COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus vaccine: China sticks with developing mRNA shot amid Omicron, commercial uncertainty
China has spent more than a year developing Pfizer-type Covid-19 vaccines that may help it pivot from stringent “zero-Covid” restrictions, but a changed market and the Omicron variant have muddied…
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New Covid vaccinations drop in US as cases and hospitalizations decline
Doctors emphasize virus still a threat and that people who are not vaccinated at greater risk of become severely ill or dying On some days Marilyn Datillo, a vaccine nurse,…
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I didn’t break Covid rules when kissing aide, says Matt Hancock
Ex-minister explains why he resigned last year after CCTV showed him embracing adviser Gina Coladangelo See all our coronavirus coverage Matt Hancock has insisted that he broke only Covid guidelines…
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Cars stranded on M1 as Queensland death toll rises to eight – as it happened
NSW premier says ‘unprecedented’ floods expected to get worse; Lismore flood level hits record high; cars stranded on M1 as flood waters rise; Frydenberg discusses financial support for Ukraine ahead…
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Coronavirus: tears and hugs as New Zealand border reopens; South Korea ditches vaccine pass despite record death toll
New Zealanders stranded overseas by the pandemic returned home to tears and hugs on Monday as the country began dismantling some of the world’s toughest Covid-19 border restrictions.At Auckland airport,…
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Coronavirus: China’s Guangdong province bears brunt of cases flowing from Hong Kong Omicron outbreak
Guangdong logged the highest number of imported coronavirus cases in China on Monday, with most originating in its neighbour Hong Kong, a city experiencing an unprecedented outbreak.Mainland Chinese health authorities…
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New Zealand ends isolation rules for vaccinated travellers from Australia as transmission rates soar
Change comes as NZ, virus-free for much of pandemic, records some of world’s highest transmission rates amid Omicron surge New Zealand has ended its self-isolation requirements for vaccinated travellers arriving…
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Covid-19 a wake-up call to address Hong Kong’s acute shortage of doctors
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Coronavirus: who is Liang Wannian, the renowned mainland Chinese epidemiologist who will guide Hong Kong’s anti-pandemic efforts?
When Dr Liang Wannian sets foot in Hong Kong on Monday, he will be the highest-ranking Beijing health official coming to help manage the worsening fifth wave of Covid-19 infections.As…
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Coronavirus: as Hong Kong fights fifth wave of infections, what are the latest rules on testing, quarantine and vaccination?
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.The worsening fifth wave of Covid-19 infections has shredded Hong…