COVID-19 Updates
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Malaysia joins Southeast Asia’s ‘living with Covid’ push with restart of interstate, outbound travel
Malaysia will end a ban on interstate movement and relax outbound international travel for vaccinated residents starting Monday, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said, in a major reopening milestone as…
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In India’s T-shirt factory of the world, Covid-19 puts clock back 20 years on child labour
Suma* turns the mustard-yellow sleeve inside-out, straightens the creases, and places it neatly on top of a pile. Next to it are two other piles – one for necks, and…
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These adults moved back in with their parents during the pandemic. But did they regret it?
Little did they know that ‘boomeranging’ back home would change the way they saw their parents, forever When David and Linda Ellis sent their daughter Juliette, the youngest of their…
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Covid by numbers: 10 key lessons separating fact from fiction
To make sense of coronavirus data, the Observer asked David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters of the Royal Statistical Society Covid taskforce to write a column. That column has now inspired…
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World Mental Health Day 2021: Hong Kong companies put more emphasis on staff well-being amid the coronavirus pandemic
If there is a silver lining to the coronavirus pandemic, it is that we are more open about discussing mental health – not just in our personal lives but in…
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Hong Kong government hands quarantine exemption to men’s rugby sevens team
Hong Kong’s men rugby sevens team was granted a rare exemption from compulsory Covid-19 quarantine upon arrival from their World Rugby Sevens Series campaign in Canada last month, the government…
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IMF to issue downbeat outlook as spectre of stagflation looms
Fund set for a gloomy annual meeting as supply chain issues and inflationary pressures hobble global recovery Weaker global growth, vaccine protectionism and the spectre of 1970s-style inflation haunting large…
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Australia Covid live update: NSW businesses prepare to reopen, Victorians warned cases yet to peak
Lockdown set to lift in Sydney at midnight as Victoria releases secondary contacts from requirement to isolate amid a surge in cases. Follow updates live Victoria cases surge to new…
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Coronavirus live news: US has given over 400m jabs; Protesters in Rome try to break into PM’s office
CDC says 187 million people in US are fully vaccinated; About 10,000 people join protest against mandatory Covid certificates Unions call for tighter Covid safety measures in schools Russia reports…
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‘Like my family’: Sydney’s pubs ready to welcome back staff and punters
The wait is almost over for customers ready to ‘lick the door handles’ of their favourite drinking spot when it reopens Follow our Covid live blog for the latest NSW…