COVID-19 Updates
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Qld Covid restrictions: update to Brisbane and south-east Queensland coronavirus rules explained
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has reintroduced coronavirus restrictions for several SEQ local government areas, including mask wearing indoors, in response to new cases in the state’s south-east Follow our Covid…
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K-pop ads help to drive up traffic for Thailand’s tuk tuk taxis
Bangkok “tuk tuk” taxi driver Samran Thammasa, 39, had never heard of K-pop star Jessica Jung before the coronavirus pandemic, but now the singer’s Thai fans are helping him survive…
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Living with Covid-19: is Macau working with Hong Kong to reopen borders?
Just days after Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced that her administration had initiated talks to reopen its borders with Macau, following a 14-day streak of no local infections…
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Boris Johnson may pay political price for not sacking Matt Hancock
Analysis: by protecting his health secretary, the PM has reminded voters of his own shortcomings Matt Hancock was always going to have to resign, after those already notorious pictures of…
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Delta Covid variant may be edging race against vaccines
Analysis: research suggests ‘scarily fleeting’ contact could infect, and that places with high jab rates are susceptible Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The transmission advantage of…
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Matt Hancock resigns: Boris Johnson criticised for not firing health secretary as Sajid Javid starts new role – politics live
Latest updates: PM criticised for not sacking Matt Hancock before he stood down after photograph with aide showed him breaching distancing rules Matt Hancock resigns as health secretary after day…
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Covid live news: half of all adults in England under 30 now jabbed; Delta variant warning for Europe
More than 4.2 million people aged between 18 and 29 in England have received vaccine; scientist warns of spread of Delta variant across Europe Australia: NSW reports 30 new infections…
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Matt Hancock was right to quit and put family first, minister says
Tory MPs praise ex-health secretary’s work after he resigns over Covid rules breach in affair with aide Matt Hancock made the right decision by putting his family first and quitting…
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Sajid Javid: priority is ending pandemic ‘as soon as possible’ – video
Newly appointed health secretary Sajid Javid said on Sunday that bringing the coronavirus pandemic to an end was his ‘most immediate priority’. Javid paid tribute to his predecessor, Matt Hancock,…