COVID-19 Updates
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Why mRNA Covid-19 vaccines like Pfizer’s jab should be part of a long-term public health strategy
Last week, the chief executive of Pfizer said anyone who receives its Covid-19 vaccine will probably need to have a third dose within 6-12 months after being fully immunised, and…
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Britain’s falling birthrate will damage our society – and it’s not just Covid to blame | Polly Toynbee
Before the pandemic struck, the Conservative government removed the support for parents put in place by Labour Britain’s birthrate is plummeting. The already fast-falling rate has sunk into yet steeper…
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Thailand’s rich Covid-19 patients get ‘hospitel’ treatment, as the poor are turned away
In the lobby of Bangkok’s Pullman Grande hotel, medical teams clad in full-body protective gear shuttle back and forth, greeting well-heeled coronavirus patients as they arrive by ambulance for treatment.…
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WHO says against proof of Covid-19 vaccination for international travel
The World Health Organization’s emergency committee said on Monday it was against international travellers being required to have proof of vaccination, partly on grounds such a measure would deepen inequities.“Do…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble ‘won’t burst’ despite mutated strain, on course for mid-May launch target
A long-awaited Covid-19 travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will remain on course for a mid-May launch, according to sources, despite the former having confirmed community cases of a…
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Australia news live: Greg Hunt has ‘full confidence’ in NZ Covid controls after border worker contracts coronavirus
Queensland premier says people need confidence in vaccine before mass rollout; US secretary of state says countries investing in new coal ‘will hear from US’. Follow all the latest news…
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Oppression of journalists in China ‘may have been factor in Covid pandemic’
China placed 177th in Press Freedom Index, with warning that persecution of reporters can have international impact Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Persecution of journalists in…
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‘The system isn’t working’: the expats in Greece who can’t book Covid jabs
In a country where the inoculation drive is linked to ownership of a social security number, many have slipped through the net On Hydra, the Greek isle long famous for…
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Coronavirus: Singapore’s migrant workers remain segregated, weeks after new cases among them dropped to near zero
It has been a year since migrant workers in Singapore were confined to dormitories to prevent an outbreak of Covid-19 in their ranks from spreading across the island. Now, weeks…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s first locally detected mutated strain could be South African variant, top government adviser says
Hong Kong’s first locally detected mutated strain of the coronavirus could be the South African variant, a leading government adviser on the pandemic said on Tuesday, with authorities expected to…