COVID-19 Updates
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Covid Australia daily stats update: charts on cases, deaths and contact tracing for 16 August
Today’s charts and other updates from Guardian Australia’s data team Restrictions: NSW; Vic; Qld; borders Hotspots: NSW; Vic; Qld Vaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our morning…
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Aboriginal children make up 40% of western NSW Covid cases
Indigenous minister focuses on vaccine hesitancy but Labor says government ‘can no longer claim they are protecting people’ Follow our live blog for the latest Covid updates NSW and ACT…
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Victoria Covid lockdown restrictions: latest update to Melbourne curfew and regional Vic coronavirus rules explained
As Melbourne continues to record new Covid cases, Victoria has announced an extension of the lockdown. Is there a travel radius limit? Is mask-wearing compulsory? Is there a curfew? Here…
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Indonesia’s Joko Widodo seeks to balance health and economy during coronavirus pandemic
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday in his annual state-of-the-nation speech that there was a need to strike a balance between health and economic interests amid a surge in…
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We hate Covid but we hate it even more when politicians try to police their way out of a public health crisis | First Dog on the Moon
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NT and ACT Covid update: Canberra extends lockdown and Northern Territory goes into lockdown – video
Darwin, Palmerston, the rural Darwin area and Katherine in Northern Territory enter lockdown on midday Monday until midday Thursday after a new case of Covid-19 was recorded overnight. ACT extends…
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Coronavirus: China’s local transmission crisis eases, eclipsed by imported Covid-19 cases
China has seen far fewer locally transmitted Covid-19 infections than imported cases for four straight days, according to health authorities, a sign the country’s efforts to suppress the transmission of…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong tightens entry rules for arrivals from 16 countries battling Covid-19 resurgence, increasing quarantine to 21 days
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.Hong Kong will tighten entry restrictions starting on Friday for…
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Coronavirus: Sydney reports deadliest day and record cases, as roadblocks set up to enforce curbs
Australia’s most populous city recorded its deadliest day of the Covid-19 pandemic on Monday, as hundreds of unarmed military personnel were deployed across Sydney in a desperate attempt to quell…
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Should teachers let their students sleep in class? Yes, some mental health experts say, and point to possible underlying reasons for the behaviour
You know the image from TV and films – the delinquent, defiant student slumped over his desk, fast asleep in class. But some teachers today are making waves on social…