COVID-19 Updates
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Replacing isolation with unreliable Covid tests will put pupils in England in harm’s way | Deepti Gurdasani
It’s not a binary choice of ending absences or disrupting education – ministers could bring in masks, air filters and more On 4 May, many scientists, union representatives and parents,…
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Australian unions reject ‘unacceptable’ proposal allowing employers access to staff vaccination data
Australian Industry Group suggests large workplaces could become vaccine hubs and employers should be informed who has and hasn’t had the jab An industry proposal to allow employers to access…
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WA lockdown rules for Perth and Peel, NT rules for Darwin and Alice Springs, and coronavirus restrictions for South Australia and Adelaide
WA nears the scheduled end of a four-day lockdown for people in Perth and the Peel region, while the Northern Territory announced some restrictions for Darwin and Alice Springs post-lockdown,…
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Scott Morrison’s ‘new deal’ for a Covid-normal Australia is just the old deal he’s failed to deliver – get us vaccinated | Katharine Murphy
The PM’s plan is the quicker we all get vaccinated, the quicker we get out of this; less an insight than a statement of the bleeding obvious Scott Morrison has…
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QUIZ: Does Nick Kyrgios make you mad? When did you realise your job is pointless? | First Dog on the Moon
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Australia to halve international arrival cap as Scott Morrison unveils four-stage Covid exit plan
Prime minister says it may take until 2022 before moving to next phase, which would see focus on reducing hospitalisations rather than coronavirus cases Follow our live blog for the…
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‘We are a petri dish’: world watches UK’s race between vaccine and virus
Analysis: UK stands alone in pitting advanced vaccination programme against fast-spreading Delta variant Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Not for the first time in the coronavirus…
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NSW records 31 new Covid cases with 12 infectious in community as WA and NT lift lockdowns
Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the impact of Sydney’s lockdown won’t be seen until next week Covid-19 restrictions: Qld; NSW; WA, NT and SA; Vic Vaccine rollout tracker; get our free…
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J&J says single-shot Covid-19 vaccine neutralises Delta variant, ‘no need for booster’
Johnson & Johnson said that its single-shot coronavirus vaccine neutralises the fast-spreading Delta variant and provides durable protection against infection more broadly.The company said that recipients of its vaccine produced…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong officials investigating quarantine hotel over cleaner’s variant infection as city logs 11 cases
Hong Kong health officials visited a quarantine hotel on Friday to investigate whether the case of a cleaner who tested positive for a Covid-19 variant involved environmental contamination or screening…