COVID-19 Updates
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Wales to press ahead with Covid pass plans despite calls to re-run vote
Representatives of clubs and bars want fresh poll after Tory member could not vote due to Zoom issue Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Welsh government…
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Christian TV channel fined by Ofcom over Covid conspiracy theories
LoveWorld ordered to pay £25,000 after airing misleading statements including claims of 5G ‘cover-up’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A Christian TV channel has been fined…
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Russia coronavirus deaths jump to record amid Delta variant surge
Russia on Wednesday reported more than 900 daily coronavirus deaths for the first time, as the country struggles with stubbornly high infection rates driven by the Delta variant and low…
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Coronavirus: Merck says deal with Singapore signed; South Korea soon to inoculate pregnant women
Merck on Wednesday announced it had entered into an agreement with Singapore to provide molnupiravir, an investigational antiviral drug to treat Covid-19, once it is authorised or approved.Molnupiravir is designed…
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How New Zealand snookered itself by calling time on its Covid elimination strategy | Lew Stoddart
By granting freedom as case numbers rise, Jacinda Ardern has diverged from the nation’s understood strategy of aligning policy with expert consensus The New Zealand government called time on its…
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Victoria Covid vaccination rate by postcode: check the percentages in your suburb – interactive map
Newly released data from the state government shows the vaccine rollout by area. Check the Covid-19 vaccine rates for first and second dose by postcode Vic restrictions 5km and 10km…
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China’s coronavirus patients subject to abuse and bullying as new outbreaks emerge
In China, where a zero-tolerance approach is still being deployed against Covid-19, infection with the virus can mean not just physical suffering but also mental pain.A 38-year-old father surnamed Lin…
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Americans are desperate to visit Hawaii – but apparently not enough to get vaccinated
Those travelling to the sun-kissed islands have allegedly faked negative Covid test results or vaccine records If you’re an unvaccinated American headed to Hawaii, and you want to avoid quarantine,…
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Australia Covid live news update: Victoria’s year 12s return to school despite surging cases; NSW nears 70% double vaccination target
Health authorities concerned about surge of cases in Melbourne’s south-east; NSW to reach reopening vaccine rate today or tomorrow – follow all today’s news Essential workers challenge Victoria and NSW…
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Coronavirus live: UK reports 33,869 new cases as more than 100,000 English schoolchildren are off with Covid – as it happened
Official figures show 348 in every 100,000 people have Covid in the UK; less than 90% of pupils are currently at school in England IMF cuts global growth forecast as…