COVID-19 Updates
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Peru vaccine scandal: president says 487 officials got early Chinese shots
Peru’s president announced that 487 officials, including the former ministers of foreign affairs and health, took advantage of their privileged positions to secretly receive early inoculations of a Chinese coronavirus…
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Marriage of education and technology a silver lining amid coronavirus pandemic
There is no shortage of critics of the era of virtual learning ushered in by the Covid-19 pandemic. Zoom fatigue is common. Mental stress is on the rise. The human…
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Coronavirus: Germans ‘sick and tired’ as long lockdown hits national mood
Once Europe’s poster child in the battle against Covid-19, Germany has turned into a problem child with the pandemic threatening to spin out of control – even after two months…
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Hong Kong hotel union blasts lack of Covid-19 unemployment aid, cites dirtier rooms, heavier workloads
Hong Kong’s hotel unions have slammed the city’s welfare minister over his refusal to set up an unemployment assistance fund and called for employers to reward staff whose jobs have…
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Australia’s Covid vaccine rollout: how will it happen and when can you get it?
With this week’s arrival of the first Pfizer doses and TGA approval of the AstraZeneca vaccine, all adults can expect to be offered a jab by October • AstraZeneca coronavirus…
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Dr Anthony Fauci wins US$1 million prize for ‘defending science’ in coronavirus crisis
Dr Anthony Fauci has won the US$1 million Dan David Prize for “defending science” and advocating for vaccines now being administered worldwide to fight the coronavirus pandemic.The Israel-based Dan David…
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Coronavirus Malaysia: PM Muhyiddin Yassin will be first to receive vaccine when roll-out starts
Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be the first in line to receive a Covid-19 vaccine, along with frontline medical staff, when the country’s National Immunisation Plan starts on February…
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Hong Kong firefighters from ethnic minority groups help bridge the gap with residents who can’t speak Cantonese or English
When a deadly fire broke out in an unlicensed Nepalese restaurant in Hong Kong last November 15, Shakir Mohammad was among the first firefighters at the scene.The 29-year-old, based at…
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Covid contracts: why are courts needed for public to get answers?
Analysis: Cummings’ role in process of awarding Public First contract has only been revealed via legal challenge Cummings’ role in handing contract to firm run by ‘friends’ Coronavirus – latest…
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UK Covid live: Boris Johnson leads Downing Street Covid briefing
Latest updates: PM hosts government press conference after saying he hopes plan to ease lockdown will be ‘cautious but irreversible’ 32 cases of latest Covid variant of concern found in…