COVID-19 Updates
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States to help federal government repatriate citizens stuck in India as soon as flight ban ends
NSW, Victoria and Queensland have offered to accept additional charter flights by the end of May, Scott Morrison says New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland are likely to accept additional…
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India coronavirus: Wall Street giants Goldman Sachs and UBS caught up in crisis
About 8,300 miles east of Wall Street, on a stretch of Bangalore’s Outer Ring Road, sits what was once the heart of the global financial industry’s back office.Before the pandemic,…
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How the story unfolded: Australia’s ‘extreme’ India travel ban – video
The Morrison government has battled a significant backlash from within its own ranks over the controversial decision to criminalise returning to Australia from Covid-ravaged India. More than 9,000 Australians remained trapped in…
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Japan to extend Covid emergency in Tokyo as Olympics loom
Government admits restrictions that had been due to end on 11 May have failed to stop rising infections See all our coronavirus coverage Japan is to extend a coronavirus state…
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Shenzhen luxury home price growth beats Hong Kong, London, New York and Paris as China’s post Covid-19 economic surge continues
Mainland China’s tech hub of Shenzhen recorded the fastest growth in luxury home prices in the world in the first quarter, up by 18.9 per cent over the same period…
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NSW records no local Covid cases as search continues for source of infection
Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she is ‘very pleased’ with the state’s response but urges the public to remain cautious Follow the Australia news live blog NSW Covid hotspots: Sydney and…
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Australia’s Covid-19 lesson: time to relearn how to govern
Australia’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic is envied globally. Heralded as a model for other liberal democracies, Australia’s excess mortality since the start of the pandemic is the world’s lowest.They…
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Greater Sydney and NSW Covid-19 restrictions: new coronavirus rules for Mother’s Day weekend explained
People in the greater Sydney region, including Wollongong, the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains, had new Covid restrictions from 5pm Thursday. Can you have visitors? Is mask-wearing compulsory? Is…
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NSW Covid-19 hotspots: list and map of Sydney and regional coronavirus case locations
Here are the current coronavirus hotspots in New South Wales and what to do if you’ve visited them Greater Sydney Covid restrictions explained Coronavirus Australia live updates Download the free…
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Kamala Harris’ family in India grapples with coronavirus
G. Balachandran turned 80 this spring – a milestone of a birthday in India, where he lives. If not for the coronavirus pandemic, he would have been surrounded by family…