COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus live news: parts of UK ease lockdown despite India variant fears; 4 out of 5 in Japan oppose Olympics
UK health experts warn people to ignore lockdown easing; India reports 281,386 cases and 4,106 deaths; more than 80% of Japanese oppose holding Olympics Tokyo Olympics: more than 80% of…
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Australia news live: Scott Morrison to meet Jacinda Ardern in New Zealand; passenger from India flight tests positive for Covid
One passenger on Saturday’s repatriation flight from India tests positive for coronavirus in Howard Springs quarantine facility in Darwin; royal commission Follow all the latest news – live • Call…
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Coronavirus: Thai prison cluster widens; New Zealand opens travel bubble with Cook Islands
Thailand’s daily coronavirus cases on Monday surged to a record with outbreaks in prisons and construction sites in the capital showing no signs of easing.The country reported 9,635 new infections,…
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‘MPs have just got to take back control of lawmaking’, says barrister
Adam Wagner, an expert on Covid rules, believes ministers have assumed far too much say over our lives Lawmaking during the coronavirus pandemic has been anti-democratic, sidelining parliament and handing…
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‘Abject failure’: only 999 out of 26,000 Australian disability care residents vaccinated
Royal commission hears just 253 residents nationwide have been vaccinated since 21 April despite being in 1a phase of the rollout • Follow Monday’s Australia news live Fewer than 1,000…
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Scott Morrison rejects calls for quicker Australia border reopening, citing ‘cautious approach’
Prime minister says border changes to occur on ‘sliding scale’ amid pressure from Liberal MPs to reopen before mid-2022 The prime minister has rebuffed calls for a swifter reopening of…
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‘Everybody is angry’: Modi under fire over India’s Covid second wave
From an approval rating of 80% earlier in the year, now tough questions are being asked of PM’s leadership The missing persons complaint was filed at Parliament Street police station…
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Tokyo Olympics: more than 80% of Japanese oppose hosting Games – poll
Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency on Friday as the nation battles a fourth wave of Covid infections See all our coronavirus coverage More than 80% of Japanese oppose…
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Australian bankers leave Wall Street for Sydney amid coronavirus
Catherine McCormack, 39, is trading a plum job at Goldman Sachs in New York for a finance job – in Australia.That might seem like a career-killer, but McCormack says the…
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Australia’s stranded cricketers touch down in Sydney two weeks after IPL suspended
Majority of 38-strong group arrive on BCCI charter flight Returning players come in over NSW’s quarantine cap The majority of Australia’s stranded cricket cohort has returned home after a charter…