COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus latest: India passes 4 million cases; Melbourne anti-lockdown protest turns violent
India on Saturday became the world’s third country to pass 4 million coronavirus infections, setting a record daily surge in cases as the crisis shows no sign of peaking.The 86,432…
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I won’t let Covid-19 infect my television adaptation of Queenie | Candice Carty-Williams
I watch a lot of television. I say it’s for research, but that’s an excuse. And in every programme that I’ve watched in the last few months, part of me…
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A tip is nice, but ‘thank you’ goes a long way for Hong Kong’s growing army of food delivery workers
Hong Kong’s food delivery platforms have enjoyed brisk business through the Covid-19 pandemic as more people stayed at home, and social-distancing measures restricted the opening times and table capacity at…
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Reduced crowds at sport feel like a halfway-house destined to collapse | Barney Ronay
“They choppered in the T-bones and the beer and turned it into a beach party. But the more they tried to make it like home, the more they made everybody…
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Hong Kong third wave: daily caseload falls to 7, lowest in two months, as number of residents signing up for mass screening surpasses 1 million
New coronavirus infections in Hong Kong fell to seven on Saturday, the fewest in more than two months, as the number of residents who have signed up for the mass…
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India’s lockdown digital divide: How online classes are excluding poor and unconnected schoolchildren
In India, the children of families who do not have smartphones are being left out of online classes as educational institutions across the country continue to remain shut. In Goa,…
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Coronavirus live news: Iraq hospitals in crisis as anti-lockdown rallies loom in Victoria
Things are heating up at the anti-lockdown protest at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. These videos come via Aneeka Simonis at the Herald Sun. Aneeka Simonis (@AneekaSimonis) Police have…
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Cook Islands former PM dies of coronavirus in New Zealand
A former prime minister of the Cook Islands, Joseph Williams, has died of coronavirus in Auckland, New Zealand’s health ministry said on Saturday, taking the number of Covid-related deaths in…
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Trump denounced over reported war dead comments: ‘He doesn’t understand bravery’ – as it happened
We’re wrapping up our live politics coverage for tonight. Please stay safe this holiday weekend. An updated summary of key news events today: Current and former members of the military,…
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Covid-19 misery lingers for recovered patients in Hong Kong who describe anxiety, stigma, fear of falling ill again
Four months after recovering from Covid-19, Mable Wong still feels anxious and has difficulty falling asleep at night.The freelance translator in her 30s is awake until 2am or 3am most…