COVID-19 Updates
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Singapore to drop Covid-19 tests for fully-vaccinated travellers, further ease domestic restrictions in ‘important milestone’
Currently, those travelling to the city state are required to take a pre-departure test two days before arrival, but this rule will be axed from April 26. Read the original…
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‘Everyone should prep’: the Britons stocking up for hard times
Whether it be Covid, Brexit, the climate crisis or war in Ukraine, some are determined to be ready in case of the worst Even before the pandemic, some people were…
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Australia politics live news: PM says Pacific leaders under ‘enormous pressure and influence’; at least 46 Covid deaths
China doesn’t ‘play by same rules’, PM warns of China’s influence in Pacific region; Labor’s frontbench to replace Albanese in physical campaign; WA premier Mark McGowan tests positive for Covid;…
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Sceptics of China’s TCM Covid-19 remedy Lianhua Qingwen face online attacks
Complaints lodged after Chinese health platform publishes an article saying the traditional medicine has no effect in preventing infection. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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UK patient had Covid-19 for ‘505 days straight’
Scientists say they have identified what could be the longest reported Covid-19 infection. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Queensland government to ease Covid isolation rules for close contacts
Changes to take effect next Thursday, bringing state’s rules closer in line with NSW and Victoria Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Download the free Guardian…
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Coronavirus: Shanghai extends standstill order to April 26, doubling down on city’s ‘societal zero-Covid’ pursuit to track every Omicron case
The standstill order was extended as infections were spreading in unguarded areas with the movements of medical officers and volunteers. By Thursday, a total 250 cases were detected at the…
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Western Australia premier Mark McGowan tests positive to Covid while in isolation
A member of the premier’s family contracted the virus earlier this week Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free news app; get our morning…
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Labor is hoping Anthony Albanese’s Covid diagnosis throws a harsh spotlight on to Scott Morrison | Katharine Murphy
What happens now is a function of how sick Albanese gets, and whether seeing more of the prime minister works for or against his own campaign Guardian Australia’s full federal…
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WHO data on excess Covid-19 deaths aims to reveal true human cost of brutal pandemic
‘A lot of people died outside of the health systems. We don’t know what they died of,’ WHO data chief says in underlining need to find true toll. Read the…