COVID-19 Updates
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‘We feel we’re not going to get really sick’: why the pandemic hasn’t dissuaded ocean cruisers
Travel agents report Australians’ interest in cruising increasing 40% each month since June, with one analyst describing it as ‘the Teflon market for travel’ On 16 September, Miami-based Oceania Cruises,…
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Unless New Zealand wants to be a ‘fortress’ it must engage more with Kiwis abroad | Elle Hunt
The country’s pandemic policy has left many of its overseas citizens feeling alienated – a failure to amend election law could cement that What makes a New Zealander outside of…
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NSW frontline medical staff gagged as health system braces for Covid peak
NSW Health and hospital codes of conduct restrict staff from speaking to media, leading to scarce insight into their experiences Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates NSW…
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Anti-vaccine flyers banned from being posted by some Australian mailing services
Industry body updates code to stop delivery of misinformation, such as flyers sent by United Australia Party Anti-vaccination flyers, such as those distributed by the United Australia Party, could be…
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New York City’s Covid vaccine mandate for school staff blocked by judge
Judge granted temporary injunction and referred the case to a three-judge panel while mandate was set to go into effect Monday New York City schools have been temporarily blocked from…
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Why can’t we tackle Covid and climate heating? Nationalism and stupidity | Nick Cohen
The rich world promises much but delivers nothing. How crass and self-defeating Even if you think humans are nothing more than a selfish, tribal species who care little for anyone…
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Coronavirus live news: UK death toll rises by 122; Ireland ends mandatory hotel quarantine
Ireland stops its system of mandatory hotel quarantine for travellers arriving in the country; UK records another 31,348 cases Britain’s Covid-era university students may suffer ‘impostor syndrome’ Dutch protesters march…
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Britain’s Covid-era university students may suffer ‘impostor syndrome’
New intake of undergraduates could feel like frauds, says study, because they didn’t sit A-level exams New students are more likely to suffer “impostor syndrome” because they have won their…
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Dutch protesters march through The Hague against ‘corona pass’
PM sacks minister who questioned new policy requiring proof of vaccination or negative test in public venues Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Protesters gathered to march…