COVID-19 Updates
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Israel embassy in Singapore slams social media posts comparing Covid-19 policies to Holocaust
The embassy of Israel in Singapore on Thursday said it condemns social media posts comparing the city state’s Covid-19 vaccinations to the Nazi Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews, days…
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NSW and ACT Covid lockdown restrictions: update to Sydney, regional NSW and Canberra coronavirus rules explained
Covid restrictions extended for greater Sydney, with 11 LGAs now in hard lockdown, including stricter mask rules and a 5km radius travel limit. Large parts of regional NSW are also…
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China sends 70,000 Communist Party workers to help city stricken by Covid-19
China is mobilising massive resources to stop the spread of the coronavirus in an eastern city, where Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan warned the situation was not yet under control, according to…
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Coronavirus: Sydney may call in more troops to enforce lockdown; expert says impossible to control Tokyo outbreak
Extra Australian military personnel may be called in to ensure compliance with lockdown rules in Sydney, the New South Wales state government said on Thursday, as the highly infectious Delta…
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Coronavirus: self-isolation scrapped for fully vaccinated adults in Britain
Fully vaccinated adults in Britain will no longer be legally required to self-isolate if they come into contact with a coronavirus case from August 16, the government said.All under-18s will…
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Delta variant’s global spread raises question: will Covid-19 become more infectious?
As the highly infectious Delta variant challenges pandemic control efforts around the world, a great unknown looms large: what might the virus behind Covid-19 do next?Scientists widely agree that new…
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China’s economic recovery normalising after coronavirus, but consumers still suffering from ‘psychological shock’
This is the seventh part in a series of stories looking at China’s economic outlook in the second half of 2021 as it continues its recovery from a coronavirus-hit 2020.China’s…
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‘Zero-Covid’ New Zealand outlines plan for reopening borders
New Zealand on Thursday laid out its plan for reopening its borders, the latest “zero-Covid” economy to confront the difficult task of charting a path out of international isolation during…
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Coronavirus: WHO testing three new drugs to treat Covid-19
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday a clinical trial in 52 countries would study three anti-inflammatory drugs as potential treatments for Covid-19 patients.“These therapies – artesunate, imatinib and…
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Covid-19 vaccines: the contracts, prices and profits
Raised charges and Covax deals on order books of Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Two US companies, Pfizer and Moderna, have…