COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: surge of Delta variant in Indonesia threatens Bali tourism reopening
Indonesia announced on Monday it would tighten movement restrictions amid a surge of coronavirus infections, fuelled by the Delta variant, that has brought the health system to the brink of…
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Covid Victoria restrictions explained: new coronavirus rules for Melbourne and regional Vic
Victorian Covid-19 restrictions are easing further as the Melbourne coronavirus outbreak comes under control. Is the 25km travel limit being lifted? How many visitors are allowed? Is mask-wearing compulsory? Are…
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What are Hong Kong’s quarantine rules? All the latest on Covid-19 travel restrictions, from hotels to children’s vaccines and antibody tests
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.Hong Kong will start to relax quarantine arrangements for fully…
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Coronavirus: ‘vaccine or jail’, Philippines’ Duterte threatens; Singapore expands testing after finding new clusters
President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the Philippines battles one of Asia’s worst outbreaks, with more than 1.3 million…
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China-Australia relations: student housing sector Down Under hit by border closure, rift with Beijing
A decline in international students, including those from China, has forced the owners of student accommodation in Australia to turn their properties into residential or co-living flats, analysts said.Last year,…
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China reaches billion doses mark … now for the next billion
Imagine how reassuring it would have seemed if it had been foretold, when Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, that China alone would have administered more than 1 billion doses of…
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Coronavirus: Delta variant fears leave India’s international students struggling to get back to class in the US, Australia
Saif Ali Khan is fully vaccinated and all set to start a postgraduate engineering course in the United States – but he’s worried.The 22-year-old from Aurangabad has received two shots…
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: India protests against ‘unfair’ rules for coronavirus-hit countries
India’s Olympic body has slammed as “unfair” rules imposed by the Japanese government on athletes from several nations hit by Covid-19 for the Tokyo Games starting next month.Tokyo 2020 organisers…
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Coronavirus: China says up to 85 per cent of population needs to be vaccinated for herd immunity
After reaching the milestone of administering 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine, China has revised up its estimate for achieving herd immunity. A top epidemiologist says 80 to 85 per…