COVID-19 Updates
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Hong Kong braces itself for higher imported food prices as pandemic havoc delays shipping, drives up costs
Frozen meat distributor Allen Chiu Hoi-lun fears his stocks of United States Angus beef could dry up by November as Hongkongers seek out hotpot meals in the cooler weather.Prices have…
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Coronavirus: Singapore shifts primary schools to online learning; fatigued Philippine nurses battle resignations
Singapore’s primary schools will shift to home-based learning for 10 days ahead of a key national examination, the education ministry said on Saturday, as the city state reported 935 new…
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American Samoa reports first coronavirus case
American Samoa, a US territory in the Pacific, reported its first case of coronavirus on Friday.The territory’s acting governor, lieutenant governor Talauega Eleasalo Ale, and health officials said the islands’…
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Jury still out on lab-leak Covid-19 origins, researchers say in Lancet letter
A group of scientists have urged more research on the controversial theory that the coronavirus leaked from a laboratory, issuing the call in a letter in the medical journal The…
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Digested week: start with a Monday from hell and go from there
The pandemic continues to be a ball-ache but we were given a tiny and surprising point of light Monday Today was the kind of Monday we all dream of having.…
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US FDA panel rejects broad use of Pfizer coronavirus boosters in blow to Biden plan
A panel of expert outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted against broadly approving Covid-19 vaccine booster shots on Friday, instead recommending emergency use authorisation for the…
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Big moments in history usually set the world in motion – but the pandemic has frozen it in place | Jeff Sparrow
After a century of moving faster and faster, we’ve come to an unexpected halt. Who knew something so extraordinary could be so dull? History usually means acceleration. “There are decades…
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Nothing doing: notes from Victoria, the state of limbo where we’ve given up counting the days
As the on-and-off lockdowns blend endlessly into one, we ask each other how we are and the uniform response is … fine. We’re fine Whatever you do, don’t count them…
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FDA advisers vote not to recommend Pfizer booster shots for most Americans
Vote is a potentially significant blow to the Biden administration after it announced a plan to ‘boost’ adults Scientific advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have voted…
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Covid live news: more than 50 million have received at least one jab in France; UK records 32,651 new cases
French president says close to 90% of people in country of 67 million have had at least one vaccine dose; UK reports 178 Covid-linked deaths New Zealand extends Australia travel…