise spread of virus Coronavirus latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Leading doctors are urging…