COVID-19 Updates
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NSW and ACT battle record Covid cases as Hazzard admits health system ‘stressed’
NSW’s four deaths included man in his 60s who died at his western Sydney home Victoria reports 190 new Covid cases as 1,000 families forced to isolate in Queensland Moderna…
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Lockdown weight gain puts more at risk of type 2 diabetes, NHS study finds
People asking the NHS for weight-loss help are on average 2.27kg heavier than those during the previous three years Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Weight gained…
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Victoria reports 190 new Covid cases as 1,000 families forced to isolate in Queensland
Covid-positive girl, 4, infected by interstate truck driver in south-east Queensland was infectious at daycare Follow the Australia Covid liveblog Moderna Covid vaccine given provisional approval for teenagers in Australia…
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Coronavirus: New Zealand records first death from Delta variant; Ho Chi Minh City could lift lockdown
New Zealand reported on Saturday the first death from the Delta variant of the coronavirus and 20 further daily infections, all in Auckland, the epicentre of the outbreak.The woman who…
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As coronavirus keeps tourists away from Bali, hungry monkeys raid homes searching for food
Deprived of their preferred food source – the bananas, peanuts and other goodies brought in by tourists now kept away by the coronavirus – hungry monkeys on the Indonesian resort…
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Vaccines on horseback: Fiji doctors take long and muddy road to protect remote villages from Covid
A team of medics hiked in the mountains for hours to take supplies to the small village of Nakida See all our coronavirus coverage To reach Nakida village in the…
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Covid treatment improving as doctors learn to fight the disease and access new drugs
Coronavirus patients with high-risk comorbidities are being given a newly approved antibody drug, which limits the virus’s ability to replicate in the body Follow our Covid live blog for the…
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Political posturing has turned Australia’s Covid plan into an idiotic parable of the premiers | Katharine Murphy
In the parable of good and bad premiers, lockdowns must end as soon as we hit 70% vaccination because the Doherty modelling says so. That’s bollocks Given the nation has…
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Coronavirus live news: Denmark to give third jab to care home residents; UK watchdog rules out vaccine for children
Denmark has recorded a rise in cases in nursing homes; UK vaccines watchdog says not enough evidence to roll out Covid jabs to 12- to 15-year-olds; North Korea’s Kim Jong-un…
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Covid jabs for UK children: a very tight decision that could be overruled
Analysis: The JCVI would not back vaccination of all 12 to 15-year-olds, but the impact on schools will now have to be considered Coronavirus – latest updates See all our…