British PM set to relax Plan B Covid measures, beëindiging van die gebruik van entstofsertifikate en werk-van-huis-voorligting; the narrative that Omicron is a mild disease is misleading, Wie sê
Federale verkiesing 2022 leef: Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong head to Quad meeting in Japan; ten minste 11 Covidsterftes
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Shanghai reopens some public transport after months-long Covid lockdown
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Shanghai has reopened a small part of the world’s longest subway system after some lines had been closed for almost two months, as the city paves the way for a more complete lifting of its Covid-19 lockdown next week....
Legal smoking age in England could be raised to 21 - rapporteer
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The legal smoking age in England could reportedly be raised from 18 aan 21 after a “radical” review into plans to make the country smoke-free by 2030. An independent review commissioned by the health secretary, Sajid J...
Covid cases and hospitalizations rising in US as vaccine rates for children lag
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Rising coronavirus infections and hospitalizations across the US are spurring fears of an uncertain summer amid new calls for children to be vaccinated. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now ...
We obeyed Covid rules as our dad died. I’m angry the PM has dodged a Partygate reckoning
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Hearing the news that Boris Johnson appears to have to got away with “Partygate” quite simply made me angry. The number of fines that he personally receives – which people now think will only be the one – doesn’t matt...
Glowworms bred in captivity to be released in southern England
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They once lit up summer nights, people read by their luminescence and they’ve been celebrated by everyone from William Shakespeare to Crowfoot, a 19th-century North American chief. But glowworms have had their lights ...
NSW government underspent on PPE and mental health, audit of $7.5bn Covid spending finds
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The New South Wales government underspent on personal protective equipment and mental health services and forked out close to $200m on faulty imported masks and ventilators as part of the state’s $7.5bn pandemic expen...
Noord-Korea se Covid-gevallelading gaan verby 2 miljoen te midde van wêreldwye kommer oor die regime se pandemieplan
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Kenners het Noord-Korea se bewering bevraagteken dat hy 'goeie resultate' behaal in sy stryd teen 'n Covid-19-uitbraak, aangesien die aantal mense met simptome van die virus oortref het 2 miljoen. Die regime het berig 26...