COVID-19 Updates
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Australian hospital readmissions for children’s asthma at 10-year high, study finds
Report author says one key driver is rise in respiratory infections due to lack of immunity to common viruses after Covid lockdowns Follow our Australia news live blog for the…
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‘Worse than we thought’: Labor says urgent reform needed to fix aged care crisis
Anika Wells says government has inherited ‘an absolute mess’ and will need to manage sector’s short-term pressures and long-term financial viability Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest…
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Extra 3,000 deaths in Australia in first two months of 2022 due to Covid, report says
Australia’s Health report also finds 30% of Covid-related deaths since start of pandemic occurred in residential aged care Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our…
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Australia’s Covid hospital admissions at highest level since summer
Surge driven by new Omicron variant prompts AMA and leading epidemiologists to call for stronger mask mandates Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free…
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Who’s clapping now? UK healthcare workers with long Covid have been abandoned | Kelly Fearnley & Shaun Peter Qureshi
Frontline workers risked their lives for us, but now many with long Covid risk losing their jobs UK frontline doctors, like the rest of our NHS colleagues, stepped up to…
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More Australians to be eligible for fourth dose of Covid vaccine as Omicron infections rise
Atagi will brief the health minister, Mark Butler, on Thursday after agreeing to recommend the expansion of Australia’s Covid vaccine program Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest…
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‘Let’s leave the city! Let’s get a dog! Let’s get a divorce!’ Do we regret our pandemic life changes?
Lockdowns, illness and working from home convinced millions it was time to shake things up. But did they follow through – and did it make them happier? There was a…
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More major warnings issued as focus turns to mid-north coast – as it happened
This blog is now closed Anthony Albanese faces first test leading during a natural disaster in flood-ravaged north-west Sydney Pfizer vaccines that target Omicron variant pass first step to approval…
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After the long wait, US parents seeking under-5s’ vaccine face yet more hurdles
Some local officials are unsure of how to order Covid vaccines or when they will arrive, while others are aiming to ignore federal guidelines completely Ashley Comegys, a parent of…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong will not return to toughest control rules for arrivals, John Lee says, while also expressing hope to meet Beijing ‘halfway’ on border reopening; 2,815 cases logged
Chief executive vows to look into minimising inconvenience for arrivals and reducing seven-day hotel quarantine. Read the original article at South China Morning Post