COVID-19 Updates
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Coalition’s mass vaccination clinics will put strain on healthcare workforce, industry groups say
Experts also say there is little point opening clinics when questions remain about vaccine supply Authorities investigate death of NSW woman who developed blood clots after Covid vaccination Australians eligible…
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The Guardian view on summer holidays: the changing search for elsewhere | Editorial
Travel restrictions have put great pressure on our familiar ways of taking time off. This could be a moment for different solutions One consequence of the UK government positing a…
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What is a lateral flow Covid test and how accurate is it?
People in England are now able to take the free rapid tests twice a week – but experts have raised concerns Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…
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Plug global gaps in Covid-19 protection
A strategy of social distancing, testing and vaccination is a proven way of containing the Covid-19 pandemic. But although the tools are known and generally available, the world is still…
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Hong Kong cashless payment provider Octopus to make extending card limit easier, in bid to win customers for government’s HK$36 billion consumer voucher giveaway
Octopus has fired the first shot in the bid to win customers for the government’s HK$36 billion consumer voucher giveaway, revealing that users will soon be able to extend the…
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Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble: ‘mid-May’ target for long-awaited deal amid coronavirus pandemic
A long-awaited Covid-19 travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore could be up by as early as mid-May, three sources have told the Post, kicking off a second attempt to…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong outbreak fears over woman’s Easter gatherings send 50 to quarantine; six new Covid-19 cases confirmed
Authorities in Hong Kong will quarantine about 50 people over fears of a possible family outbreak after a 29-year-old woman confirmed with Covid-19 had multiple gatherings over the Easter holidays,…
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Where you can fly now: US, India, China and Vietnam, but not Hong Kong or Singapore
Airlines just can’t get the world flying again. Despite vaccination roll-outs, many countries are dealing with another spike in coronavirus infections. That means carriers are now expected to end 2021…
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Covid is ravaging American jails and prisons – and inmates are rightly rising up | Akin Olla
For the many Americans imprisoned in dangerous, cramped conditions, the pandemic is not over – it remains murderous On 4 April, inmates in a St Louis jail commenced an uprising.…