COVID-19 Updates
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How Modi’s vaccine diplomacy has left India at the mercy of others’ political agendas
India is currently undergoing a massive surge in Covid-19 cases – a second wave which was, according to most experts, unavoidable but manageable. Social media has been overwhelmed with requests…
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‘No one knew we were homeless’: relief funds hope to reach students missing from virtual classrooms
Remote learning has made it harder for school staff to pick up on clues that students lack permanent housing. New federal funding is meant to help re-establish contact Portia and…
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Coronavirus: mutated variant from India found in 10 Hong Kong Covid-19 cases
Screening for coronavirus mutations linked to the variant first reported in India now forms part of regular Covid-19 surveillance in Hong Kong, health authorities have revealed, after it emerged the…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s foreign domestic workers will have to be vaccinated before contracts can be renewed
All foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong will have to be vaccinated before their contracts can be renewed, the government announced on Friday as it ordered them to undergo mandatory…
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Australia live news: Covid breach at Brisbane airport after traveller positive; Brittany Higgins to meet with PM
Traveller tests positive after inadvertently entering airport’s ‘green zone’; former Liberal staffer to speak with Scott Morrison in Sydney. Follow the latest updates Some 16% of public servants have experienced…
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Coronavirus live news: emergency supplies from US arrive in India; UK cuts international aid by almost a third
Vaccine offered to all over 40s in England; first US Covid emergency aid supplies arrive in India; UK temporarily reduces international aid from £14.5bn to £10bn Rapid spread of India…
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UK economy rebounds as hopes grow for end to Covid crisis
Our latest snapshot of key economic indicators finds business activity booming, but borrowing reaching record levels Continue reading… Read the original article at The Guardian
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India Covid crisis: first US relief supplies arrive as cases hit new record
Confirmed cases rose to more than 386,000 in one day while 3,498 people died in the past 24 hours Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The first…
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Joe Biden begins selling his US$4 trillion spending plans
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Anita Kumar on politico.com on April 29, 2021.US President Joe Biden marked his 100th day…
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China on alert for Covid-19 variant from India as Labour Day stress test looms
China is on high alert after a number of people coming into the country tested positive for a coronavirus variant believed to have helped fuel a catastrophic surge of cases…