COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: children could be silent carriers of Covid-19 in community, Hong Kong researchers find
Children could be more contagious silent carriers of the coronavirus, with over 40 per cent of confirmed cases aged three and below in Hong Kong displaying no symptoms, local researchers…
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Coronavirus: Filipinos stock up on oxygen tanks as hospitals creak under pressure of surging cases
As hospitals in the Philippine capital reach capacity from a new surge of coronavirus cases, increasingly desperate Filipinos are stocking up on oxygen tanks and touting unapproved medications amid fears…
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Outrage in France at claims elite dine at ‘secret restaurants’ during lockdown
A report by a French television channel alleging “clandestine” luxury dinners in Paris despite the pandemic has sparked an investigation and public furore over claims the nation’s political elite were…
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New coronavirus variants have changed the game, and vaccines won’t be enough
At the end of 2020, there was a strong hope that high levels of vaccination would see humanity finally gain the upper hand over Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.…
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Coronavirus: Easter weekend nets Hong Kong HK$5 million in social-distancing fines; 7 new cases logged, 4 imported
Hong Kong police and government officers issued a total of HK$5 million (US$643,000) in fines to 980 residents over breaches of social-distancing rules in a sweep that began on the…
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Australia news live: New Zealand to announce Covid travel bubble; Turnbull dropped from NSW climate change board
Jacinda Ardern expected to announce start date of trans-Tasman bubble, which would allow travel between the two countries without quarantining. Follow all the latest news and updates, live 4.03am BST…
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Tokyo Olympics: North Korea pulls out of Games, citing coronavirus fears
With the Games just months away, the regime’s sports ministry says it wants to protect athletes from the ‘global health crisis’ North Korea’s sports ministry said on Tuesday that it…
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Philippines man dies ‘after doing 300 squats for breaching Covid curfew’
The 28-year-old was allegedly caught by village guards buying water after curfew See all our coronavirus coverage A 28-year-old Philippines man has died after allegedly being forced by village guards…
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Covid Qld: Brisbane and Queensland coronavirus rules and restrictions explained
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the end of a snap lockdown in response to the Brisbane Covid outbreak, but some coronavirus restrictions were expanded to the entire state. Here’s what…
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‘Stay out of politics’: Mitch McConnell tells CEOs who have criticized voting restrictions – as it happened
Coca-Cola, Delta have condemned a new election law Joe Manchin says he does not like plans to raise corporate taxes President tries to build momentum in Congress to pass plan…