COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s first locally detected case since August bears similarities with recent British infections but origin remains a mystery, researchers say
The origin of Hong Kong’s first locally detected Covid-19 infection in more than 50 days continues to baffle officials, although researchers have found similarities with other Delta variant cases found…
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Anti-vaccine chiropractors capitalizing on Covid and sowing misinformation
A vocal minority tout their supplements as alternatives, donate large sums of money to anti-vaccine organizations and sell anti-vaccine ads on Facebook and Instagram, the AP discovered The flashy postcard,…
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Victoria Covid cases surge to new record as isolation rules change and NSW investigates new Delta strain
Victoria reports 1,965 new cases and five deaths as NSW records 580 cases and 11 deaths – and reaches 90% first-dose milestone Follow the Australia Covid liveblog NSW Covid vaccination…
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Singapore to open travel corridors with US, UK, six other ‘living with Covid’ nations
Singapore and eight Western nations including the United States and Britain will soon open quarantine-free travel lanes for vaccinated travellers, authorities said on Saturday, marking the country’s most extensive easing…
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Coronavirus: Sydney nears ‘freedom day’; Fiji to reopen for tourism
Australia was bracing for more Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations, officials said on Saturday, even as it moves toward gradually easing pandemic restrictions with the vast majority of its people getting…
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US will accept WHO-approved coronavirus vaccines for international visitors
The United States will accept the use by international visitors of Covid-19 vaccines authorised by US regulators or the World Health Organization, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said…
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Brazil tops 600,000 coronavirus deaths amid doubts about Delta
Bars in Brazil’s biggest metropolis, Sao Paulo, are full again for Friday happy hours and lawmakers in the capital have nearly done away with video sessions via Zoom. Rio de…
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Asian youth, hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, should have a voice to decide their future
Like many of her generation, Pauline Mandrilla, a 23-year-old civil engineer from Manila, suddenly found herself jobless when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Mandrilla felt like a statistic, as she joined…
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Coronavirus live: Russian Covid deaths in August hit at least 49,389; UK reports 36,060 new cases
Russian officials blame Delta spread and low vaccination rate; UK also registered 127 further deaths Revealed: anti-vaccine Tiktok videos being viewed by children as young as nine England Covid trial…
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Australia Covid live news update: Victoria reports 1,965 new cases and five deaths; Dominic Perrottet to give NSW update at 10.10am
Seven-day lockdown announced for Mildura, while Shepparton and Moorabool come out of lockdown Clive Palmer asked for name and logo of his foundation on 33m doses of donated hydroxychloroquine Covid…