Taiwan, HK and Singapore COVID success stories face new threat
Several East Asian countries cited for success in controlling the pandemic are now grappling with…
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UK embarks on major reopening despite fears over COVID variant
Much of the United Kingdom is taking a significant step towards normality this Monday. Coronavirus…
Parents of people with complex disabilities say their loved ones have been forgotten | ABC News
A Royal Commission has heard the disability community remains confused and scared about the COVID-19…
UK warns new coronavirus variant may delay reopening
As England, parts of Scotland and Wales lift their lockdowns, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister…
India’s pandemic claims lives of many teachers forced to run election polling stations – BBC News
In India as many as 1,600 teachers have died from Covid 19 after being drafted…
Mouse plague wreaks havoc as farmers spend thousands in desperate battle | ABC News
Fed up farmers came to Sydney this week demanding help with the mouse plague. Subscribe:…
Black mould an invisible threat growing behind walls of flood-affected homes | ABC News
Black mould is the latest threat for flood-affected homeowners on the mid-north coast, with the…
US CDC says people no longer have to wear masks if fully vaccinated | ABC News
New advice telling fully COVID-vaccinated Americans they no longer need to wear masks will soon…
Ottawa lays out roadmap for life after vaccinations
The federal government announced vaccine targets that would need to be reached before provinces can…
BREAKING: England's lockdown easing will go ahead despite Indian variant
Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi has told Sky News that restrictions in England will continue to…
Health workers in Switzerland are using videogames to beat COVID-19
Researchers at Geneva University Hospitals have developed a game to help prevent the spread of…
Ontario mulling what to do with remaining AstraZeneca stockpile
As Ontario suspends the rollout of first doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, it’s set to…
COVID-19 was 'preventable,' independent panel concludes
Helen Clark, co-chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response, says the pandemic…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to make the WTO "an organisation that achieves results"
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and the first African to serve as the WTO Director-General,…
Philippines COVID: Nurses disproportionately succumb to virus
As the Philippines reports its first two cases of the COVID-19 variant initially identified in…