COVID-19 Updates
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Queenslanders encouraged to wear masks as nation records 13 Covid deaths – as it happened
Wang Yi urges Australia to treat China as partner not opponent Australians over 70 granted access to Covid antiviral treatments Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily…
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Evidence grows of lockdown harm to the young. But we act as if nothing happened | Martha Gill
Falling educational standards and immature behaviour point to a Covid deficit At a university reunion recently, my friends and I cornered the dean in charge of pastoral care and tried…
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Against a surging Omicron adept at immune escapism, boosters and masks are Australia’s best weapons | Catherine Bennett
Omicron is holding the pandemic centre stage. If everyone eligible for a booster went out and had it tomorrow, we might keep a lid on the latest wave Living with…
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Australia woos Hong Kong tourists to help restore pandemic-battered tourism industry, banks on pent-up demand
Hong Kong was a top 10 international market before Covid-19 for Tourism Australia, which expects numbers to jump if quarantine requirements are relaxed Read the original article at South China…
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Australians over 70 granted access to Covid antiviral treatments
From Monday, access will also be expanded to over 50s and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over 30 with two or more risk factors Follow our Australia news live…
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Long Covid: what we know about it and how best to treat it
Symptoms can persist for weeks but work on causes and treatments is still developing. Here’s what we know so far Much has been written about long Covid. Sufferers describe troubling…
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‘I don’t want to miss another summer’: UK travellers braced for holiday chaos
Covid, war in Ukraine, strikes and security checks compound travellers’ woes, despite government ordering airlines to be ‘realistic’ about flights It’s a question Maria Bataller has been asking herself for…
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Covid: one in 10 in England told to work despite signs of infection
A TUC survey has revealed that employees who may have the virus have been ordered into the workplace by bosses Nearly one in 10 workers with Covid symptoms are being…
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‘At a time of crisis, I see my mother at peace’: Prarthna Singh’s best phone picture
The photographer on capturing a private moment in India’s pink city Prarthna Singh describes the nationwide oxygen and bed shortages during India’s second wave of Covid, in April 2021, as…
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My mother died while Johnson partied. His legacy is one of lies and contempt | Deborah Doyle
His job was to protect people, instead he presided over the deaths of thousands. My hopes now lie with the Covid inquiry Boris Johnson’s legacy will be one of lies,…