COVID-19 Updates
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Vaccine refusers have been asked on to Question Time. Is this a disaster waiting to happen?
Fiona Bruce has encouraged unvaccinated people to join the TV show’s debate. I have misgivings about this attempt to bridge a growing divide At the start of 2020, I was…
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Owner of Hong Kong’s Citybus, New World First Bus sells 27-year stake in Octopus Holdings amid spiralling coronavirus fifth wave
The new owner of struggling Hong Kong franchised bus firms Citybus and New World First Bus has sold its 27-year stake in contactless payment company Octopus Holdings.Without revealing the proceeds…
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Omicron: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp urged to deploy more cleaning robots for disinfection of stations, train compartments
Hong Kong’s rail operator has been urged to introduce more cleaning robots to strengthen the disinfection of train compartments and stations in the wake of a widening outbreak of the…
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Passenger capacity for Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific forecast to remain at just 2 per cent of pre-pandemic levels
Beleaguered Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific’s passenger capacity is forecast to remain at just 2 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, hampered by the city’s strict Covid-19 travel curbs, while rivals…
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Reaching for military metaphors won’t help Britain learn to live with Covid | Philip Ball
There will be no ‘victory’ or ‘armistice day’ – the reality of how pandemics end is far more complicated than that The Covid pandemic has entered a perplexing phase, challenging…
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Covid live: Beijing reports new cases for seventh consecutive day; WHO chief says pandemic ‘at a critical juncture’
China’s zero-Covid policy severely tested ahead of Winter Olympics; Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says ‘We cannot let it continue to drag on, lurching between panic and neglect’ Half of first-wave Covid…
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Coalition shift on rapid antigen tests for disability carers still falls short, advocates say
NDIS participants will be able to use their core funding to pay for RATs, but disability groups say they should be free Follow our Australia news live blog for the…
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Covid outbreaks among students unlikely to shut NSW schools but staff shortages could
State’s teachers union says significant disruption to staffing may cause closures as parent group says it will launch legal action over rules preventing pandemic leave Follow our Australia news live…
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Coronavirus: Australia reaches ‘peak’ Omicron; Indonesia reopens islands to Singaporean tourists
Australia recorded another surge of Covid-19 deaths on Monday as an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant peaked, and authorities warned numbers could rise further when schools return from…
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Australia records 58 Covid deaths; Hunt says ‘hoarding’ affecting rapid test shortage – as it happened
Novavax vaccine recommended for use in Australia; nation records at least 58 Covid deaths; health minister suggests reseller ‘hoarding’ a factor in shortage of rapid antigen tests; EU and US…