COVID-19 Updates
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End mass jabs and live with Covid, says ex-head of vaccine taskforce
Dr Clive Dix says we should treat the virus like flu Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Covid should be treated as an endemic virus similar to…
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Coronavirus: UK Covid-19 death toll exceeds 150,000 after Omicron surge
The United Kingdom’s official death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic rose above 150,000 on Saturday, government figures showed, following a record wave of cases caused by the Omicron variant.Some 313…
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It’s not Covid that’s broken our health system, it’s years of neglect | A Victorian doctor
Exhausted health workers are shouldering the burden not only of the pandemic but the lack of structural reform Recently, I was doing night shift in an emergency department and every…
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‘A game of Russian roulette’: Victoria’s Alfred hospital expects 15% staff absent at Covid peak
Staff warned in email to prepare for rising patient demand just as the available workforce is decreasing Follow the all the day’s Covid news on our Australia Live blog Australia’s…
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Too late now, but ‘let it rip’ might prove tricky for Scott Morrison come election time | Hugh Riminton
In hindsight, opening up like we did seems nuts. As experts point out, you can’t run a healthy economy without healthy people Crisis? What crisis? It was good to see…
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UK first country in Europe to pass 150,000 Covid deaths, figures show
On Saturday, Britain became the seventh nation to reach the milestone after the US, Brazil, India, Russia, Mexico and Peru Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage More…
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Coronavirus: Anti-vaccination protesters tell France’s Emmanuel Macron: ‘We’ll p*** you off’
Anti-vaccine protesters rallied in cities across France on Saturday, denouncing President Emmanuel Macron’s intent to “p*** off” people refusing Covid-19 vaccines by tightening curbs on their civil liberties.Macron said this…
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Omicron: infections could hit 250,000 within 6 months if local cases rise and Hong Kong does not tighten social-distancing measures, study warns
Hong Kong is at a “critical moment” in its fight against the coronavirus and could see about 250,000 infections involving the Omicron variant within six months if there is a…
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Dear Nadhim Zahawi, your praise for teachers is just hooey | Michael Rosen
You offer 7,000 air filters against Covid and expect retired teachers to put themselves in harm’s way. Who are you kidding? Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…