COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: Indonesian Muslims struggle as mosques reduce Ramadan food handouts for needy
Fatima Gud, a 54-year-old Indonesian widow, visits the Al-Mashun Mosque in the city of Medan, North Sumatra, almost every day during Ramadan – the Islamic holy month during which Muslims…
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Coronavirus: woman confirmed as third case of more infectious mutation in Hong Kong; BGI banned from running mobile screening stations after wrongly classifying 27 cases
A domestic worker who recently arrived in Hong Kong from the Philippines has been confirmed as carrying a mutation of the coronavirus, making her the third local case involving the…
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Australia news live: Victorian man tests positive to Covid after completing hotel quarantine; coronavirus vaccine rollout reset
Fifteen Sydney waterfront workers waiting on coronavirus test results after boarding ship carrying infected sailors; national cabinet decision to offer all over-50s AstraZeneca vaccine from 17 May welcomed. Follow the…
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Fire in Covid-19 hospital kills 12 as India’s world record surge in cases continues
India reported the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus infections for the second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it struggles with a health system in crisis and…
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Man tests positive for Covid after flying from Perth to Melbourne
All passengers on the man’s flight will need to isolate for 14 days, Victorian health minister Martin Foley says Follow the latest news in our live blog Australia has received…
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Coronavirus live news: India reports world record cases for second day; Japan to declare emergency measures
Canada bans passenger flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days; hospital fire kills 12 Covid patients in Mumbai; Japan to declare virus states of emergency in Tokyo and three other…
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Coronavirus: Tokyo, Osaka face state of emergency as infections spiral; Southeast Asia tightens Ramadan curbs
The Japanese government is seeking a “short and powerful” state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and two other prefectures, a cabinet minister said on Friday, as the country struggles to…
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China’s Covid-19 vaccines reach final stage of WHO approval process
The World Health Organization’s review of two Chinese Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use licensing – a prerequisite for their inclusion in the Covax Facility global vaccine distribution programme – is…
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Delhi hospitals run out of oxygen as India’s Covid crisis mounts
Six hospitals said they had exhausted their supplies on Thursday night as the country recorded another daily record of 332,000 cases As many as six hospitals in the Indian capital,…
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Australia has received only 70% of Covid vaccine doses the government expected by now
Based on data from 14 March, there is a shortfall of about 1.8m coronavirus vaccine doses in the country Australia has received just 70% of the vaccine doses the government…