COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: a third of airline pilots still not flying as pandemic drags on; Malaysia’s new cases top 5,000 as Omicron spreads
More than one-third of airline pilots are still not flying as the pandemic continues to take its toll on aviation globally, according to a new survey, though the situation has…
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Backlash grows over aged care minister attending Ashes cricket instead of Covid inquiry
Richard Colbeck, who is also the federal sport minister, was guest of Cricket Tasmania and Cricket Australia at the Hobart Test Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s daily caseload soars to record 164, while authorities worry about ‘dozens’ of untraceable chains of infection
Hong Kong’s daily Covid-19 caseload soared to 164 on Thursday, the most recorded in a single day since the pandemic began in January 2020 and up sharply from the 107…
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Some Singapore expats head for exit as patience for coronavirus rules wears thin
Atar Sandler arrived in Singapore in 2019, seizing the opportunity to live in a buzzing global city that is also a convenient base to jet off to more exotic locales…
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England lifts Covid-19 rules as Omicron threat appears to recede
England on Thursday lifted coronavirus restrictions imposed to tackle the Omicron variant, with masks no longer required in enclosed places and vaccine passports shelved.The number of positive Covid-19 cases has…
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Spotify removing Neil Young’s music after rocker’s Joe Rogan ultimatum
Neil Young made good on his vow to have his music removed from Spotify after demanding the streaming service choose between him and Joe Rogan, the controversial podcaster accused of…
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Can you catch Covid-19 on the MTR? Here’s what Hong Kong rail giant is doing to ward off virus in light of recent transmission
Concerns are growing over possible Covid-19 transmissions in Hong Kong’s busy railway stations, after a recent infection occurred at Mei Foo amid an escalating outbreak of the Omicron coronavirus variant.Officials…
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Daniel Andrews hopeful Australia will redefine fully vaccinated as three doses of Covid jab
Victoria premier speaks ahead of national cabinet as state records 15 deaths from Covid, NSW reports 29 and Queensland 15 Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates…
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NSW Covid-19 update: Hazzard says it’s ‘ridiculous’ not enough people getting their booster – video
NSW health minister Brad Hazzard said the number of people turning up to get their Covid-19 boosters ‘are not where we need them to be’. Addressing the media outside Sydney’s…
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UK car production slumps to lowest level since 1956
The SMMT said 2021 was ‘a dismal year’, with output down by more than a third on 2019 The lowest number of cars rolled out of British factories last year…