COVID-19 Updates
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Delta variant 30-100% more transmissible, says UK Covid expert
Prof Neil Ferguson sounds warning as remaining lockdown restrictions are due to be lifted 21 June Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Delta variant of coronavirus,…
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‘Vax-n-win’: Guam launches lottery prize for vaccine recipients
Governor announces online lottery which offers $10,000 in cash, a brand-new car and other small prizes each week Guam has joined other US states dangling lottery money and other cash…
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Where did Australia’s first cases of the Delta variant come from and how infectious is it?
Victorian health authorities are concerned about the discovery of the more infectious Covid strain, first identified in India, in community cases Two members of a West Melbourne family who visited…
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NHS says it can’t provide extra Covid vaccines in Blackburn despite infection rate
Town’s director of public health says ‘unjust’ decision could lead to local hospital being swamped within four weeks Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The NHS cannot…
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Over a million vaccines from Japan arrive in Taiwan as island continues Covid-19 battle
Taiwan’s drive to secure Covid-19 vaccines has received a fresh boost with both Japan and the United States offering to provide supplies as it fights a widening outbreak that saw…
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‘Running dry’: Zimbabweans turned away for vaccinations after shortages
As staff sit idle in treatment centres, anger focuses on government failures to secure supplies as fears of a third wave increase Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus…
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Scott Morrison moves to ramp up Covid vaccine rollout and opens access to 40-year-olds
Prime minister names senior army officer to head vaccination taskforce after national cabinet and likens rollout to turning back asylum seeker boats Delta variant of Covid found in Melbourne family…
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‘Hang them all’: India’s scammers profit from coronavirus misery
From fake medicines to fire extinguishers disguised as oxygen cylinders and recycled personal protective equipment, India’s coronavirus hell has been lucrative for its ever-inventive army of scammers, with sometimes deadly…
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Beyond the ‘gold standard’ cliches, inside the Howard Springs quarantine facility I find shelter | Chips Mackinolty
The traditional owners of Darwin named the quarantine facility Manigurr-ma, or ‘stringybark’. In times past and now, Manigurr-ma provides refuge When Japanese oil and gas giant Inpex built workers’ accommodation…
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Delta variant of Covid found in West Melbourne family who travelled to NSW
Victorian family who visited NSW south coast confirmed to have Delta variant, the predominant coronavirus variant in India Two ‘fleeting’ Melbourne Covid cases declared false positives Full list of Victorian…