COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: hospitalisations surge in Australia; New Delhi closes cinemas, schools, gyms
Hospitalisations from coronavirus in Australia’s most-populous state have reached the highest level since mid-October, as a surge in Omicron cases throughout most of the nation puts pressure on its health…
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Perrottet stands by decision to ease restrictions as NSW records 11,201 Covid cases and Omicron surges around Australia
Dramatic rise in infections comes as Queensland announces it will drop PCR test requirement for interstate arrivals and South Australia drops pre-departure PCR tests Follow our Australia news live blog…
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Coronavirus: Omicron risk still ‘very high’, WHO says, as evidence mounts of it causing milder symptoms
The risk posed by the Omicron variant is still “very high”, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, after Covid-19 case numbers shot up by 11 per cent globally last…
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Hugh Jackman tests positive for Covid-19, Broadway’s ‘The Music Man’ cancelled through New Year’s Day
Hugh Jackman has Covid-19, he announced on social media. The actor was fully vaccinated and got his booster shot at the beginning of December.“I just wanted you to hear from…
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CDC drastically drops estimate of US Omicron cases
The federal agency’s revise shows that the Delta variant remained dominant until the week before Christmas The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revised down its estimates for US…
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WHO warns Omicron could overwhelm health systems as cases rise to record highs in Europe
Restrictions return in China, South Africa and Germany as countries around the world struggle to contain new variant Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The World Health…
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Omicron may be the final coronavirus variant of concern – if we are lucky
It is controversial whether viruses are alive, but – like all living things – they do evolve. This fact has become abundantly clear during the pandemic, as new variants of…
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Hongkongers’ lengthy wait for border reopening likely to get longer, source says, as some brave quarantine to spend Lunar New Year with families in mainland China
Hongkongers’ already lengthy wait for the resumption of quarantine-free cross-border travel is set to get a little longer, a source has said, with Beijing reluctant to give the green light…
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Ghislaine Maxwell: jury weighs charges as judge warns Covid could derail trial
Judge Alison Nathan says they face ‘a high and escalating risk that jurors and trial participants may need to quarantine’ The judge in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial on Tuesday told…
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A Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver will save lives. The rich West must stop blocking it
In his media briefing on December 22, World Health Organization director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that blanket booster programmes are likely to prolong the Covid-19 pandemic, rather than…