COVID-19 Updates
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January’s daily UK Covid death toll averages more than 1,000, figures show
Confirmation of deadliest month of pandemic comes a year after the UK recorded its first Covid death Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More than 1,000 people…
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WHO investigators meet Wuhan hospital leaders on day two of Covid-19 mission – but afternoon will be spent ‘visiting museums’
A World Health Organization team visited one of the first hospitals in Wuhan to treat patients with Covid-19, on the second day of a long-delayed and politically charged investigation into…
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As coronavirus mutations undercut vaccine optimism, US scientists warn of a long fight
The world could be on the verge of having two more vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, but virus variants popping up worldwide are forcing companies that make the shots…
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WHO’s Covid warnings were not heeded. Now the world has a new chance to beat the virus
If nations make vaccine delivery equitable, step up testing and study variant genomes, the pandemic could be under control by January 2022 Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus…
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Coronavirus Asia: outbreak shortens Vietnam’s Communist Party congress; Japan to extend state of emergency
Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party on Saturday said it would cut short a key five-yearly congress as it battled its biggest flare-up yet of Covid-19. The congress will end on Monday,…
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Hong Kong fourth wave: government orders thousands of construction workers at airport to be screened as Covid-19 cluster grows; another 28 cases logged
Health authorities have ordered thousands of workers helping to build a new airport runway in Hong Kong to undergo testing for the coronavirus after another five cases tied to an…
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Coronavirus: why vaccine inequality in Asia threatens the world’s recovery
The development the world spent much of 2020 waiting for – viable Covid-19 vaccines – is finally upon us. Yet in many countries the end to the pandemic remains out…
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Australian Covid vaccines rollout: everything you need to know
Inoculations will soon begin across the country, but who will get which vaccine and when? Here’s what we know so far State-by-state restrictions and rules explained Follow the global coronavirus…
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Polished and gilded: Kyoto’s golden temple of Kinkaku-ji gets a makeover
The temple of Kinkaku-ji in the Japanese city of Kyoto has been given a major facelift, and without the eyesore of scaffolding and signs of ageing, the landmark’s famous golden…
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Trust levels are plummeting across the pandemic-ravaged world. But what about in Hong Kong?
For 21 years, public relations group Edelman has returned annually to an issue indispensable to the proper functioning of our societies: trust.Its annual Trust Barometer may not be as robust…