COVID-19 Updates
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‘Our profession is at stake’: Mumbai’s ‘dabbawallas’ fear for their futures as coronavirus shuts down age-old food delivery network
For the past 30 years, come rain or shine, Rohidas Sawant has been up at the crack of dawn six days a week to cycle through the lanes of Mumbai…
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Hong Kong coronavirus fight must not overlook airborne transmission
Warnings that Covid-19 is an airborne disease and governments should focus on precautions to stop the coronavirus spreading through the air are gaining momentum after a group of interdisciplinary experts…
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New Zealand pauses flights from Perth after hotel worker and two housemates test Covid-positive
WA premier Mark McGowan says there will be no coronavirus lockdown ‘at this point’ New Zealand has ordered a pause on direct flights from Perth after a Western Australian working…
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Thousands in Brazil rally for President Jair Bolsonaro, ignoring coronavirus rules
Several thousand Brazilians marched Saturday in support of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, ignoring a surging pandemic even as government opponents took their own protests online.There were rallies in Brasilia, Sao…
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Coronavirus blog as it happened: surge testing to begin in east London after variants detected; WHO approves Moderna vaccine
Saturday’s news on Covid developments around the world Thousands waiting for dementia diagnoses during Covid crisis Travellers in England to get one-week notice of overseas rule easing Canberra condemned over…
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Thousands mark May Day with rallies in France, Spain and Germany
Police in Paris fire teargas as protesters in trade union-led march smash windows of bank branches Thousands rallied on Saturday across France and Spain to hold May Day rallies in…
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Renters edge towards cliff as Australia halts evictions bans and welfare support
As pandemic protections expire, many renters – especially in regional areas – face a hostile housing market and the very real prospect of homelessness The warnings started not long after…
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Australia’s Covid vaccine rollout: everything you should know about the changes
People aged over 50 have been brought forward for vaccination. Here’s what that will mean and whether you can get your jab yet Australia received its first delivery of Covid-19…
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Coronavirus: Belgian police fire water cannon to clear hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters
Belgian police fired water cannon and tear gas as they moved in on Saturday to clear a crowd of several hundred gathered in a park to protest coronavirus lockdown rules.The…
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Mexico expects US to send 5m more Covid vaccine doses, president says
Mexican production of AstraZeneca jab suffers setbacks López Obrador: “it’s probable that they’ll help us with a loan’ Mexica’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said on Friday the US will…