COVID-19 Updates
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China’s coronavirus curbs and consumer fears mean ‘golden week’ travel unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels this year
China’s “golden week” holiday this year is unlikely to see domestic travel rebound to pre-Covid levels, industry estimates show, hurt by uncertainty over pandemic curbs and consumer fears about the…
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Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines now available to all Australians over 60
Greg Hunt says expanding choice from AstraZeneca to mRNA jabs could help 300,000 older people who have been waiting to get vaccinated Follow our Covid live blog for the latest…
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Stay put for the holiday, China urges students as cases ease in northeast
China’s northeastern Heilongjiang reported six symptomatic Covid-19 cases for Wednesday, the lowest number of new infections since the province’s outbreak started more than a week ago, according to the National…
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When lockdown is over, I’ll remember who – and how – I chose to love as I tried to survive it | Van Badham
I feel like I’m living in a re-enactment of Cold Mountain, but the mountain’s been swapped out for a suburban LGA. And yet I’m among the lucky ones It’s been…
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Coronavirus: record deaths, cases test Singapore’s reopening plans; illegal home parties behind surge in Melbourne cases
Singapore posted a record eight deaths from Covid-19 on Wednesday and record cases on Thursday, a potential test of the government’s resolve to reopen amid fears tied to its recent…
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Will Asia accept vaccine mandates like Biden’s for the US?
Nine months since Asian countries began rolling out Covid-19 vaccination campaigns, inoculation rates vary wildly – from eight in 10 of the population in Singapore, six in 10 in Japan,…
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Covid live news: UK reports 36,722 new cases; EU regulator to rule on Pfizer booster jabs next week
Latest UK-wide case figures; EU would join US, UK and Israel in approving it if EMA gives go-ahead New Zealand reports jump in cases as opposition calls for opening up…
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Coronavirus: Brazil’s Butantan Institute to sell Sinovac shots abroad after Jair Bolsonaro rebuffs ‘Chinese vaccine’
Brazil’s Butantan biomedical institute is in talks to sell a locally manufactured Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac to other countries in South America and Africa, as the federal government…
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Beijing 2022: athletes not vaccinated against Covid to face 21-day quarantine
Vaccinated athletes to enter ‘closed-loop system’ on arrival Only spectators from mainland China can attend Games Athletes and other participants who are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 must spend 21…
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Brazil hospital chain accused of hiding Covid deaths and giving unproven drugs
Group of whistleblowing doctors gave 10,000-page dossier to investigators last month with allegations against Prevent Senior One of Brazil’s biggest healthcare providers has been accused of covering up coronavirus deaths,…