COVID-19 Updates
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Johnson v Cummings: two slippery men in a test of honesty
Analysis: while Cummings clearly wants to bring down PM, it does not necessarily mean he is making things up It is perhaps a testament to current UK politics that the…
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Coronavirus is spreading via mail and frozen food? There’s no evidence to prove it
A claim by Beijing health officials that the Omicron variant arrived in the Chinese capital via a letter from Canada has been met with a collective shrug by most scientists.The…
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Coronavirus: ‘extremely low’ risk of infection from handling mail, Health Canada says
It is extremely unlikely for Covid-19 to spread via contaminated post, Canada’s health authorities said, after their Chinese counterparts suggested this may be the source of an Omicron case found…
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Omicron outbreak worsens as Delta winds down in China’s Henan province
The central Chinese province of Henan is battling two coronavirus variants of concern at the same time, with both Omicron and Delta reported among locally transmitted cases in outbreaks across…
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Covid Live: Raab ‘confident’ PM has been ‘straightforward’ with parliament; Australia records deadliest day
Conservatives urge Boris Johnson to resign amid growing calls for change of leadership; Australia reports record 74 deaths ‘Operation Rinka’: rebel Tories up pressure on Boris Johnson to resign Australia…
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UK workers’ pay rises fall behind inflation amid cost-of-living crisis
Unemployment falls to 4.1%, close to its level before the Covid pandemic Pay for workers in Britain has fallen in real terms for the first time in more than a…
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Scott Morrison rebukes George Christensen for ‘dangerous messages’ on vaccinating children
Prime minister, who has denied it’s hypocritical to deport Novak Djokovic while government MPs spread misinformation, says Covid vaccinations ‘save lives’ Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest…
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Private hospital staff diverted to public system as Omicron wave results in Australia’s deadliest Covid day
Seventy-seven deaths have been reported across the country, with 36 in NSW, 22 in Victoria and 16 in Queensland Follow our live blog for the latest updates Get our free…
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António Horta-Osório: banking’s go-to man felled by a breach of Covid rules
He had an impeccable reputation for rescuing struggling banks but a love of tennis was his undoing Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Credit Suisse needed someone…
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Australia records 77 deaths on deadliest day of pandemic; national medical stockpile activated – as it happened
Private hospital staff diverted to public system as national medical stockpile activated; Victoria declares ‘code brown’ emergency for hospitals; NSW records 36 deaths and 29,830 new cases. This blog is…