COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: China seeks to develop next-gen vaccines amid trial complications
A lack of international cooperation to compare vaccines will make it more difficult for China to come up with convincing data for future vaccines using new technologies or targeting new…
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Myanmar’s shadow government plans US$300 million vaccination drive to cover ‘20 per cent of population’
With only six per cent of junta-ruled Myanmar’s 54 million people vaccinated, the country’s shadow government is planning to channel much of its revenue from global crowdfunding campaigns towards inoculating…
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Lululemon survey finds vast majority of Asian workers want to ditch suits for T-shirts, shorts and yoga pants
More than four in five consumers across Asia-Pacific hope T-shirts, shorts and yoga and jogging pants are here to stay in offices, as companies adopt hybrid or flexible work arrangements,…
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Trump campaign knew voter fraud claims were baseless soon after election loss, says report – live
Trump has continued to pedal lies about fraud in the 2020 election up until now, almost a year after ballots were cast Adam Schiff: Capitol riot committee ‘going straight to…
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Delta overwhelming other coronavirus variants of concern, says WHO
Delta has all but elbowed out the three other Covid-19 variants of concern, which now represent a tiny fraction of the samples being sequenced, the WHO said Tuesday.“Less than one…
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Covid live: 31,564 new cases in UK; EU set to accept NHS pass as proof of vaccination
UK figures show 203 further deaths have been reported; UK officials say Brussels will recognise NHS pass as equivalent to EU’s own Trials begin on Covid booster jab hoped to…
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Ben Jennings on the state of life in Britain – cartoon
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Essex art gallery endangered by funding crisis named museum of the year 2021
Firstsite’s ‘innovation and integrity’ during pandemic wins Art Fund’s £100,000 prize A gallery that six years ago was placed in special funding measures because of concerns over its viability has…
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NSW recruiting nurses from interstate and overseas to cope with rising Covid cases in hospitals
Exclusive: State is offering incentives for short-term contracts in the west and is planning to fast-track approvals of overseas qualifications Roadmaps out of lockdown: why NSW and Victoria are taking…
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Jennifer Arcuri says any trade help she got not down to Johnson links – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. For coronavirus news head to our Covid blog UK ministers near deal on CO2 production amid energy crisis Major row brewing over plans to…