COVID-19 Updates
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Rolls-Royce blames supply chain woes and Covid hit to aviation for £111m loss
Shares fall 10% as outgoing chief Warren East says jet-engine maker has ‘post-Covid indigestion’ Rolls-Royce’s chief executive, Warren East, has warned of supply chain problems and inflation in his final…
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Penny Wong warns against ‘miscalculation’ as China-Taiwan tensions escalate – as it happened
Tanya Plibersek says she will block Clive Palmer’s proposed coalmine near Great Barrier Reef Albanese declares Coalition ‘stuck in time’ after Labor’s climate bill passes lower house Get our free…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong logs 5,020 cases, most in more than 4 months, while minister ‘encouraged’ by number of parents booking Sinovac shots for children
Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung says there were 150 bookings within the first 30 minutes of the launch of the government’s online appointment system. Read the original article…
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‘Don’t take it out on our staff!’: How did Britain become so angry?
Shopworkers, GP surgeries and call centres have all reported an alarming rise in abusive behaviour directed toward them. How can we calm this national rage? In November 2019, a customer…
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Universities urged to allow for Covid impact on poorer students’ A-levels
Pandemic has compounded working-class applicants’ disadvantages as teachers fear growing attainment gap, charity finds Universities are being urged to give disadvantaged students who narrowly miss their required A-level grades “additional…
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US stuck in a ‘horrible plateau’ of Covid-19 deaths, experts say
‘Covid is over’ might trend within social media circles, but weekly US death tolls tell a different story. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Hong Kong residents to get HK$2,000 in consumption vouchers from Sunday as new round of economy-boosting scheme kicks off
About 6.3 million people, including new residents and arrivals from the mainland, will get voucher payments. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Australia makes Covid vaccine Moderna available to vulnerable children from six months old
Health minister Mark Butler says government has accepted Atagi’s advice and approved the jab for children with serious health conditions aged six months to five years old Follow our Australia…
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Coronavirus: ‘Hong Kong leader discusses time frame for quarantine cuts with officials and experts at crunch meeting held under new command structure’
Source says session began at 4.30pm on Wednesday, where Health Bureau also presented latest infection trends. Read the original article at South China Morning Post