COVID-19 Updates
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Omicron: Hong Kong bans flights from 8 countries and imposes 6pm restaurant curfew for Covid-19 fifth wave battle
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.Key points:Dine-in services banned from 6pm to 4.59am the next…
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Leaked Australia memo shows Qantas pilots making errors as they return from pandemic-induced breaks
Some Qantas pilots are making mistakes as they return from long breaks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an internal memo reported by Australian media on Wednesday.Among the errors…
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Okinawa may declare emergency Covid measures as virus spreads from US base
New cases on island outpacing those in Tokyo amid criticism of US forces for failing to contain Omicron outbreak Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Japan’s government…
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Childhood Covid-19 vaccine: paediatrician urges parents to get their children vaccinated – video
Paediatrician Dr Laila Ibrahim from the Royal Children’s hospital, Melbourne, has urged parents to get their children vaccinated after sharing her experiences treating children with Covid-19. ‘Most of us hope…
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Coronavirus level in Singapore ‘unknown’, US CDC says; Australia’s cases keep spiralling
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday reclassified its Covid-19 travel advisory for Singapore, guiding Americans to avoid travel to the Southeast Asian city state because the…
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Coronavirus: 2,500-passenger cruise ship ordered back to Hong Kong after 9 people on board linked to suspected new Omicron cluster
About 2,500 cruise ship passengers were ordered on Wednesday to cut short their trip and return to Hong Kong for compulsory coronavirus testing after nine of them were identified as…
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Capitol attack panel seeks information from Fox’s Sean Hannity – as it happened
Committee requested answers about communications with Trump President urges Americans once again to get vaccinated and boosted US set global daily record with over 1m Covid cases on Monday Quitting…
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Hong Kong’s vaccination drive gets shot in arm amid rush for jabs as new rules loom, with some fearing restaurant ban equals ‘no meaning in life’
Hong Kong’s Covid-19 vaccination rate received a boost this week as residents, especially the elderly hoping to maintain their dim sum rituals at favourite haunts, as well as concertgoers not…
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Australia’s housing market faces headwinds as supply likely to outpace demand, analysts say
Australian home prices are likely to slow down or even decline as supply is poised to outstrip demand this year, according to analysts.The highly infectious Omicron strain of the Covid-19…
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NHS is in crisis but the roots go much further back than Omicron
Analysis: Critical incidents show much of the health service is already overwhelmed after years of understaffing Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Back in October Sajid Javid…