COVID-19 Updates
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Queensland Covid update: Christmas quarantine decision reversed for hundreds of travellers
Passengers on two domestic flights were originally deemed close contacts of a Covid case and told to isolate regardless of test results Follow our live blog for the latest updates…
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Covax chief warns against replay of Covid-19 vaccine nationalism in 2022
A global Covid-19 vaccine programme that struggled to deliver to needy countries is finally receiving doses at a pace it hoped for months ago.But with a new coronavirus variant raising…
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UK PM Boris Johnson suffers biggest party rebellion over curbs to stop Omicron
Boris Johnson suffered his biggest rebellion since becoming UK prime minister, forcing him to rely on opposition votes to implement a key measure to stop the spread of the Omicron…
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‘A terrible tragedy’: US passes 800,000 Covid deaths – highest in the world
Figure deemed doubly heartbreaking amid widespread availability of vaccines, as WHO warns Omicron is spreading at unprecedented rate Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The US death…
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US hits 800,000 Covid-19 deaths, a year into vaccine drive
The US death toll from Covid-19 topped 800,000 on Tuesday, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic, given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine…
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Anxious, overwhelmed, abused: what it’s really like working in retail during the pandemic
Between the fear of catching Covid and the stress of dealing with irate customers, staff have gone through a year of hell I have been in retail for more than…
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Omicron variant: why is mainland China not under Hong Kong’s high-risk group? Accusations of double standards, as 2 cases recorded across border
Different rules for different people.That appeared to be the conclusion some Hongkongers reached in the wake of the discovery of two Omicron cases in China, as they noted how the…
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Hongkongers eyeing Canadian homes should move fast, as booming prices to only rise further next year, analysts say
Home sales in Canada hit a historic high in October this year, and Hongkongers looking to buy property in the north American country should not wait for a correction and…
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As Omicron looms, Africa battles to get vaccine shots in arms
The situation has become indefensible, according to one top health expert.Across Africa, as the Omicron variant extends its reach, more than 80 per cent of the 1.2 billion people on…
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MPs fail to live up to hype as debate on Omicron measures underwhelms | John Crace
A few backbenchers kicked off but as much for show as anything else – almost as if everyone was too tired to fight Maybe it was because none of the…