COVID-19 Updates
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How Serbia became world’s latest Covid-19 hotspot
Packed bars, few masks and almost no restrictions – in Serbia it seems the pandemic is over. But it’s a cruel illusion, as the Balkan country currently tops the global…
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Report gives damning assessment of early UK response to Covid-19 pandemic
The British government waited too long to impose a lockdown in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, missing a chance to contain the disease and leading to thousands of…
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Overseas Covid-19 relaxations pose new challenges for China
Relaxed containment measures and loosened restrictions on cross-border travel overseas pose new challenges for China, which has so far managed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic this year, according to Chinese…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong to donate 7.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to developing countries
Hong Kong will donate 7.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to developing countries through a global distribution platform, the health minister has revealed, noting that the city’s supplies…
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Joe Biden trapped in coronavirus malaise: ‘president’s decline is alarming’
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Christopher Cadelago and Laura Barron-Lopez on politico.com on October 11, 2021.In a focus group last…
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Manila’s new tax on gaming operators could drive office vacancy rates to near two-decade high
A new tax on local and foreign online gaming operators and their employees in the Philippines is likely to drive away Chinese gaming operators and could push overall office vacancy…
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Coronavirus: Thailand to reopen to vaccinated tourists from ‘low-risk’ countries from November
Thailand plans to fully reopen to vaccinated tourists from countries deemed low risk from November 1, the country’s leader said on Monday, citing the urgent need to save the kingdom’s…
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Damning Commons Covid report should be seen only as a start
Analysis: report is not short on lessons but a full public inquiry is needed to get to the bottom of UK’s response to pandemic Coronavirus – latest updates See all…
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Australia Covid news live update: Victoria records 1,466 cases and eight deaths; NSW records 360 cases, five deaths ahead of recovery package announcement
Victoria records 1,466 new local Covid-19 case and eight deaths as state ALP braces for second day of Ibac branch-stacking inquiry; NSW records 360 local cases and five deaths; NSW…
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Covid live: UK reports over 40,000 new cases; immunocompromised people should get boosters, says WHO
UK records 40,224 new infections as well as 28 further deaths; WHO recommends extra jab for immunocompromised people Covid rates lower in western than eastern Europe amid vaccination gap G4S…