COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong to tighten rules for Cathay Pacific aircrew exempted from quarantine over mutant strain fears
A potential loophole that could allow a mutant Covid-19 strain to penetrate Hong Kong’s borders will be plugged from midnight on Friday, with the government tightening the “closed-loop” arrangements for…
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Coronavirus: what can Hong Kong do to give faltering Covid-19 vaccination scheme a boost?
With the coronavirus vaccination take-up rate remaining low, Hong Kong is a long way from achieving herd immunity.As of Thursday night, just 276,600 people had received Covid-19 shots, representing about…
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Australia news live: federal clinics open vaccine bookings to ease pressure on GPs; ‘dangerous’ rainfall continues along NSW coast
Queensland records no new locally acquired cases; more than 100 federally funded clinics will take bookings for Covid jabs from Friday and begin administering them from Monday. Follow all latest…
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Coronavirus live news: European countries to resume AstraZeneca vaccinations; Paris to start lockdown
French PM announces limited lockdown for Paris and other regions; Brazil suffers second-highest daily Covid death toll; European medical regulator says Astrazeneca vaccine is ‘safe and effective’ AstraZeneca Covid vaccine…
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Lockdown boredom drives UK video games market to £7bn record high
Gaming fans joined by million of newbies in 2020 resulting in £1.6bn more spent compared with 2019 The UK video games market hit a record £7bn last year as lockdown…
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UN’s Kunming biodiversity summit delayed a second time
Covid pandemic continues to hamper plans for key gathering to agree targets on protecting nature A key United Nations summit to negotiate an accord for nature similar to the Paris…
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Oscars 2021 ceremony will be in-person and Zoom-free, producers say
Academy Awards producers have insisted video-link will ‘not be an option’ for attendees in the wake of ratings slumps for other recent major awards shows The Oscars ceremony in April…
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House approves bill giving Dreamers a path to citizenship – as it happened
Another bill would grant legal status to undocumented farmworkers Putin reacts to comments he will ‘pay price’ for Russian interference Republicans vote against honoring police for protecting Capitol Texas Republicans…
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Covid: viral shedding is greatest in afternoon, study suggests
Study comes as separate research indicates that school attendance has minimal impact on serious infections Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage People may shed more coronavirus in…
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Paris to enter four-week lockdown as France faces third Covid wave
New restrictions for capital and northern parts of country from Friday as virulent variants spread Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The French government has imposed a…