COVID-19 Updates
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Nation records highest death toll for the pandemic following grim two weeks of rising numbers – as it happened
Twitter apologises to politicians who experienced abuse on the platform; Pauline Hanson calls for royal commission into Covid response; Australia records its deadliest day of the pandemic with 88 deaths;…
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Retail sales in Great Britain fall as Omicron keeps shoppers away
In key month of December, sales volumes dropped by 3.7% – a sharper decline than expected Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Spending by consumers in Great…
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Mixed messages? How end of Covid plan B could change behaviour in England
Analysis: Experts say when the rules are relaxed there tends to be a gradual erosion of protective behaviours All plan B measures in England will be lifted next week, meaning…
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Prayer and Pushback event gives a taste of the fearmongering to come when federal parliament resumes | Paul Karp
Beauty parade of anti-lockdown, anti-vaccination mandate MPs suggests we can look forward to a bin fire of pandemic policy dissent Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing…
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Only two UK Covid briefings were led by a female MP, report finds
2022 Sex and Power Index, which analyses gender representation across Britain’s top jobs, shows equality is still ‘decades off’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Only two…
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Coronavirus: the Omicron variant is less severe but it’s not ‘nature’s vaccine’
Two months after it emerged, the Omicron variant has ripped through many populations and is rapidly becoming the dominant coronavirus strain.Global case numbers have hit record levels, but proportionally hospitalisations…
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Nine staff infected with Covid-19 evacuated from Argentina’s Antarctic research base
For the first time since the start of the pandemic the coronavirus has reached an Argentine research base in Antarctica, causing the evacuation of nine unvaccinated staff who tested positive…
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Coronavirus: unvaccinated Hong Kong teachers could face legal consequences if they show up to campus in violation of new rules
Teachers who have not been inoculated against the coronavirus could face legal consequences for entering campuses from late February under a recently announced expansion of Hong Kong’s vaccine bubble to…
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‘Not sustainable’: Omicron tests China’s zero Covid policy as first cases detected
With the Winter Olympics imminent, experts predict more extreme measures but question strategy’s wisdom Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Like many middle class Chinese, the 26-year-old…
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NT Aboriginal community demands answers after residents sent home from quarantine test positive for Covid
Yuendumu community ‘very angry’ after close contacts flown home ‘unexpectedly’ from Alice Springs Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Covid-19 vaccine Australia rollout tracker Get the…