COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: more tests for arrivals from low-risk countries, while Post review finds rising number of infected arrivals already vaccinated
Hong Kong will increase the number of Covid-19 tests that travellers from low-risk countries must take as part of heightened scrutiny of arrivals, while a Post review has found a…
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Coronavirus: Australia’s Delta outbreak worsens; infections spread to Indonesia’s outer islands
Australia reported a record daily number of new coronavirus cases this year on Saturday with the highly infectious Delta variant continuing to spread through the country’s most populous states of…
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US study shows vaccine gives coronavirus survivors big immune boost
Even people who have recovered from Covid-19 are urged to get vaccinated, especially as the extra-contagious Delta variant surges – and a new study shows survivors who ignored that advice…
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Two men are accused of affairs after contact tracing data divulged as Covid-19 returns to China
Two people in China who contracted Covid-19 are now fighting online rumours that they were cheating on their partners after their movements were posted online as part of the government’s…
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A fractured federation? How the closing of state borders in the Covid crisis has raised old quarrels
I fancy myself a federationist, but when Victoria closed down, I am ashamed to admit that the old serpent of NSW schadenfreude re-awoke in me Last time there was a…
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Boris Johnson refuses, but what are the rules on when to self-isolate?
No 10 says PM did not come into close contact with civil servant who tested positive, though this is disputed Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris…
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How a whole food plant-based diet can make you healthier and happier, and may even reduce the risk of severe Covid-19 infection
Before switching to a whole-food plant-based (WFPB) lifestyle eight years ago, Charissa Areington struggled with bad skin breakouts, irritable bowel syndrome, sinusitis and fatigue. Fed-up with feeling less than 100…
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Why China’s economic slowdown could spell bad news for Asian currencies
China’s strong economic recovery is expected to fade in the months ahead, putting downward pressure on the yuan exchange rate and consequently creating headwinds for other Asian currencies, analysts said.China…
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Covid live: EU regulator finds no link between vaccines and menstrual disorders; UK 16-year-olds offered jabs
Europe drugs regulator says it has so far not found a causal link to menstrual issues; walk-in clinics open to older teens in Northern Ireland Covid: what we know now…
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St Vincent PM bloodied by rock thrown by anti-vaccine protester
Ralph Gonsalves taken to hospital after attack on Thursday Nurses and police protesting over fears of mandatory vaccines Ralph Gonsalves, the prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, has…