COVID-19 Updates
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Masks to remain mandatory outdoors in Melbourne after four new Covid cases detected
The husband of a woman who travelled from Melbourne to the Sunshine Coast via NSW also tests positive to coronavirus in Queensland Qld Covid hotspots; NSW hotspots; Vic exposure sites…
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‘Extremely rare’: Australia records second death ‘likely linked’ to AstraZeneca vaccine blood clots
TGA says 52-year-old New South Wales woman died ‘with a blood clot in the brain’, but it maintains vaccine benefits outweigh risks Victoria’s coronavirus restrictions explained What does the AstraZeneca…
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NSW parents shocked by school invite to webinar to ‘choose not to take’ Covid vaccine
Parent ‘gobsmacked’ to receive emailed invitation from Donna McCulloch of Thomas More Christian Montessori school in Bega A parent whose children attend a Montessori school in regional New South Wales…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong explores using finger pricks to draw blood for airport antibody tests
Hong Kong health authorities are exploring different methods of drawing blood via finger pricks for Covid-19 antibody screenings that would be administered at the airport, a government medical adviser has…
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Secret planning exercise in 2016 modelled impact of Mers outbreak in UK
Expert says Exercise Alice, one of 10 exercises disclosed under FoI, could have been relevant to Covid response Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The government ran…
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There is an evictions crisis happening right under our noses | Aditya Chakrabortty
Warnings about the end of a government ban in England overlook the methods landlords have already been using to turf out tenants For weeks, newspapers and campaigners have been warning…
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Coronavirus: G7 plans 1 billion extra vaccine shots to end pandemic in 2022
The US planned to buy 500 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to share internationally as President Joe Biden prepares to join other Group of Seven leaders in a campaign…
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Tokyo Olympics: Sapporo struggling to stage marathon as coronavirus cases surge
When Olympics organisers shifted the marathon event from Tokyo to the northern city of Sapporo, they did so because of concerns about the intense summer heat in the Japanese capital.Two…
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Hong Kong’s quarantine hotels are almost full, as overseas students vie for rooms in summer rush
Droves of overseas students returning to Hong Kong have driven up occupancy rates at hotels designated for mandatory Covid-19 quarantine to as high as 90 per cent, even after the…
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Joe Biden and Boris Johnson to sign new ‘Atlantic Charter’ to boost ties and lead coronavirus recovery
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden will on Thursday agree a new version of the “Atlantic Charter” aimed at leading the world’s pandemic recovery and bolstering…