COVID-19 Updates
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Covid treatment sotrovimab can cause drug-resistant mutation, study finds
Australian researchers raise concerns mutated virus could spread in the community if patients given the drug are not monitored Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Australian…
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China’s Covid-19 daily local cases nearly double to more than 400
China reported 402 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases for Wednesday, nearly double the previous day’s count.Of the new local symptomatic infections, 165 were in Jilin province, marking the highest daily count…
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How come some people haven’t had Covid yet?
Although several countries around the world continue to have high rates of Covid-19 infections, including the UK and US, many of their citizens are yet to be infected with the…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: unprecedented use of new emergency alert system to publicise conversion of Queen Elizabeth Hospital saved time, city leader says
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor offered an update on new community isolation facilities being built for Covid-19 patients and explained a recent decision to issue a mass…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: ‘dynamic zero’ strategy is about saving lives, universal testing cannot be slipshod exercise, says top mainland China expert
Pursuing a “dynamic zero” strategy in Hong Kong’s coronavirus battle is not about aiming for zero infections, but saving lives first, and the city can achieve it in stages with…
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NSW Covid cases could double within six weeks due to Omicron BA.2 subvariant
Health minister Brad Hazzard says modelling shows state will see a sharp rise and urges more people to get their booster Covid cases rise across Australia but ICU admissions remain…
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When friends become family: people in Hong Kong, unable to visit relatives in other countries, find the bonds of friendship grow stronger
Vivien Xiang lived in Hong Kong five years before she really got to know her friends well. The Hubei native moved to the city in 2016 to study for a…
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Niue becomes second Pacific island in a week to lose Covid-free status
World Health Organization says there are now just eight other countries that have not reported any cases of the virus See all our coronavirus coverage Niue has reported its first…
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‘Happy days if you were a crook’: former minister slams UK Covid loan scheme
Lord Agnew said Treasury measures to tackle fraudulent Covid business loans were a ‘Dad’s army operation’ Treasury officials trying to stop fraudsters making off with vast Covid loans have been…