COVID-19 Updates
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Hundreds of healthy pigs culled amid UK shortage of abattoir workers
Farmers warned that up to 120,000 animals face being slaughtered as they lack space to house them ‘Fallen stock’: what happens now to the UK’s unwanted pigs? The slaughter of…
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Coronavirus: is China really about to ease its tough border restrictions?
Top respiratory disease expert Zhong Nanshan has got people wondering if China is about to ease its tough stand on border restrictions.In an interview with Southern People Weekly magazine over…
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A year on, proposal to waive IP for Covid-19 vaccines is still in limbo
A year after a proposal to waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines was put forward its future remains unclear, with a handful of nations again blocking its path at…
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Essential workers challenge Victoria and NSW vaccine mandates in court
Victorian teacher Belinda Cetnar and her husband Jack argue they could lose their livelihoods if they don’t get vaccinated Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates Australia cases…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong leader vows all-out effort to meet mainland China’s mark for reopening border, as ‘model city’ Macau struggles with outbreak
Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday vowed to do everything possible to convince mainland China that the city’s Covid-19 control measures would not create a gap in the community’s defences, as…
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Coronavirus: no international tourists to Australia until 2022; Singapore reports biggest daily rise in cases
International tourists will not be welcomed back to Australia until next year, with the return of skilled migrants and students given higher priority, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday.Australia…
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I took the Covid vaccine while pregnant – let’s not pretend it’s an easy decision
Only 31% of pregnant Americans are fully vaccinated. I felt responsible for this bean-like bundle forming in my body. But the conflicting advice made it hard for me to decide…
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By ending Covid elimination, Jacinda Ardern once again fails to turn compassion into policy | Morgan Godfery
Without a dramatic change in New Zealand’s vaccination rates, Covid-19 risks becoming a disease for brown people And so with that, a confusing 20-minute monologue in the Beehive theatrette, New…
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Australia news live update: record 1,763 cases and four deaths in Victoria as construction restarts; Perrottet poised to become NSW premier
Victoria reports 1,763 local Covid cases and four deaths; workers will need to have at least one Covid vaccine jab to be on building sites; Dominic Perrottet tipped to replace…
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California deploys national guard to hospitals overwhelmed by Covid
Rural north and Central Valley have case rates three or four times higher than the rest of the state, exposing stark disparities The national guard has been deployed to hospitals…