COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: more medical aid arrives in India as deaths skyrocket
More emergency medical aid from foreign donors to alleviate a dire oxygen shortage arrived in India on Sunday, as Covid-19 deaths in the South Asian nation rose to a new…
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China’s May Day holiday a shot in the arm for domestic tourism
Chinese day trippers and sightseers were out in force on Saturday at the start of the May Day holiday, as the country continues its economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.In…
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Why did the government take so long to back down on this care home cruelty? | Nicci Gerrard
A legal challenge forced a U-turn on the guidance imprisoning the old and vulnerable Yesterday, at the 11th hour, the government caved in. Knowing that proceedings were being issued against…
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Coronavirus: ‘considerable growth’ expected for Hong Kong in first quarter, but pandemic will still be spectre over economic recovery
Hong Kong’s economy experienced “considerable growth” in the first quarter of the year but the Covid-19 pandemic will still be a hurdle on the path to recovery, the finance chief…
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Marise Payne denies racism motivated ban on Australian citizens returning from Covid-ravaged India
Foreign affairs minister says ‘temporary pause’ is to alleviate the ‘significant burden’ returning travellers were placing on health systems Foreign affairs minister Marise Payne has defended the government’s decision to…
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Coronavirus vaccine: let’s finish the job of controlling the pandemic and reopening
All of us in Hong Kong have been shocked and appalled these last two weeks by the terrible scenes from India of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Over 350,000…
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Coronavirus: from Google’s Sundar Pichai to steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, Indian diaspora races to help homeland in crisis
In the United States, Jaspreet Rai is desperately trying to do her part for the country she left more than 30 years ago: help its people breathe.Rai, 53, who moved…
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The first 100 days of Biden were also the first 100 without Trump – that’s telling | Robert Reich
The new president is benefiting not just from bold proposals and actions but from his predecessor’s catastrophic record By almost any measure, Joe Biden’s first 100 days have been hugely…
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No Perth lockdown but premier says it remains ‘a prospect’ after Saturday’s Covid cases
Mark McGowan says the much-anticipated western derby AFL match will go ahead but without spectators Perth will not be forced back into lockdown, but the state’s premier, Mark McGowan, announced…
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Coronavirus: US states mull ways to boost vaccine take-up as demand slows
It is official: the United States’ Covid-19 immunisation campaign is stalling.While vaccination programmes are lagging badly in many countries – if they have begun at all – mass vaccine sites…