COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong officials identify airport testing centre as probable source of Delta variant infection
Health authorities have pinned the source of a Hong Kong airport worker’s Delta variant infection to a sample collection centre at the transport hub, where two Covid-19 cases sharing the…
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‘We were never a priority’: Zimbabwe Covid ‘hotspots’ face strict lockdown
Tighter restrictions in 12 mostly rural areas come as health service struggles to cope with third wave of infections Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Zimbabwe’s government…
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The federal government squandered our precious Covid advantage – now Sydney is in lockdown | Bill Bowtell
After a world-leading response in 2020 it did not have to be this way Eighteen months into the Covid pandemic, Australians by now should have been looking forward to prudently…
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Chinese health experts watch for clues as Delta variant ‘poses challenges’
In southern China, just days after Guangdong province managed to subdue a Covid-19 outbreak caused by the Delta variant in late May, a Shenzhen airport worker caught the highly transmissible…
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Coronavirus: Sydney in lockdown as Delta variant spreads; record vaccinations may not stop India’s third wave
Downtown Sydney and the city’s eastern suburbs, which include Bondi Beach, will go into a one week lockdown from midnight Friday as authorities struggle to contain a spike in the…
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Coronavirus: ban on flights from Philippines and Indonesia hits supply of domestic helpers in Hong Kong
Thousands of families in Hong Kong are facing uncertainty over when domestic workers they have hired from the Philippines and Indonesia can take up their jobs in the city after…
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Covid NSW restrictions updated: see the new coronavirus rules for Sydney and regional NSW
New Covid restrictions for the greater Sydney region have been extended for another week and a partial lockdown introduced. Can you have visitors? Is mask-wearing compulsory? Is travelling permitted? Here’s…
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Coronavirus: how worried should we be about Hong Kong’s first local infection with Delta variant?
Hong Kong confirmed on Thursday its first community Covid-19 case involving the more infectious Delta variant, ending a 16-day streak of zero local cases.The infection involving a strain growing in…
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Hong Kong fitness group opens its biggest gym yet, betting that members want to be healthier because of the coronavirus pandemic
Hong Kong gym operator Pure Fitness has just opened its newest and biggest facility, featuring high ceilings, 30,000 square feet (2,800 square metres) of space, and an outdoor exercise area…
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I became a super commuter and felt like if there was a system, I had gamed it. Then came the pandemic | Brigid Delaney
Being a geographical polyamorist with Victoria and Sydney worked pre-Covid. Now it’s time to pick a side Five years ago I had a teeny tiny house deposit and a desire…