COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: Singapore and Taiwan tighten travel between each other as both face new outbreaks
Singapore and Taiwan, success stories in containing Covid-19, are both rapidly imposing aggressive restrictions at home – and tightening travel between each other.In Singapore, indoor dining was banned from Friday,…
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Singing and dancing return as Sydney Covid restrictions set to lift
Mask usage will not be compulsory on public transport after midnight on Sunday after another day with no new local coronavirus infections Coronavirus-related restrictions across greater Sydney will lift from…
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Catering arm of Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific could be next vendor for food scandal-plagued Covid-19 quarantine centre
The catering arm of Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has been invited to bid for a contract to serve the city’s largest Covid-19 quarantine centre after a food…
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Coronavirus: Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency; England to continue lockdown easing despite India variant fears
All todays events as they happened: China cancels spring Everest climbing season from Tibetan side while Portugal to reopen to UK tourists from Monday Taiwan records 180 new cases in…
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Johnson ‘must think again on plans to relax Covid rules’
Top adviser warns of India variant impact as scientists urge delay in lockdown changes Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson was under mounting pressure on…
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‘It’s ours, not theirs’: Australians still fighting for a refund after Covid travel cancellations
If the tourism industry wants people to travel as Australia opens up, we need more certainty on consumer rights, advocates warn In September 2018 retiree Sally Petty, 74, and her…
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India confirms bodies found in Ganges River are coronavirus victims
Bodies of Covid-19 victims have been found dumped in some Indian rivers, a state government letter seen by Reuters says, in the first official acknowledgement of the alarming practice, which…
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Italian study shows coronavirus infections, deaths dropping after one jab
Covid-19 infections in adults of all ages fell by 80 per cent five weeks after a first dose of Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca vaccine, according to Italian research published on…
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Coronavirus: WHO says India a ‘huge concern’ as deaths continue upswing
India reported on Saturday its smallest daily increase in coronavirus infections in nearly three weeks, but deaths stayed near the 4,000-mark as the World Health Organization warned that the second…