COVID-19 Updates
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Recipe for inflation: how Brexit and Covid made tinned tomatoes a lot dearer
Combine the pandemic with rising raw material costs, stir in a labour shortage, a twist of Brexit, add a pinch of poor weather and voila … Tinned tomatoes are a…
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Three people arrested after allegedly flying private plane from NSW to South Australia
Police allege trio left Griffith and landed in Coober Pedy ‘against cross-border directions’ during Covid pandemic NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian locks down Sydney, Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Wollongong NT…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s vaccination rate could hit 50 per cent as early as August, health minister says; 2 new imported cases confirmed
Hong Kong’s vaccination rate against the coronavirus could hit 50 per cent in the coming months, the city’s health minister has said, noting that daily inoculation figures have recently reached…
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The Oxford vaccine: the trials and tribulations of a world-saving jab
Amid bemusement from scientists at the deluge of often undeserved criticism, the Guardian pieces together the story behind the vaccine’s successes and failures Coronavirus – latest updates See all our…
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NSW Covid outbreaks: Gladys Berejiklian locks down Sydney, Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Wollongong
New South Wales premier says lockdown will last two weeks and new restrictions will be in place for rest of state Australia Covid live updates: NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian flags…
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Chinese city of Guangzhou to build giant Covid-19 quarantine facility with 5,000 spaces for international travellers
The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou is planning to build a massive quarantine complex for international travellers and local residents from high-risk areas because local hotels cannot cope with highly…
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Brazilian lawmaker who blew lid on US$323 million India Covid-19 vaccine deal wears bulletproof vest to hearing
A congressman who has denounced alleged wrongdoing in a 1.6 billion reais (US$323 million) Covid-19 vaccine contract signed by Brazil’s government arrived at a Senate commission inquiry on Friday wearing…
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Sydney Covid lockdown restrictions: see the NSW update to coronavirus rules
New Covid restrictions for the greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains and Wollongong have been introduced. Can you have visitors? Is mask-wearing compulsory? Is travelling permitted? Here’s the full…
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NT worker at Granites gold mine tests positive to Covid as 1,600 ordered into isolation
Mine worker in Northern Territory who tested positive is believed to have caught virus in hotel quarantine in Queensland Follow our Covid LIVE blog for the latest updates Australian woman…
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Coronavirus: Sydney widens lockdown as Delta variant cases rise; New Zealand suspends travel bubble
Sydney streets were nearly deserted on Saturday at the start of a beefed-up two-week lockdown to contain the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant sweeping Australia’s largest city.More than 80 Covid-19…