COVID-19 Updates
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Here’s what the UK can learn from other countries’ responses to Covid-19 | Siva Anandaciva
The NHS has much to be proud of, but it was stymied by lack of funding and a staffing crisis that other health systems avoided Looking at how health services…
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Coronavirus: EU says vaccine boosters should be considered for all adults, in major shift
The head of the European Union’s public health agency Andrea Ammon said on Wednesday that Covid-19 vaccine boosters should be considered for all adults, with priority for those above 40…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong bans ‘selfish’ valve-style masks from Covid-19 quarantine hotels
Hong Kong health authorities have banned from quarantine hotels the use of “selfish” masks with air valves after the design was blamed for a cross infection at one of the…
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Has living through Covid made me a hypochondriac? I asked some experts | Maeve Higgins
I’m doing my best to act normal, but I’ve become incredibly aware of other people’s snuffling, coughing and wheezing. Am I vigilant – or paranoid? Like the unnamed woman Drake…
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Anarchy in the UK? The transformative power of mutual aid | Rachel Shabi
Hyper-local organisations set up during the pandemic were political – but they weren’t intended to supplant state support Ask members of one Covid mutual aid group in Whalley Range, south…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s restaurant, gym owners push for more relaxed rules in exchange for making ‘Leave Home Safe’ app compulsory
Hong Kong business leaders now required to demand use of the city’s coronavirus contact-tracing app for entry to their restaurants, gyms and entertainment venues are urging the government to give…
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Australia politics live news: government to list new terror organisations; NT records 11 new Covid cases
Lorraine Finlay also says she doesn’t believe her past political aspirations with the Liberal party will impact her job. Certainly my past political involvement doesn’t qualify me for the role,…
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South Korea Covid cases hit daily record as pressure on hospitals rises
Prime minister Kim Boo-kyum says emergency measures may be imposed as cases spike just weeks after the country reopened South Korea reported a new daily record of 4,116 new coronavirus…
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Feud between Queensland and Greg Hunt over PCR tests may have been due to an ‘accident’
Hunt says funding was only in doubt because Queensland required test certificates, but state denies this was ever its plan Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates…
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New Zealand to reopen borders to vaccinated visitors from new year
Border will first open to New Zealand citizens coming from Australia, then from the rest of the world, and finally to all other vaccinated visitors from April See all our…