COVID-19 Updates
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‘Like purgatory’: diaspora in despair as India sinks deeper into Covid crisis
Indian Americans scramble to secure oxygen canisters for family members, desperately work to raise funds and pressure US legislators to lift vaccine patents Since the pandemic began, Fatima Ahmed has…
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Tokyo Olympics: as Japan struggles to contain coronavirus, pressure builds on athletes to withdraw
Rikako Ikee became a national hero in Japan when she earned a place on the country’s Olympic swimming team two years after being diagnosed with leukaemia but the 20-year-old has…
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Taiwan to send China Airlines pilots into quarantine in bid to stop Covid-19 outbreak
Taiwan will quarantine all pilots for its largest carrier China Airlines for 14 days as it tries to stop an outbreak of Covid-19, the health minister said on Monday, impacting…
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India’s coronavirus patients face desperate journeys to find oxygen supplies and hospital beds
When Neelam Mehta took her 82-year-old mother to the doctor in New Delhi last week, her coronavirus symptoms were mild but her oxygen saturation had dropped below healthy levels.The doctor…
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Australia politics live: federal court hears challenge to India travel ban; jury fails to reach verdict in Jack de Belin rape trial
Commonwealth defends flight ban in court; Morrison government promises $4bn in infrastructure spending during pre-budget publicity blitz; NSW Covid ‘missing link’ eludes authorities. Follow the latest updates Foreign minister Marise…
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UK Covid-related cybercrime fuels 15-fold rise in scam takedowns
Vaccine rollout used as a lure via email and text to harvest people’s personal information for fraud The UK’s cybersecurity agency has taken down more scams in the last year…
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NSW health minister condemns media for naming Sydney ‘barbecue man’ at centre of Covid outbreak
Brad Hazzard says AFR story that identified man was ‘appalling’, and warned it would undermine public health • NSW restrictions: what you can and can’t do under new coronavirus rules…
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‘It stinks, actually’: NSW health officials criticise media for naming man with Covid-19 – video
The New South Wales health minister has strong feelings about the Australian Financial Review’s decision to identify the Sydney man who came forward with Covid symptoms. ‘I think it’s absolutely…
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‘A step too far’: Liberal senator James Paterson speaks out against India travel ban
Influential Coalition parliamentarian says he worries about the precedent set Follow our Australia live news blog The influential Liberal senator James Paterson has warned that Australia has crossed an “enormous…
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Sydney and NSW Covid-19 restrictions: what you can and can’t do under new coronavirus rules
New Covid restrictions for the greater Sydney region, including Wollongong, the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains, have been extended for another week. Can you have visitors? Is mask-wearing compulsory?…