COVID-19 Updates
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Germany’s Covid-19 deaths pass 100,000 as infections climb
Germany on Thursday announced record coronavirus fatalities and infections as its total death toll passed 100,000, with its most severe virus wave yet swelling just as a new government prepares…
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Australia politics live update: Labor targets Morrison over federal integrity bill in question time; Christensen ‘clarifies’ Hitler, Mao comments
Labor targets federal integrity commission as question time begins; Religious discrimination committee motion hits snag; George Christensen ‘clarifies’ Hitler, Mao, Stalin comments; Scott Morrison introduces religious discrimination bill to the…
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Coronavirus: Vietnam to resume flights from China, Hong Kong, Singapore and 13 other places from December
Vietnam will resume international flights from 15 locations starting from December, nine months after they were suspended due to Covid-19, the government said on Thursday.“Vietnam is expected to start reopening…
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Factcheck: Clive Palmer uses 12-minute radio interview to make false Covid claims
Chair of United Australia party insists there is no evidence vaccinations have led to fewer deaths and that more people die on the road than from Covid Download the free…
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Pfizer sues employee for stealing Covid-19 vaccine secrets
Pfizer has sued a long-time employee for allegedly stealing “scores” of confidential documents, including some related to its Covid-19 vaccine, as she prepared to jump to a competitor.In a complaint…
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Covid live: Italy bans unvaccinated from numerous venues and extends compulsory vaccination
Italy unveils new Covid measures, to come into force on 6 December, that will ban unvaccinated people from entering venues Europe’s Covid deaths to top 2 million by March, says…
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Central California overwhelmed by Covid surge ahead of Thanksgiving
Statewide infection rate is one of country’s lowest but in region resistant to masks and vaccines, hospitals are over capacity Ahead of the Thanksgiving holidays, California officials are raising the…
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How a Chinese Covid-19 drug was created in an instant – after years in the making
Chinese viral immunologist Zhang Linqi considers himself lucky that he and his team developed a Covid-19 treatment and vaccine so swiftly and so effectively.Zhang, based at Tsinghua University in Beijing,…
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Russia’s Vladimir Putin gets experimental nasal vaccine against coronavirus
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he has taken an experimental nasal vaccine against the coronavirus, three days after he received his booster shot.Russia is facing its worst surge…
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Rising Covid vaccination rates reduce need for mandates, new human rights commissioner says
Lorraine Finlay says Australia should prepare for a ‘future emergency’ by ensuring human rights are ‘at the core’ of its response Download the free Guardian app; get our morning email…