COVID-19 Updates
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China’s service sector recovery takes another hit as new coronavirus outbreaks cast pall over Lunar New Year consumption, travel
The Lunar New Year holiday, popularly known in China as the Spring Festival, traditionally results in hundreds of millions of workers in big cites returning to their hometowns, spending large…
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No link between Pfizer coronavirus jab and post-vaccination elderly deaths, EU regulator says
The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus jab has no link to reported post-vaccination deaths and no new side effects, the EU’s medicines regulator said on Friday based on the first data from the…
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Australia in talks with WHO and Europe over ‘certainty’ of Covid vaccine supplies
Health minister Greg Hunt wants to ensure vaccine doses reach Australia but acknowledges potential impact of ‘supply shocks’ The Australian government will make urgent representations to the European Union after…
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How effective is the Novavax Covid vaccine and will it work against variants?
Everything you need to know about the trial results for a new coronavirus vaccine Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage In an interim analysis of a phase…
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WHO investigators visit hospital that treated first Covid-19 cases in China’s ground zero Wuhan
A World Health Organization team currently in China to probe the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has visited a hospital in Wuhan and talked to doctors who treated some of…
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Communist rebel, 83, leaves hiding after 50 years to blast Japan’s coronavirus response – and call for revolution
After five decades on the run, the 83-year-old leader of a radical and violent communist group has resurfaced to blast Japan’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic – and call for…
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Coronavirus: Europe’s vaccine delay row worsens as South Africa variant found in US
Europe’s row with AstraZeneca worsened after Germany declined to recommend the firm’s coronavirus vaccine for older people, while the more contagious South African variant of the virus was detected for…
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Vaccine delays and interest rate rise risks fail to dampen market exuberance – for now
Financial markets have been tearing ahead, fuelling abundant investment optimism even in the face of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and health care systems creaking under the stress across much of…
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Hong Kong fourth wave: Carrie Lam defends Covid-19 lockdown after no infections found, city confirms 50 new cases
Hong Kong’s leader has defended the lockdown of four North Point tenement buildings as a necessary intervention to stop Covid-19 spreading in the area, after a district councillor questioned the…
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Vietnam coronavirus outbreak spreads to Hanoi; new strains likely behind spike in Malaysia cases
Vietnam reported 53 new Covid-19 infections early on Friday as the country’s first outbreak for nearly two months spread to Hanoi, the capital, where the ruling Communist Party is currently…