COVID-19 Updates
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Vaccine rate for people with disability at about 50% in some regional areas, leaked data reveals
Exclusive: double-dose and booster rates among NDIS participants are much lower than average in regional Queensland and WA Double-dose vaccination rates among people with disability may be as low as…
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How fresh food markets are avoiding Australia’s crippling supply chain crisis
Covid is causing major issues for supermarket chains but market stall operators work differently, operators say Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Follow our Australia news…
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‘It’s a circus’: Guardian Australia readers on trying to get Covid vaccinations for their children
Nearly 150 reader responses reveal disruptions in the rollout of the first vaccine doses for kids aged five to 11 Follow our live blog for the latest updates Get our…
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Covid booster jabs in England to be thrown away as demand falls
Hundreds of thousands of Pfizer and Moderna doses estimated to be about to expire after sharp fall in take-up Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Booster jabs…
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It’s a scandal that Boris Johnson ever got to No 10 – and shaming that he’s still there | Jonathan Freedland
If Johnson’s lies go unpunished, the public’s ability to feel a basic level of trust in their government will have been shattered It’s come to something when there’s more accountability…
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Johnson’s apology to the Queen marks a new low for a prime minister
Analysis: from Winston Churchill to Theresa May, it would be hard to think of a more humbling and cringeworthy moment After 70 years on the throne, every aspect of the…
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Crisis? What crisis? No 10 in ‘total denial’ about Boris Johnson’s fate
Analysis: There is heated debate about when the PM should go – but cabinet meeting avoided the subject altogether This was the week in which the Tory party – from…
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Coronavirus: Rare spinal condition is side effect of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine
A safety panel of the European drug regulator on Friday recommended adding a rare spinal inflammation called transverse myelitis as a side effect of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine.The vaccine has faced…
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Japan’s Canon to cut production at Zhuhai factory, with full shutdown in southern China looming
Japanese optical product maker Canon will close part of its Zhuhai factory in southern China, with a full shutdown of the 32-year plant being considered, due to shrinking demand in…
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Coronavirus: Thailand, Indonesia plans for Covid-19 pill to be developed
Thailand’s health minister said on Friday the country planned to develop the antiviral pill molnupiravir to combat Covid-19 infections amid rising infections driven by the Omicron variant.The molnupiravir Covid-19 treatment…