COVID-19 Updates
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Million Pfizer jabs face being dumped after Israel-UK swap deal fails
Israel says technical issues have scuppered deal to give UK Covid vaccines expiring on 30 July Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than a million Pfizer/BioNTech…
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Taiwan postpones referendums as it continues to battle Covid-19 surge
Taiwan will postpone four referendums due to be held next month because of fears about the spread of Covid-19, the election commission said on Friday, as the government raced to…
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Coronavirus: hundreds of Taiwanese book ‘Air V&V’ trips to Guam to get vaccinated
Hundreds of Taiwanese people eager to get a coronavirus vaccine have booked tours to Guam after the US Pacific territory offered jabs to foreign visitors, a travel agency said on…
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Britons with Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine face extra EU travel hurdle
EU vaccine passport scheme omits Covishield jab, despite it offering same protection as UK-made one Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage British travellers hoping to visit Europe…
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Russia coronavirus deaths on upswing amid Delta variant, low vaccine uptake
Russia on Friday reported 679 coronavirus deaths, a record number of pandemic-related fatalities over a 24-four period for the fourth day in a row, a government tally showed.Russia, the fifth…
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Philippine villagers evacuated after Taal Volcano rumbles but shelters risk becoming coronavirus clusters
Thousands of people were being evacuated from villages around a rumbling volcano near the Philippine capital on Friday, but officials said they faced another dilemma of ensuring emergency shelters will…
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South Korea offers quarantine-free travel as Asia’s ‘zero-Covid’ economies stay isolated
As much of the world went into lockdown last year during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, South Korea bucked the trend with a strategy aimed at keeping as…
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Cases continue to rise as federal government announces pandemic exit plan – as it happened
Scott Morrison announces four-step pandemic exit plan after meeting with state leaders. This blog is now closed Border closures and restrictions Covid-19 restrictions: Qld; NSW; WA, NT and SA; Vic…
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Ryanair passenger numbers soar as Covid vaccine restores travel confidence
Airline carried 5.3m passengers on 38,000 flights in June compared with only 400,000 a year earlier Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ryanair’s passenger numbers surged in…
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Japan may be forced into U-turn over Olympics crowds
Plans to allow 10,000 locals into events at risk with Tokyo’s Covid restrictions unlikely to be lifted Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Japan could be forced…