COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: ‘no new hybrid variant’ detected in Vietnam, WHO says; Indonesia cancels haj pilgrimage
Days after Vietnam’s Ministry of Health said it had detected a new Covid-19 variant comprising characteristics of both the alpha and delta strains, the World Health Organization (WHO) told a…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong businesses dangle HK$63 million in cash and prizes, including a Tesla car and private Cathay flight, in vaccine push
Cash and prizes totalling more than HK$63million (US$8 million) are now up for grabs for Hongkongers who get vaccinated against Covid-19, with businesses offering a range of incentives from a…
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Hong Kong manufacturers struggle with ‘blackouts’, rising producer prices in mainland China
As China pushes to maintain its central position in the global supply chain, Hong Kong funded-firms are being hit by new challenges on the mainland, including power shortages and skyrocketing…
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Azmin Ali, Malaysia’s power grab architect, under fire for ‘half-baked’ coronavirus lockdown
Tens of thousands of people on Thursday signed an online petition calling for the resignation of Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Minister Azmin Ali as anger brewed over the large…
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UK Covid live news: ‘whole generation’ of children could be failed without educational support
Latest updates: government needs to set out ‘bigger, more ambitious programme’, says education expert Dr Lee Elliot Major Schools should not send exam-year pupils home early, says Ofsted head Coronavirus…
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Coronavirus Australia live: Two false positives in Victoria, Morrison details Covid lockdown payments
Federal government to put in place ‘national lockdown framework’, as Melbourne faces second week in lockdown. Follow the latest news Covid vaccine undersupply forces Melbourne GPs to turn people away…
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Coronavirus live news: Hong Kong to vaccinate over-12s; Bulgaria to share doses with Balkan neighbours
Hong Kong opens up vaccines to children over 12; Bulgaria says it has secured enough doses to share; Brazilian street protests erupt as Bolsonaro addresses nation ‘So many revolutions to…
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Once again, Scott Morrison appears a day late and a dollar short | Katharine Murphy
The PM’s quibbling on financial support for Victoria amid its Covid lockdown looked more self-defeating than reasonable Victoria’s Covid lockdown restrictions explained Victoria case alerts and exposure sites; NSW sites…
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Coronavirus: shipping rates to stay at ‘unprecedented’ levels until pandemic brought under control
In more than 10 years in the logistics business, David Sun says he has never seen shipping fees climb as high or quickly as they have this year.“It’s unprecedented,” he…