COVID-19 Updates
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NHS alarm over rise in number of UK Covid patients on ventilators
Bosses say trusts under ‘huge pressure’ as people in ventilator beds increase 41% during last week Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage NHS bosses have sounded the…
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NSW Covid update: greater Sydney hit with new restrictions as state announces 16 coronavirus cases
Residents and workers across a swathe of Sydney will not be allowed to travel outside the city as NSW rushes to contain coronavirus outbreak Follow the LIVE BLOG for latest…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: 16-day streak of no local cases under threat with ‘possible airport worker infection, traces of mutant strain in sewage samples’
Hong Kong’s health authorities are investigating one preliminary-positive Covid-19 case involving an airport worker who lives in Tai Po, where the coronavirus was detected in sewage samples, the Post has…
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US to miss Joe Biden’s July 4 Covid-19 vaccine goal
The US government won’t meet its goal of administering one or more doses of a Covid-19 vaccine to 70 per cent of US adults by July 4.But White House Covid-19…
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UK festivals organisers need urgent help, say MPs
Public accounts committee highlights confusion within government over how post-Covid arts fund will affect sector Dozens of festivals are facing “devastating consequences to their survival” this summer amid confusion within…
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English festival season on a knife-edge without government support
Analysis: organisers are already starting to cancel events due to the lack of a state-run insurance scheme When Kendal Calling music festival decided to cancel for the second year in…
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Tokyo Olympics organisers ban alcohol sales after public outcry
Games officials faced accusations the event was getting preferential treatment while other Tokyo businesses still faced alcohol restrictions See all our coronavirus coverage The organisers of the Tokyo Olympics have…
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Coronavirus: US experts investigate heart problems among teens after shots
A panel of experts convened by the top US health agency will review data surrounding more than 300 confirmed cases of heart muscle inflammation among adolescents and young adults after…
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China to auction copper, aluminium and zinc from state metal reserves in bid to curb soaring commodity prices
China’s state reserves administration on Tuesday said it would publicly auction a total of 100,000 tonnes of non-ferrous metals early next month in the first round of a rare and…
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Coronavirus: Singapore cuts quarantine to two weeks for most travellers; India declares ‘Delta-plus’ variant of concern
Singapore is reducing the quarantine period for most inbound travellers from 21 days to two weeks after it found that new variants of concern did not have a longer incubation…