COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus mutated 32 times inside South African HIV-positive woman over course of seven months
A 36-year-old woman with advanced HIV carried the novel coronavirus for 216 days, during which the virus accumulated more than 30 mutations, a new study has found.The case report, which…
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Time, teaching and tutoring? The UK government has coined yet another pointless slogan | Zoe Williams
The education recovery tsar has quit, tutoring is being outsourced and Gavin Williamson is in charge. Business as usual, then The government’s vision to restore a year of lost education…
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Tokyo Olympics: Japanese firms, universities join Covid-19 vaccine drive, but is it too little, too late?
Stung by criticism of the slow roll-out of its coronavirus vaccination programme, the Japanese government has announced new plans for companies and universities to arrange jabs for their staff, students…
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Hongkongers can fly direct to Phuket from July as Thailand seeks to kick-start tourism sector, but experts say success of scheme depends on quarantine-free travel
Direct flights between Hong Kong and Phuket will resume on July 2 as Thailand seeks to restart its tourism industry amid an easing Covid-19 outbreak, the Post has learned.But travel…
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Russia may trial coronavirus vaccine combining Sputnik, Chinese shots
Russia may start trials on a Covid-19 vaccine combining its Sputnik V jab and various Chinese shots in Arab countries, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund…
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UK Covid live news: data ‘pointing in more negative direction’, says professor Neil Ferguson
Latest updates: decision over whether to delay 21 June lifting of restrictions will be a ‘very difficult judgment call’, says epidemiologist Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…
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Coronavirus live news: Japan gives Taiwan 1.2m vaccine doses, Fauci calls for Wuhan lab worker records
US infectious disease expert urges China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers; Japan to donate 1.24m vaccine doses to Tawian; Australia detects highly infectious Delta variant in Melbourne…
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Covid Australia live updates: Vaccine likely to be mandatory for aged care workers; returning Australians from India arrive in Adelaide
Federal and Victoria governments agree to fund and build a new purpose-built quarantine facility as state records four cases. Follow live Two ‘fleeting’ Melbourne Covid cases declared false positives Full…
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China pushes to expand Covid-19 vaccine development but more work needed on trials: health official
China is striving to expand its Covid-19 vaccine development with 20 candidates being tested in clinical trials.“China is in the world‘s first phalanx in terms of the number of Covid-19…
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Coronavirus: Indonesians in Sumatra mourn loved ones amid fears of new hotspots
As Indonesia continues to bury its Covid-19 dead, the families behind the official statistics have been left to count the costs amid concerns of a rise in cases outside the…