COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus origins: WHO calls for more experts to apply to join Sago team
The World Health Organization is seeking to revise a proposed list of experts to guide the next phase of research on the origins of Covid-19, calling for more applicants for…
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Haven holiday parks launch chef training scheme amid skills gap
Company to offer 200 people career opportunity amid UK recruitment crisis Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The holiday park operator Haven is launching a training scheme…
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‘We are protected by prayers’: the sects hampering southern Africa’s vaccine rollout
With millions of followers, the stance of some Apostolic church leaders threatens to undermine fight against Covid Hymnal melodies reverberate around the hillside in Kuwadzana, a Harare suburb. On a…
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Hong Kong recovery on track with economy growing 5.4 per cent in third quarter, but rising inflation poses threat
Hong Kong’s recent economic recovery gained traction in the third quarter, with 5.4 per cent growth over the same period last year, but rising inflation posed a threat.The advance estimate…
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Coronavirus: link to confirmed case closes Shanghai Disneyland, visitors tested before exit
Shanghai Disneyland will remain closed until at least Tuesday after a Covid-19 case was linked to the park, with nearly 34,000 people tested before they were allowed to leave the…
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Global Covid-19 death toll tops 5 million. What’s next?
The global death toll from Covid-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: 5 arrested for using fake version of ‘Leave Home Safe’ app as mandatory rules kick in; government staff among those held
Three government employees were among five people arrested on Monday for using fake versions of Hong Kong’s coronavirus contact-tracing app on the first day its use became mandatory to enter…
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Coronavirus: tears, hugs at airports as Australia’s border reopens; Singapore expects 2,000 Covid-19 deaths a year, minister says
Sydney’s international airport came alive with tears, embraces and laughter on Monday as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months, with some arriving travellers tearing away mandatory…
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Panic, lockdown and a rush to vaccinate in Tonga as first Covid case recorded
Pacific country has made it through nearly two years of the pandemic Covid-free, but a repatriation flight from New Zealand has led to the country’s first case Early on Monday…
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Covid booster jabs offered at NHS walk-in clinics in England
People who had second dose at least six months ago can turn up without appointment for another Covid booster jabs are now being given at walk-in clinics in England as…