COVID-19 Updates
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China and the west must now cooperate to achieve global Covid vaccine coverage | Sophie Zinser
Given the G7’s underwhelming pledge, WHO approval for two Chinese jabs is a welcome boost “Vaccine diplomacy” has evolved into a dirty phrase, not least in relation to China and…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong considering easing quarantine restrictions for the fully vaccinated, commerce chief tells China Conference
Hong Kong is considering plans to relax some coronavirus quarantine measures for international travel and further loosen rules for the fully vaccinated at local businesses, the city’s commerce chief has…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong health authorities probing mystery Alpha variant case find Covid-19 on frozen food packaging in teenage patient’s home
Hong Kong health authorities are “vigorously” investigating a new front in a mystery Covid-19 variant case which earlier broke the city’s 42-day streak of zero untraceable infections, after finding the…
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Vaccines and oxygen run out as third wave of Covid hits Uganda
Vaccine thefts reported and hospitals unable to admit patients as cases leap 2,800% in a month Uganda has all but run out of Covid-19 vaccines and oxygen as the country…
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Australia must eventually face reality: live with Covid or become a hermit nation | Peter Collignon
Once at least 70% of adults are vaccinated, we need to gradually open our borders and adopt a different attitude to what risks we are willing to accept Covid-19 remains…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: 2021 to be a difficult year for banks with bottom lines squeezed by low interest rates, uncertainty
The profitability of Hong Kong’s banking sector, including such big lenders as HSBC and Standard Chartered remains under pressure in 2021, weighed down by historically low interest rates and the…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene apologises for comparing Covid-19 masks to Holocaust – video
Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene apologised for comparing Covid-19 mask requirements and vaccinations to the Nazi Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews. ‘I have made a mistake and it’s really…
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Coronavirus outpacing vaccine effort, says WHO, after G7 doses pledge
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus joins other health figures in criticising G7 countries for offering too little, too late See all our coronavirus coverage The World Health Organization has warned that Covid-19…
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‘Will we ever be free?’ What the papers say about the ‘Freedom Day’ delay
After the PM confirmed a widely anticipated pause on plans to lift the final lockdown restrictions, the front pages ask how long curbs will last See all our coronavirus coverage…
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Coronavirus: Canada’s most Chinese city has the best pandemic performance in its region – and the worst vaccination rate
Richmond, Canada’s most Chinese city, has impressed since the start of the pandemic with its low rate of Covid-19 infection, making it the best performing local health area in the…