COVID-19 Updates
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Pfizer vaccines that target Omicron variant pass first step to approval in Australia
The TGA’s ‘provisional determination’ for two vaccines comes as BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants drive new wave of Covid cases Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get…
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New Zealand principals voice alarm as students fail to return to school after Covid lockdowns
One Auckland school has taken dozens of pupils off its register amid fears some are forced to find work as cost of living crisis hits New Zealand school principals are…
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Canada to throw out 13.6m AstraZeneca Covid vaccine doses amid lack of demand
Government pledged to donate millions of doses to other countries but they were ‘not accepted’ despite fresh rise in coronavirus cases around the world Canada is to throw out about…
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New Covid outbreak at St Basil’s aged care home in Melbourne
Fifteen test positive while Fawkner facility faces charges over 2020 outbreak that left 45 residents dead Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news…
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Hong Kong’s premium office vacancy rate hits 19-year high of 12 per cent as more companies adopt work-from-home policies to counter downturn
The vacancy rate in Hong Kong’s premium office market climbed to 12 per cent in June, the highest since the third quarter of 2003, as a rising number of companies…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong must rein in spread of Omicron subvariants, boost quarantine capacity to help reunite cross-border families, analysts say
Key benchmarks include virus’ reproductive rate falling below one and whether more transmissive Omicron subvariants become dominant strain in city, source says. Read the original article at South China Morning…
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The Guardian view on Covid’s resurgence: act now or pay later | Editorial
Infections and hospitalisations in the UK are soaring. Action is needed to protect the vulnerable and the NHS If Covid was now “no worse than a cold”, as some would…
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Portugal drops all Covid entry requirements
As high summer approaches, visitors to the country no longer need to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to be allowed in Portugal has become the latest country…
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China’s BYD takes Tesla’s crown as the world’s biggest electric vehicle producer by sales
BYD, the Chinese carmaker backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has overtaken Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s biggest EV producer by sales. Read the original article at South China…
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China imposes Covid lockdown in Xi’an after handful of cases
Zero-Covid strategy shuts down north-central city of 13 million following 18 reported cases of Omicron A highly transmissible Omicron subvariant, which is already dominant in Britain and the US, has…