COVID-19 Updates
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Xi Jinping calls for mutual Covid vaccine approvals
Speaking to the G20 summit by video, China’s president stresses vaccine cooperation and economic stability China’s president, Xi Jinping, has called for mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccines based on the…
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Record number of domestic abuse victims made homeless
Charities call for more social housing to address ‘heartbreaking and shameful’ new statistics Domestic abuse caused nearly one in six new homelessness cases in England between April and June, with…
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Scottish Greens co-leader tests positive for Covid hours before Cop26
Lorna Slater will not attend climate summit which starts in Glasgow on Sunday Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater has tested…
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Pro-vaccine Fox News host receives support from CNN anchor over death threats
Neil Cavuto received death threats for ‘his simple, logical, science-based call for vaccinations’, said the CNN anchor The CNN anchor Jake Tapper reached across the political aisle on Friday to…
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Germany fears fourth Covid wave as vaccination rates remain low
With a new governing coalition yet to be formed and jab refusal high, experts worry the country is unprepared for a surge in cases Concerns are mounting in Germany about…
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Hong Kong’s homebuyers make a beeline for Manor Hill’s tiny flats, shrugging off record average price for Lohas Park area
Hong Kong’s homebuyers snapped up a collection of tiny flats on offer over the weekend at Lohas Park in Kowloon’s Tseung Kwan O area, shrugging off the record price that…
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‘Imported case behind Covid-19 cluster’ in north China’s Heihe city
A cluster of coronavirus infections in a city in northeastern China was caused by an imported case and is not related to other outbreaks in the country, according to Chinese…
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An Indonesian woman tried to report an attempted rape. She was turned away for being unvaccinated
It was late in the afternoon on October 17 when Sarinah (not her real name) heard a knock on the back door of the home she shares with her mother…
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‘People are starting to wane’: China’s zero-Covid policy takes toll
Latest Delta variant outbreak is testing the limits of people’s patience with aggressive containment measures On Friday, the Beijing Daily published an intricate graphic identifying two people sick with Covid-19…
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Cop26 will be whitest and most privileged ever, warn campaigners
Thousands from frontline communities in global south have been excluded, activists claim The global climate summit in Glasgow will be the whitest and most privileged ever, according to campaigners, who…