COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: Australians seen as ‘sitting ducks’ amid sluggish jab roll-out; Philippines wary of vaccine ‘brand preference’
Australia’s peak medical body on Thursday warned the country’s residents were “sitting ducks” for Covid-19, as business leaders call for the international border to be reopened faster despite a sluggish…
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Uber Eats riders earning as little as $5 for deliveries crossing multiple NSW suburbs
Riders say their pay rates often don’t include time spent waiting for orders or time taken travelling to the restaurant Uber Eats riders in Australia are earning as little as…
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Britain could steer a global vaccination programme – but where is the leadership? | Emily Thornberry
In the absence of proposals from the government, we have a plan to ensure the world is safe now and secure in the future Emily Thornberry is the shadow secretary…
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Putting economics over ethics is a dismal vaccination strategy – Bulgaria shows why | Luba Kassova
Bulgaria focused on protecting the economy over saving older people from Covid. Ultimately, it will achieve neither April will forever be in my memory as a month of painful unfairness:…
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Labour says UK must ‘get off the fence’ over global Covid vaccine access
Shadow trade secretary backs US call for patent waiver as party proposes plan to increase production in poorer countries Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Labour…
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Greg Hunt backtracks after comments about waiting for vaccine spark confusion
Health minister had said for anyone uncertain about AstraZeneca, there would be enough of Pfizer and Moderna vaccine later in year Health minister Greg Hunt has assured the president of…
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EU to reopen borders to fully vaccinated travellers, raise number of new infections allowed before countries are declared unsafe
European Union member states agreed on Wednesday to reopen the bloc’s borders to travellers who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, European sources said.Meeting in Brussels, diplomats also agreed…
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Philippines’ coronavirus missteps could make it Asia’s economic ‘laggard’ as recovery seen among region’s slowest
Snaking queues at Manila food banks have become a common sight as the economy continues struggling a year after the Philippines’ first coronavirus lockdown. It is a sharp contrast to…
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Stench of death pervades rural India as Ganges swells with Covid victims
Stigma and cost of wood leave families with no choice but to immerse their dead in river Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage There was a time…
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Republicans flout mask requirement in US House chamber
Lauren Boebert, Thomas Massie, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Chip Roy, Bob Good, Louie Gohmert and Mary Miller received warnings Republicans in Congress are rebelling against the mask requirement on the House…