COVID-19 Updates
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Richard Colbeck defends skipping aged care Covid inquiry for ‘significant’ Test match in Hobart
Aged care minister insists he worked on portfolio duties ‘all through that weekend’ in mid-January when he was at Ashes cricket for three days Follow our Australia news live blog…
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Doctors push to clear Australia’s elective surgery backlog but ‘exhausted’ nurses want pause to continue
Surgeons say urgent plan needed to restore elective surgery and blanket suspensions should only be a last resort Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Post-Covid protection:…
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Hong Kong housing market is likely to start the Year of the Tiger with a purr rather than a roar, say analysts
The Year of the Tiger does not herald a roaring start for Hong Kong’s housing market, according to analysts.The omicron strain of coronavirus currently plaguing the city and the spectre…
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Indian health workers allege widespread vaccine certificate fraud
Claims that people are being registered as double vaccinated without receiving both doses Health workers on the frontline of India’s Covid vaccination programme say people are being officially registered as…
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Remote Northern Territory town hit by food shortages amid flood and Covid crises
Ampilatwatja ‘abandoned’ by authorities as road closures exacerbate supply shortages Vaccine rollout and rates tracker; Cases and data tracker Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Locals…
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Glenn Wheatley, music manager who backed John Farnham, dies of Covid aged 74
Australian entertainment industry stalwarts pay tribute to Wheatley, who also managed Delta Goodrem and Little River Band The renowned Australian music manager Glenn Wheatley has died at the age of…
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Coronavirus: Australia says ‘no evidence’ aid warship brought infections to volcano-hit Tonga
Australian defence chiefs on Wednesday said a warship delivering aid to Tonga was not the source of an outbreak that has plunged the previously coronavirus-free Pacific kingdom into lockdown.Residents of…
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Covid robbed Kyoto of foreign tourists – now it is not sure it wants them back
City that had 8 million overseas visitors in 2019 – including free-spending parties of Chinese people – is getting used to the peace and quiet Coronavirus – latest updates See…
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We are ‘scapegoats’ for government failures, say headteachers
English school leaders to tell MPs frozen salaries, soaring workloads and the effects of Covid are deterring next generation of heads The Covid pandemic has “destroyed morale” among school leaders…