COVID-19 Updates
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China’s zero-tolerance approach helped control Covid-19, but is it time for an exit strategy?
This is the third in a series about China’s plans to reopen its borders to the world amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Here, Josephine Ma explores whether China’s zero-tolerance prevention and…
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Which Covid-19 vaccine is the best? That’s a complicated question
As the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines accelerates, people are increasingly asking which vaccine is best?Even if we tried to answer this question, defining which vaccine is “best” is not simple. Does…
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NSW Covid update: Sydney’s eastern suburbs cluster grows as Queensland asks residents to reconsider travel
A driver who transported flight crew has been diagnosed with the Delta coronavirus variant and was not vaccinated NSW Covid hotspots and map; Victoria exposure sites; Qld hotspots list Follow…
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NSW Covid-19 exposure sites: list and map of Sydney and regional coronavirus hotspots and case location alerts
Here are the current coronavirus hotspots and Covid-19 public exposure sites in New South Wales and Sydney – including Bondi Junction, Redfern, Zetland and Vaucluse – and what to do…
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How many deaths are acceptable in ‘zero-Covid-19’ economies? From Australia to Hong Kong, that’s the tough question
As the Asia-Pacific’s “zero-Covid-19” economies pick up the pace of their sluggish vaccination drives, a difficult question looms on the post-pandemic horizon: how many deaths should a society accept?Even if…
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Hong Kong firm Far East sells four-star Dorsett London for US$162 million in what could be British capital’s biggest hotel deal this year
Hong Kong-based Far East Consortium (FEC) has sold its four-star 267-room Dorsett City London Hotel in Aldgate High Street for £115 million (US$162.1 million), the company said.FEC units Mazuma Holdings…
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New Zealand took early lessons from places like Singapore, Taiwan to beat Covid-19: scientist
A scientist who played a key role in New Zealand’s lauded coronavirus response said the nation used its luck well to stamp out the disease and is now eyeing the…
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Boris Johnson called health minister Matt Hancock ‘totally ****ing hopeless’ in WhatsApp message
Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Wednesday rejected criticism of his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic after private WhatsApp exchanges emerged in which Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to describe…
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European Union president Ursula von der Leyen approves coronavirus recovery plan
The European Union moved a step closer on Wednesday to deploying the bloc’s massive pandemic recovery fund, with a top executive going to Portugal and Spain to announce the bloc’s…
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Dominic Cummings: key claims in his latest attack on government
Analysis: Boris Johnson’s former aide repeatedly criticises Matt Hancock and claims PPE system collapsed Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Dominic Cummings has delivered yet more incendiary…