COVID-19 Updates
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‘The resilience has been heroic’: New York’s undocumented migrants on the pandemic
The estimated half a million undocumented residents in the city were among its worst hit by Covid-19 This article is co-published with Documented JCR had been a cook for 15…
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Flights cancelled and districts locked down amid fresh coronavirus cases in southern China
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled and part of a city locked down in southern China as the coastal province of Guangdong tries to stamp out transmission of the highly…
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Covid lockdown savings: how to make the most of spare cash
Options if you have accumulated some money or want to start putting something aside With strict limits on going out and about, lockdown has helped many people build their savings.…
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Coronavirus: about 90 Hong Kong cases of adverse vaccine reactions investigated to date could be linked to jabs, expert says, though few side effects serious
Just under a third of the more than 300 adverse events reviewed by Hong Kong health authorities following Covid-19 vaccinations so far could be linked to the jabs, a top…
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NHS app gains 2.7m users as people rush to show Covid vaccine status
App enables users to show vaccine status and recent tests, in order to travel abroad or attend events Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The NHS app…
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‘Prices are ridiculous’: UK holiday costs more than Europe as demand grows
Summer travel saga means people are booking up UK cottages and campsites as owners cash in Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage When Donna Brunton started looking…
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NSW Covid update: three new Sydney cases of ’near and present danger’ Delta variant recorded
‘Fleeting contact’ spurs decision to introduce mask mandate but no other restrictions in place yet NSW and ACT hotspots Victorian hotspots Queensland hotspots New South Wales reported three cases of…
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Hong Kong vaccine perks: giveaways for coronavirus jabs are nice, but reluctant residents prefer assurance, facts, paid days off
Owen Ching is eager to get vaccinated against Covid-19, but cannot afford a medical check-up to find out if he is fit for the jabs.Since losing his job as a…
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Covid ‘remains a serious and deadly threat’ for unvaccinated people, Biden says – as it happened
President hails 300m vaccine doses administered since January Mike Pence heckled at conservative Christian summit in Florida McConnell says voting rights proposal is ‘rotten to the core’ The inner circle…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong study finds ‘substantial’ antibody-level difference between BioNTech, Sinovac jab recipients
A major Hong Kong study has found “substantially higher” levels of antibodies in people vaccinated against Covid-19 with BioNTech jabs, compared with those who received the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine.The presence…