COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: US hospitals sound alarm over Delta surge; France rolls out ‘health pass’ despite protests
As Covid-19 cases surge, some hospitals in the United States are raising the alarm over hospitalisation rates that may push facilities to capacity.The number of people hospitalised with the virus…
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Is it time for China to ease pandemic controls and learn to live with the virus?
The coronavirus had been largely under control in China for months, until a handful of Nanjing airport workers tested positive.They had cleaned a plane that arrived from Moscow with an…
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How Hong Kong can find a way to live with the coronavirus – like with flu
A total of 18,369 cases in Hong Kong, among them 667 classified as severe, and a case fatality rate of a little less than 1 per cent. These are the…
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In Asia’s Covid-19 reopening debate, are scientists having too much say?
They have predicted Covid-19 case numbers and deaths, advocated lockdowns and border closures, and proposed timetables and vaccination rates for lifting restrictions on everyday life.Throughout the pandemic, public health experts…
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How 21-day coronavirus quarantine damages mental health, with long-lasting effects – PTSD, depression, insomnia: Hong Kong psychologist’s research findings
There has been much discussion among friends, on social media and in the press about the challenge to mental health posed by Hong Kong’s mandatory 21-day quarantine.A new academic paper,…
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Covid live: UK allows quarantine-free travel from France as restrictions change
Follow the latest on the coronavirus pandemic from the UK and around the world See all our coronavirus coverage 4.33pm BST The latest figures on vaccinations in the UK: #COVID19…
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Singapore to adjust foreign worker policies to address job concerns amid pandemic
Singapore will recalibrate its foreign worker policies to balance between being accepting of those from other countries and addressing the economic and social concerns of its citizens, Prime Minister Lee…
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Rightwing radio host and anti-vaxxer dies of Covid
Dick Farrel was a vociferous critic of Dr Anthony Fauci who urged people not to get vaccinated A rightwing TV and radio host who was a vociferous critic of Dr…
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‘Great to be back’: tears in London as quarantine-free travel from France resumes
First Eurostar train arrives at St Pancras on Sunday morning since Covid restrictions were lifted Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Not until the automatic doors of…
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NHS still not recognising British citizens’ overseas Covid jabs, says peer
Lord Paddick accuses government of ‘broken promises’ after Pfizer jabs received in Norway go unrecognised Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Britons vaccinated abroad are still struggling…