COVID-19 Updates
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Hong Kong retail sales up 12.1 per cent year on year in April, marking slowdown in momentum of sector’s recovery
Hong Kong retail sales in April rose 12.1 per cent year on year, marking a slowdown in momentum for the industry’s recovery even as the Covid-19 crisis continued to abate.Provisional…
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Coronavirus live news: Peru death toll more than doubles after review; Heathrow sets up separate ‘red list’ terminal
Peru’s death toll soars to 180,000 after excess deaths added; Heathrow airport begins processing arrivals from ‘red list’ countries in separate terminal; the WHO introduces new names for Covid variants…
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Coronavirus Australia live: Victoria announces five-day aged care vaccination blitz after three new Covid cases
Minister Richard Colbeck comes under fire over aged care failures after outbreak in two Melbourne homes. Follow live updates Federal court rejects challenge to Australia’s outbound travel ban Victorian Covid…
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UK Covid live news: country in ‘perilous moment’, says former chief scientific adviser
Boris Johnson will need to use data to make a decision well before planned restriction easing on 21 June, says Professor Sir Mark Walport Coronavirus – latest updates See all…
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Domino’s Pizza looks for 5,000 chefs and riders as takeaway boom continues
UK chain hired extra 8,000 workers in 2020 but some are returning to their pre-lockdown jobs Domino’s Pizza is aiming to hire 5,000 chefs and delivery drivers, as consumers’ appetite…
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Indian children struck by grief, loss and guilt as many lose parents to Covid-19
In his first conversation with a counsellor, Alok (name changed to protect his identity) said nothing for 15 minutes. In the second call, the silence lasted 11 minutes.In the third,…
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Australia’s drug regulator may refer anti-vaccination Facebook posts to federal police
Labor MP Julian Hill lashes out at Greg Hunt for ‘lack of a national public health campaign to combat misinformation’ after his vaccine photo on Facebook receives ‘batshit crazy’ responses…
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What should Britain’s memorial to the Covid pandemic look like? | Eddie Blake
Erecting a monument alone wouldn’t be sufficient – after the first world war, whole villages were built in remembrance Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Memorials aim…
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Peru has world’s worst per capita Covid toll after death data revised
Updated figures give country a per capita death toll of 500 per 100,000 people – double that of Brazil Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Peru has…
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‘When will you know?’: Richard Colbeck can’t say how many aged care workers are vaccinated – video
The aged care minister Richard Colbeck has not been able to tell Senate estimates how many workers in the aged care sector have been vaccinated. Richard Colbeck admits not knowing…