Scientists say Australia’s hardest-hit states are ‘probably through the worst’ as cases are ‘levelling off’; Covid cases have sharply declined in Africa for the first time since discovery of Omicron, WHO says
PM dismisses need for more measures to limit Covid deaths, suggesting Australians are dying with, not of, the virus
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Scott Morrison brushed off the need for further measures to curtail Australia’s ongoing high rates of Covid-19 transmission and deaths, and suggested many Australians are dying with, not of, Covid. Morrison told repor...
Covid support schemes left ‘open goal’ to fraudsters, says watchdog
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The business department’s handling of Covid support schemes left an “open goal” to fraudsters and embezzlers that has added “billions to taxpayer woes”, parliament’s spending watchdog has found. In its review of the a...
‘I feel your country’s anger’ – why the memorial to Britain’s Covid dead will be set ablaze
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I’m asking David Best about the significance of objects and there’s a stunned silence on the line. “When you ask me that, I’m still thinking about your husband dying in 2018,” he finally replies before pausing again –...
Sadiq Khan: London desperate for commuters to return after Covid
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London is “desperate” for commuters to return and needs to keep investing to lure them back, its mayor, Sadiq Khan, has said as he reopened the Northern line via Bank station, a key connection into the City. Khan said...
Shanghai to end Covid lockdown and return to normal life in June amid economic slowdown
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Shanghai has set out plans for the return of more normal life from 1 June and the end of a painful Covid-19 lockdown that has lasted more than six weeks and contributed to a sharp slowdown in China’s economic activity...
Kim Jong-un calls in the army to respond to North Korea’s Covid-19 crisis
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Kim Jong-un has criticised North Korea’s pandemic response and ordered the army to help distribute medicine, state media said Monday, as the country said 50 people had died since first reporting an outbreak of Covid-1...
Children’s activity levels have not recovered after end of Covid restrictions – study
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Children have become more sedentary and their physical activity levels have deteriorated in the wake of the pandemic even after the lifting of restrictions, a study suggests. Researchers said child physical activity l...