COVID-19 Updates
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‘Very close’: Morrison government eyes border reopening as Australia records 45 Covid deaths
Prime minister says many states have passed peak in cases as Labor calls for government to fix aged care ‘debacle’ Follow Guardian Australia’s live news blog Get our free news…
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Coronavirus: South Korea tops 1 million cases; Malaysia set to hit 15,000 cases a day
South Korea on Sunday surpassed 1 million cumulative Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began, as health officials reported a daily record of 38,691 new infections driven by an outbreak of…
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Coronavirus: looming change in social-distancing measures puts Hong Kong restaurant and retail leaders on edge
Hong Kong’s business leaders are worried about the possibility of more stringent social-distancing rules being unveiled on Tuesday to better contain the Covid-19 pandemic, as further curbs could hurt restaurants…
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Pandemic response must remember needs of Hongkongers in home quarantine
Two years have passed since the onset of the Covid-19 epidemic, and a major outbreak unfolded recently in Kwai Chung. The problems that emerged in Kwai Chung Estate, especially the…
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‘Partygate’: Johnson’s removal is now inevitable, warns loyalist
More MPs set to submit resignation demands as No 10 rejigs team Boris Johnson’s desperate efforts to save his premiership were undermined on Saturday as one of his most loyal…
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Postpartum rage: after giving birth, feelings of frustration and fury took me by surprise | Gabrielle Innes
I felt all-consuming love for my daughter – but small discomforts like the heavy footsteps of an upstairs neighbour left me fuming “Toilet!” yelled the midwife. “Toilet!” I was in…
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In northern NSW, housing instability is becoming a health risk
Hospital workers say the affordability crisis for buyers and renters in Byron Bay and surrounds is having far-reaching effects Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get…
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Coronavirus: Turkey’s Erdogan and wife catch ‘mild’ cases of Omicron, resting in Istanbul home
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he and his wife, Emine, have tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but they are doing well at…
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Florida governor to investigate US$9 million GoFundMe donations for Canada truckers
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Saturday it was fraud for GoFundMe to “commandeer” US$9 million in donations sent to support protesting truck drivers in Canada and that he will…
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Fifty Iranian MPs contract Covid as Omicron spreads across country
After a respite following mass vaccinations, infections in Iran have surged to more than 30,000 a day Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Fifty members of Iran’s…