COVID-19 Updates
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Xian updates Covid-19 rules as two unborn babies lost to hospital delays
Two would-be-mothers in Xian lost their babies as coronavirus-related restrictions delayed treatment, Chinese social media posts revealed, as residents in the northwestern city continued to share their anguish online over…
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Covid-19: 1 in 15 infected in England in last week of 2021; opposition leader tests positive for second time
The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party has tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time as Britain reported record prevalence of the virus for the last week of 2021,…
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Which vaccines stop Omicron? Search for data moves from labs to real world
This is the second of a two-part series on the impact of the Omicron variant on vaccine roll-outs around the world. Here, Simone McCarthy explores how real-world data is critical…
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Could microclots help explain the mystery of long Covid? | Resia Pretorius
My lab has found significant microclot formation in long Covid patients. Unfortunately, these are missed in routine blood tests One of the biggest failures during the Covid-19 pandemic is our…
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Omicron: Hong Kong sport facing 2-week shutdown as government tightens Covid-19 controls in face of fifth wave threat
The Hong Kong government’s decision to reimpose some of its toughest Covid-19 controls, as the city braces for a fifth wave of infections, has left sport associations scrambling to rearrange…
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Account of life in locked down Xian highlights ‘costs’ of zero-Covid policy
A Chinese journalist based in Xian has told of neighbours trading food with one another to deal with supply shortages and the fear of being sent to a quarantine centre,…
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Omicron: public shut out of Happy Valley races as government responds to Covid-19 situation
The Jockey Club has been forced to shut the public out of Wednesday night’s Happy Valley race meeting as the Hong Kong government comes to terms with a fifth wave…
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Coronavirus: cases in Xian may be slowing but anywhere in China could be next, says health expert
Xian reported a significant drop in new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, signalling that the spread of coronavirus is slowing in the city of 13 million people who have been in…
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As Covid-19 cases rise in Japan, anger grows in Okinawa at US military personnel
Japan’s Okinawa region appeared to be the epicentre of a new coronavirus surge with cases more than doubling on Wednesday from the previous day, with officials looking to re-impose movement…
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Australia Covid news live update: Scott Morrison says rapid tests will be free only for concession card holders; Victoria cancels most elective surgery
PM announces concession card holders can get free RATs, but other Australians will have to pay; Victoria cancels most elective surgery; PM says Novak Djokovic must provide evidence to support…