COVID-19 Updates
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Canada approves Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for children aged 12 to 15
Canada’s health regulator has authorised Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for ages 12 and older.Dr Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser at Health Canada, on Wednesday confirmed the decision for the ages to…
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Serbia to give US$30 to those who get coronavirus vaccine
Serbia’s president said on Wednesday his country would pay each citizen who gets a Covid-19 vaccine before the end of May, in what could be the world’s first cash-for-jabs scheme.The…
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The stress of the Covid pandemic is driving NHS doctors like me out of frontline care | Anonymous
The intense pressures, understaffing and lack of support for medical staff are taking their toll It’s incredible what you’re able to normalise just because you are seeing a lot of…
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Clearing the dancefloor: how club culture became a museum piece
In the pandemic, nightclubs have been turned into exhibition spaces, switching the craze for museums evoking clubs. It’s throwing fresh perspective on what dancing is even for The ttttssshhhhhh of…
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As India’s Covid-19 surge hits embassies, Modi’s image abroad suffers
Last week, a senior Tanzanian diplomat in New Delhi died from Covid-19 after he was refused admission by an overwhelmed city hospital and emergency treatment at an army hospital could…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong officials urge public not to sell Covid-19 specimen bottles as they reveal only half are returned for testing
Only half of the up to 40,000 Covid-19 specimen collection packs distributed across Hong Kong every day are returned for testing, the government has revealed, after the Post found the…
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Japanese town uses coronavirus relief funds to splash out on giant squid statue
Eyebrows are being raised after a small port town in northern Japan splashed out over 25 million yen (US$229,000) in government subsidies meant for the community on a gigantic statue…
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Coronavirus: India accounts for nearly half of global cases, quarter of deaths
India’s coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 24 hours, a day after it became the second country to cross the grim milestone of 20 million infections…
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Coronavirus Australia live update: NSW records new local Covid case in Sydney; India travel ban challenged in federal court
Man in his 50s tests positive for Covid in NSW; hearing to take place in federal court to challenge India travel ban. Follow latest updates NSW Covid case: man tests…