COVID-19 Updates
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Chinese vice-premier ‘deeply ashamed’ over woman losing baby after Xian hospital turned her away citing Covid-19 rules
Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan said she felt deeply ashamed that a woman in the northwestern city of Xian lost her unborn baby after a hospital refused to admit her because…
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New Zealand’s successful Covid policies hid inequality – the government can’t ignore it this year | Morgan Godfery
In 2022 Jacinda Ardern must act on runaway house prices while the central bank should grab inflation by the neck March 2020 seems like an age ago. And also like…
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Coronavirus: all 100-plus guests of birthday party attended by Hong Kong officials ordered into quarantine, as second Covid-19 case detected among partygoers
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.More than 100 guests of a now-notorious Hong Kong birthday…
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Mass cancellation of children’s vaccinations in NSW blamed on ‘technical glitch’
State health department apologises while commonwealth also in firing line over delayed delivery of doses to GP clinics Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates NSW hospitals bracing…
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‘Hong Kong is becoming a Chinese city’: closure of La Rotisserie, French roast chicken chain, follows snub by investors, founder says, as well as protests and pandemic
The 2019 protests in Hong Kong, pandemic social-distancing restrictions, and delivery app charges that squeezed profits are behind the closure of La Rotisserie, say two of the co-founders of the…
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The Australian public have felt there’s one rule for the rich and another for the rest throughout the pandemic | Clive Hamilton and Myra Hamilton
Novak Djokovic was one more of the rich and powerful who was perceived to have sidestepped Covid restrictions – and people have taken notice The furious public reaction to what…
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Coronavirus: Thailand scraps quarantine-free visas to fight Omicron; Japanese regions hosting American bases face curbs
Thailand indefinitely suspended a quarantine-free visa programme for vaccinated visitors and ordered a ban on the sale of alcohol at restaurants in areas deemed at high risk of Covid-19 infections…
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Philippines’ Duterte orders arrest of unvaccinated people who violate stay-at-home orders
President ‘appalled’ at the large numbers of Filipinos not vaccinated ‘galloping in our community’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, has ordered…
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Amid Omicron outbreak, Hong Kong’s latest coronavirus rules for travel and social distancing
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.Hong Kong has brought back some of the world’s most…
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We know the hell we’re in. It will get worse before it gets better | Melbourne ICU nurse
I’ve seen people die without their family. It used to bring me to tears. Now I just feel weary NSW emergency nurse: The foundations of our healthcare system have been…