COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus leaves Indonesia’s mixed couples in limbo, separated for months by closed borders
Jakarta resident Putri Emelli is pregnant and is preparing to give birth as early as next week but Indonesia’s border restrictions mean her German husband is currently stranded in the…
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Pandemic, social distancing getting you down? Mental health support offered free of charge via charity Mind HK
The coronavirus pandemic has hit our mental well-being hard. Many more people are experiencing anxiety and depression and there has been an increased demand for mental health care. In response,…
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Hong Kong records 26 new Covid-19 cases, including two more linked to coronavirus-hit cargo terminal
Two more workers at Hong Kong’s coronavirus-hit cargo terminal were among the 26 new Covid-19 cases the city recorded on Saturday, while an elderly woman died becoming the 76th fatality…
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What you need to know about Hong Kong’s universal Covid-19 tests
First announced a week ago, the Hong Kong government’s grand plan to test almost all – if not the whole of – the population for Covid-19 will be launched soon,…
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Hong Kong blood bank makes urgent appeal as Covid-19 pandemic fears keep donors away, supplies dry up
Mother-to-be Katie Yung was 35 weeks into her pregnancy and counting down to giving birth when she learned she had a potentially life-threatening condition.Her doctor told her she had severe…
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Coronavirus live news: WHO hopes crisis can be over within two years; Italy records biggest daily infection rise since May
The latest developments in Australia. The premier of the Australian state of Queensland, Anastacia Palaszczuk has confirmed six more cases of Covid-19 at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre, and another…
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Nurses horrified by ‘weeks of neglect’ of woman from Covid-hit Melbourne nursing home
An elderly care home resident who was transferred to hospital from a facility that was beleaguered with Covid-19 died with 18 sores on her body and was suffering from “pure…
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‘We take no risks at all’: a voice from the Spanish flu outbreak
Does history repeat? Ask an ancestor. I was in hotel quarantine when I discovered a letter written in 1919 by my great-aunt Jean about her work as a voluntary aide…
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Why did we expect aged care to cope amid Covid when it was struggling before it? | Sarah Russell
In 2018, soon after the federal government had announced yet another inquiry into aged care, I bumped into the health minister, Greg Hunt, who was jogging on the local boardwalk.…
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STA Travel becomes latest casualty of coronavirus crisis
STA Travel, which offered package tours for backpackers and adventurous young people, has become the latest business to cease trading because of the coronavirus pandemic. The travel company employed around…