COVID-19 Updates
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China’s Covid-hit travel market shows signs of recovery as Mid-Autumn Festival bookings surge
Chinese are showing renewed enthusiasm to travel over the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, with tour bookings surging as restrictions on interprovincial movement begin to be lifted following containment of recent…
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Coronavirus: Covax vaccine shortfall puts pressure on rich nations to act
A year ago, scores of countries committed to the Covax Facility, a programme set up to deliver Covid-19 vaccines equitably to every corner of the planet. Now the initiative is…
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Bank of England governor says UK’s economic recovery is slowing
Andrew Bailey sees evidence of ‘levelling off’ amid supply chain disruption and staff shortages The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has warned Britain’s economic recovery from Covid-19…
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Blow to DeSantis as judge rules Florida cannot enforce mask mandate ban
Judge rules against governor while appeals court decides whether ban on public schools mandating masks is ultimately legal A Florida judge ruled on Wednesday that the state cannot enforce a…
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Coronavirus live: vaccine-sharing scheme to get 575m fewer shots than thought; UK reports 38,975 new cases
Covax initiative to receive fewer anti-Covid shots due to restrictions on key supplier; UK also reports a further 191 Covid-linked deaths German Covid super-spreader event ‘driven by poor ventilation’ Nearly…
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Three Vermont state troopers accused of creating fake Covid-19 vaccination cards
The officers have resigned and the matter is being investigated by the US attorney’s office in Burlington and by the FBI Three Vermont state troopers have resigned after being accused…
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Johnson’s Tories are no longer the party of business
Analysis: business leaders find themselves in the crosshairs when it comes to who will pay for the pandemic It has been billed in the press as the “death knell for…
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Things are not as they should be in Australia. But will ‘normal’ ever return after Covid? | Greg Jericho
We may say when we are all vaccinated and restrictions end normality will return, but that’s a bit of a guess Get our free news app; get our morning email…
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NSW corrections officials concede vaccine rollout hampered by limited Pfizer access
There are now 166 Covid-19 positive inmates across the NSW prison system, with about a quarter of those Aboriginal Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing About…
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NSW received more Pfizer doses than Victoria and Queensland combined in August, data reveals
The Operation Covid Shield data also shows Victoria has administered almost half of the country’s AstraZeneca vaccines Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates Vaccine rollout tracker; get…