COVID-19 Updates
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Omicron: booster shot of BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine provides enough protection against variant, Hong Kong researchers find
A booster shot of the German-made BioNTech coronavirus vaccine provides sufficient protection from the highly infectious Omicron variant, university researchers in Hong Kong have found.A study by a medical team…
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Beijing Winter Olympics will have shortened torch relay as capital records more Covid-19 cases
The Winter Olympic organisers announced the torch relay would be held within a closed bubble as officials in the Chinese capital warned it faced a “severe” battle against the Delta…
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The HIV epidemic wasn’t curbed by data alone – and Covid won’t be either | João Florêncio
In the 1980s we learned that public health messaging divorced from people’s values simply doesn’t work Since the beginning of the pandemic, communication from the government, epidemiologists and health statisticians…
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Digested week: a children’s party in New York felt like a golden-ticketed event
It was only a small gathering, the sort I used to dread, but it was a glimpse of a post-Covid world Is a Great Easing under way? Superficially, it seems…
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Coronavirus: Adele postpones Las Vegas residency, citing pandemic impact
Adele has postponed a 24-date Las Vegas residency hours before it was to start, citing delivery delays and coronavirus illness in her crew. The chart-topping British singer said she was…
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Chinese firms approved to make Merck’s Covid-19 pills for poor countries
Several Chinese companies are now allowed to make cheap versions of Merck’s Covid-19 pills to supply low-income countries, a UN-backed organisation said on Thursday.Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical, BrightGene Bio-Medical Technology, Shanghai…
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Covid news live: Africa sees cases ‘drop significantly’; experts say Australia’s Omicron wave ‘likely’ peaked
Scientists say Australia’s hardest-hit states ‘probably through the worst’; cases sharply decline in Africa for first time since Omicron, WHO says China’s zero Covid policy ‘not sustainable’ in light of…
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Netflix’s market value tumbles as it predicts subscriber slowdown
Shares plunge by almost 20%, with pandemic-fuelled streaming boom fizzling out and competition growing Netflix’s market value plunged by almost a fifth after forecasting a dramatic slowdown in subscriber growth…
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Hongkongers launch hamster rescue mission after Covid cull declared
Thousands sign petitions and many offer to house pets, as officials say more than 2,000 imported hamsters must be killed Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Authorities…