COVID-19 Updates
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New York Police Department creates Asian hate crimes task force as attacks spike amid coronavirus pandemic
The New York Police Department has created a task force specifically to deal with a rise in hate crimes against Asian-Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.There have been 21 reported anti-Asian…
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Hamilton’s Australian producers say social distancing will be a ‘deal-breaker’
For musical theatre fans, the recent update that a waitlist for pre-sale tickets to Hamilton in Sydney would open from Monday 23 August is about the most exciting thing to…
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‘Desperate’ Australian hotels want overseas passenger caps raised to fill quarantine rooms
Australian hotels are “absolutely desperate for more business” and are prepared to participate in quarantine programs to boost capacity for returned travellers if the government eases the strict cap on…
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CDC data show disproportionate COVID-19 impact in American Indian/Alaska Native populations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new study that specifically examines how COVID-19 is affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) – one of the racial…
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Rail passengers pay price for flawed calculation of UK inflation
Oil prices rose sharply. The summer sales for clothing, footwear and household goods were less generous than they were a year ago. Activity across the economy has started to recover.…
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Hong Kong jobless rate edges down to 6.1 per cent but threats remain, welfare chief warns
Hong Kong’s unemployment rate edged down marginally to 6.1 per cent in July amid a government wage subsidy, but the welfare minister warned on Wednesday that the jobless threat had…
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Coronavirus mystery of US fishing boat crew with ‘neutralising antibodies’
Three crew of a Seattle fishing boat who were found to have antibodies able to neutralise the new coronavirus remained uninfected in an outbreak that swept through the ship, sickening…
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Covid-19 world map: which countries have the most coronavirus cases and deaths?
Since first being recorded late last year in China, the Covid-19 coronavirus has spread around the world, and been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. However, differences in…
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‘WheresBoris’ trends on Twitter as critics snipe at UK PM for taking holiday
As the British government did a humiliating U-turn over an A-level exam grade fiasco and the country fell into its worse recession on record, Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under…
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Coronavirus latest: South Korea fears mass outbreak as church cluster grows; Indonesia’s Jakarta uses coffin as warning
South Korea on Wednesday reported its highest daily rise in coronavirus cases since March, as outbreaks from churches around Seoul spread, prompting fears of a nationwide wave of infections.The 297…