COVID-19 Updates
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China approves Covid-19 rapid antigen tests for public use
China making rapid antigen tests available to the public for the first time, suggesting a subtle change in tack in its “zero-Covid” response as cases surge.The National Health Commission said…
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What is the Deltacron variant of Covid and where has it been found?
Another new coronavirus variant has been identified, this one containing elements of Delta and Omicron See all our coronavirus coverage As the portmanteau suggests, Deltacron is a Covid variant that…
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‘It’s like we are being left to die’: Hong Kong tackles deadliest Covid wave
‘Dynamic zero-Covid policy’ under scrutiny in region with highest death rate in developed world Staff meetings are often mundane affairs and rarely end in tears. But on Wednesday Ho Hiu-fai,…
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Covid cases and hospital admissions rising in England, data suggests
Increase in infections to estimated one in 25 people follows similar trend in Scotland One in 25 people in England had Covid last week, figures show, causing a rise in…
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Coronavirus: Asia’s Covid deaths top 1 million, as Omicron spreads across region
Asia passed the grim milestone of one million coronavirus-linked deaths on Friday, a Reuters tally showed, as a spike in Omicron variant infections spreads across the region after starting in…
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Heathrow to hire 12,000 staff for summer travel boom
Airport says aviation industry’s recovery ‘being overshadowed by war and Covid’ Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Heathrow is to hire 12,000 staff to handle an expected…
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Hong Kong TVB to trial run closed-loop system to keep cameras rolling amid coronavirus outbreak, possible lockdown
Hundreds of employees at Hong Kong’s biggest free-to-air television broadcaster will trial run a closed-loop system next week to ensure the continued production of programmes amid the Covid-19 outbreak and…
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Experience: I was locked down with my blind date. Now we’re engaged
I never thought that, by an accident of fate, I’d tie the knot so quickly On 22 December last year, I travelled three hours from my village in Shaanxi province,…
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National cabinet set to scrap quarantine requirements for all Covid close contacts
Federal health minister Greg Hunt also says it is most likely older Australians will need a fourth vaccine dose ahead of winter Follow the Australia news live blog Get our…
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What’s driving the Great Resignation? Hope – with a side order of self-doubt | Emma Brockes
My friend is one of many planning a radical post-pandemic life change – but rehearsing leaving her job showed it’s not easy All week, we’d been rehearsing how my friend…