WHO team probing origin of Covid-19 arrives in China
A World Health Organisation team has arrived in the Chinese city of Wuhan to start its investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. The long-awaited probe comes after months…
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New York seeks more Covid-19 vaccine as US death toll hits record
As the United States recorded its highest single-day death toll since the coronavirus pandemic began nearly a year ago, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday (US time) said…
UK targets 24/7 Covid-19 vaccine delivery as death toll soars
Britain reported 1564 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test for Covid-19 on Wednesday, a record daily toll, meaning more have died in the second wave of the…
New Brazil data shows low efficacy rate for China’s vaccine
A coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech was just 50.4 percent effective at preventing symptomatic infections in a Brazilian trial, researchers said on Tuesday, barely enough for regulatory approval…
Generation Covid: How the young are working round pandemic-hit job market
By Nellie Peyton From teenagers coding in their bedrooms to graduates spurning scarce entry-level jobs to set up businesses, young people are having to innovate to enter the labour market…
Covid-19: NSW only Australian state to record new cases
Australia’s Chief Health Officer Paul Kelly says “there will be a time sometime this year” when levels of vaccination in the community are high enough for social distancing restrictions to…
Pete Bethune out of hospital: ‘It’s so good to be home’
Conservationist Pete Bethune is out of hospital and back on his ship, after being bitten by a highly venomous snake in Costa Rica. The New Zealander was left fighting for…
Covid-19: Queen and Prince Philip receive vaccinations
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have received Covid-19 vaccinations, Buckingham Palace has said. A royal source said the vaccinations were administered on Saturday by a household doctor at…
Covid-19: Why Australia’s quarantine rules are changing
A woman who contracted the mutant UK strain of Covid-19 and flew into Brisbane from Melbourne after clearing hotel quarantine has since tested positive to the virus again, prompting an…
UK sees record daily Covid deaths, London hospitals on brink
The United Kingdom recorded its highest daily death toll yesterday since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic as London declared a major incident, warning that its hospitals were at risk…