COVID-19 Updates
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Victoria Covid public exposure sites: full list of Melbourne venues, Vic coronavirus hotspots and case location alerts
Here are the current coronavirus hotspots and Covid-19 exposure sites in Victoria and Melbourne, and what to do if you’ve visited them Victoria’s new Covid lockdown restrictions explained Follow LIVE…
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Taiwan accuses China of interfering with Covid vaccine deals
President says agreement with German firm BioNTech has been delayed after Beijing intervention Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Taiwan’s president has accused China of interfering in…
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Joe Biden orders US intelligence to intensify efforts to study Covid’s origins
President also asks US intelligence community to explore the unlikely possibility that virus origins trace to Chinese lab US politics – live updates Joe Biden has ordered the US intelligence…
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Covid Victoria lockdown restrictions: new Melbourne and regional Vic coronavirus rules explained
New Victorian Covid-19 restrictions have been announced in response to a growing number of cases in a Melbourne suburbs coronavirus outbreak. Can you leave home? Is mask-wearing compulsory? Are schools…
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Record pace of Melbourne Covid outbreak and delayed vaccine rollout blamed for Victoria lockdown
Officials say a seven-day lockdown is needed because the coronavirus variant is spreading faster than contact tracers can keep up with Victoria’s Covid lockdown restrictions: new rules explained Victoria Covid-19…
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Hindu priests turn to ‘corona goddesses’ as India’s doctors pushed to brink
Hindu priests at a temple in southern India are saying daily prayers to two coronavirus goddesses in an effort to tame the pandemic as the country battles a new surge…
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Rising festival ‘hits pause’ the day after opening as Melbourne enters lockdown
Organisers of the hotly anticipated arts festival, which has already been cancelled once, say they are not making any ‘knee-jerk decisions’ Melbourne’s newest major arts festival, Rising, has been thrown…
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Matt Hancock to face questions over Dominic Cummings allegations
Health secretary will appear in the Commons and host a press conference a day after incendiary claims from PM’s former aide The health secretary, Matt Hancock, will face MPs on…
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Coronavirus: Melbourne to enter snap lockdown; Malaysia’s outbreak leaking into Thailand
More than 5 million people in Australia’s second-biggest city were ordered into a week-long lockdown on Thursday, as officials blamed a sluggish vaccine roll-out and hotel quarantine failures for another…
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Coronavirus: will a Hong Kong cruise to nowhere sink or swim? Launch of sea packages draws mixed response
Pandemic-battered cruise ship companies and travel agents have jumped straight into action after the Hong Kong government revealed plans to allow voyages to nowhere in the summer but the initial…