COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: Singapore official hopes for quicker Hong Kong, mainland China reopening; Australian firm recalls over 2 million US test kits
Singapore’s central bank chief would like Hong Kong and mainland China to open up quicker and more decisively over the next year as their strict border restrictions may impact business…
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Australia news live update: unemployment rate jumps to 5.2%; NSW braces for widespread flooding; Morrison defends EV policy
October sees surge in unemployment rate; Victoria records 1,313 new Covid-19 cases and four deaths; NSW records 261 cases and one death; Queensland records two cases; NSW bracing for widespread…
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Covid live: Brazil reports 12,273 new cases with daily deaths down to 240; Russia’s death toll passes 250,000
Brazil’s total deaths rise to 610,036; Russia reports 1,239 fatalities to take official death toll to 250,454 UK figures slightly higher than previous day Hesitancy, inequity: is US making the…
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Jacinda Ardern’s popularity plunges as New Zealand reckons with new era of endemic Covid
Drop in support for prime minister comes amid recent changes in country’s pandemic fortunes See all our coronavirus coverage Prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s popularity has plummeted in two new polls,…
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Ten Republican-led states sue over vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
Lawsuit follows similar ones challenging new Biden administration rules for federal contractors and large businesses A coalition of 10 states sued the federal government on Wednesday to try to block…
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Israel to hold world’s first drill to test readiness for new Covid variant
War games exercise will help prepare for the possible emergence of a lethal ‘Omega’ variant Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Israel is to conduct the world’s…
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Coronavirus deaths falling worldwide except in Europe, says WHO
The World Health Organization says coronavirus deaths have risen by 10 per cent in Europe in the past week, making it the only world region where both cases and deaths…
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People testing negative for Covid-19 despite exposure may have ‘immune memory’
Study says some individuals clear virus rapidly due to a strong immune response from existing T-cells, meaning tests record negative result Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage…
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Australian jobs are rebounding nicely from lockdowns, but there is still a way to go | Greg Jericho
While the biggest employment growth in October has been for young workers, numbers remain well below pre-lockdown levels The latest payroll job index released on Wednesday allows us to make…