COVID-19 Updates
-
Charging for Covid tests in England just as infections surge? This is an act of national self-sabotage | Frances Ryan
The government is abandoning a public health tool that has undoubtedly saved many lives in the pandemic They call it April Fools’ Day for a reason. From tomorrow, 1 April,…
-
Coronavirus: China’s small firms bemoan lack of support as Omicron wave threatens economic recovery
Amid a surge of Omicron infections sweeping China, Tang Lin has watched business dry up at her small noodle soup restaurant in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi province in southern…
-
Coronavirus: Shanghai extends lockdown for areas where cases are found
Authorities in China’s financial hub Shanghai said a coronavirus lockdown affecting millions of people to the east and south of the Huangpu River will not be fully lifted as scheduled…
-
Shanghai’s small businesses and their staff scramble to minimise losses as Covid-19 lockdown delivers huge blow to revenues
Shanghai’s small businesses are scrambling to maintain daily operations and minimise losses, as the city endures a strict lockdown to combat its worst outbreak of Covid-19 so far. Businesses in…
-
Australia news live updates: question time begins; Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to address parliament; 31 Covid deaths; NSW flood risk remains
Helicopter missing at Mt Disappointment; SES has 20 evacuation orders still in place for northern NSW as weather system tracks south; Victoria records four Covid deaths, 11,292 cases; NSW records…
-
South Koreans rush for holidays in US, Europe, Southeast Asia as Covid-19 rules ease
After spending two years being socially distanced in his home country of South Korea, Kim Hoe-jun booked a last-minute flight to Hawaii, where he had enjoyed his honeymoon six years…
-
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Covid-19 – what you need to know about its uses, including the one in Hong Kong’s anti-pandemic kit
To increase the use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Hong Kong’s Covid-19 fight, the city’s government plans to distribute kits containing rapid tests, KN95 masks and TCM formula Lianhua…
-
US health officials drop Covid warning for cruise ship travelers
CDC removes Covid ‘cruise ship travel health notice’ that was first imposed in March 2020 but expresses reservations about cruising Federal health officials are dropping the warning they have attached…
-
Biden gets second Covid booster and says US at a ‘new moment in this pandemic’ – as it happened
Biden says Covid ‘no longer controls our lives’ as new website launched US president and Ukrainian counterpart speak for 55 minutes Susan Collins to become first Republican to support Jackson…
-
Biden receives second Covid booster as he pleads with Congress for funding
US president says ‘Covid-19 no longer controls our lives’ and asks Congress for more money to continue effort to fight the virus Joe Biden received a second booster vaccination against…