COVID-19 Updates
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Victoria turns away under-50s trying to get Covid jab at vaccination hubs
Health officials appear to have clamped down on people trying to get the vaccine if they are not yet eligible following a Guardian story Follow the latest developments on our…
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Coronavirus: Tsai’s approval rating slips as Taiwan reports over 500 cases for fourth day
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has seen her approval rating drop below 50 per cent for the first time in a year as the island grapples with a worsening Covid-19 outbreak.Health…
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Victoria Covid cases: restrictions reintroduced as cluster in Melbourne’s north grows to nine
Four family contacts of a coronavirus case announced earlier on Tuesday also test positive Follow today’s Australia news live blog Melbourne Covid restrictions: new rules explained Victoria’s latest Covid-19 hotspots…
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US tells citizens to avoid travel to Japan due to Covid outbreak
Move comes amid preparations in Tokyo for the Olympics, which are due to be held from 23 July despite a raging fourth wave The US has urged its citizens to…
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Afghanistan’s doctors braced for rapid spread of India Covid variant
The country has no testing capacity for the B.1.617.2 strain and medics are concerned about resilience of health system Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Doctors in…
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Wuhan laboratory adds another branch to bat coronavirus family tree
Researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology have found a new branch in the family tree of bat coronaviruses.The viruses, described in a preprint paper released last Friday, are more…
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Covid restrictions Victoria: new greater Melbourne and Vic coronavirus rules explained
New Victorian Covid-19 restrictions have been announced from 6pm tonight in response to five positive cases in a Melbourne suburbs coronavirus outbreak. Can you leave home? Is mask-wearing compulsory? Is…
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Coronavirus: Singapore exits pandemic-induced recession as economy grows 1.3 per cent
Singapore’s economy grew for the first time after three consecutive quarters of contraction, in a sign the city state is recovering from last year’s pandemic-induced recession.But with tighter social distancing…