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New Melbourne COVID-19 restrictions; Fifth local case of COVID-19 in Victoria; Labor tensions rise over blue-collar base; India virus deaths hit 300,000; Deputy PM says government making progress on regional quarantine hubs
Shas sworn in its first female Prime Minister in a makeshift ceremony in a tent after she was locked out of Parliament amid a power struggle with the country’s longstanding leader. Fiame Naomi Mata’afa’s Faith in the One True God (FAST) Party said the dramatic turn of events amounted to a “bloodless coup” following weeks …
Punjab announces month-long summer break for schools : The Tribune India
Tribune News ServiceChandigarh, May 22 Punjab announced on Saturday all schools in the state will close for the summer from May 24 to June 23. This applies to all private, government and semi-government schools, School Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla said. Also read: Class 12 boards: CBSE may conduct exams only for major subjects Educational …
Real Virtuality: Creating the next normal with the crutches of technology | Forbes India
We are blaming it on the virus. But it seems, in hindsight, as if we were anticipating this moment in time, when we could be forced to withdraw from other fellow beings. The proof is the technologies and devices we invented. On the surface, they may have seemed to be about more …
India records highest daily deaths; Tokyo Olympics
CLOSE Children as young as 12 should get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, a CDC panel recommended. USA TODAY The United States has yielded to India a dark statistic of the global pandemic – India has recorded the highest single-day death toll. While daily U.S. infections, hospitalizations and deaths slide, India’s Health Ministry reported 4,529 deaths Wednesday …
Singapore rejects Delhi chief’s claims about new Covid-19 variant
People walk on their lunch break at the Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore on May 5, 2021. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore has ordered Facebook, Twitter and a local publisher to correct what it says is a false statement circulating that implies a new coronavirus variant originated in …
Australian COVID-19 death in India; Israel launches strikes against Lebanon targets; Sydney records coldest stretch of May days; Novavax vaccine on track for Australia, CEO says
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows between March and April the nation’s unemployment rate fell by 0.2 percentage points. It’s the sixth consecutive fall in the unemployment rate after it peaked in July 2020 at 7.4 per cent. Australia’s unemployment rate is now just 0.2 per cent – or 33,000 people …
Covid variant from India could become dominant in the UK
A patient and paramedics outside ambulances at the Royal London Hospital in London, during England’s third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. Picture date: Thursday January 21, 2021. Yui Mok – PA Images | PA Images | Getty Images LONDON — The coronavirus variant that first emerged in India could become the dominant …
Australian cricketers evacuated from India arrive home; Gaza death toll rises; Easing of virus restrictions for Sydney; Gradual reopening of international borders by next year, Coatsworth says
By Mark Saunokonoko 22:06 Australia will likely begin a “slow methodical and safe opening” of its international borders in the first half of 2022, according to the nation’s former deputy chief medical officer. Speaking on Today, Dr Nick Coatsworth denied he was in conflict with Prime Minister Scott Morrison over a timeline for opening borders …
Variant from India more contagious, WHO says
CLOSE How “conspiracy theories” are working against the goal of getting Americans vaccinated for COVID-19. USA TODAY As a federal advisory committee meets Wednesday to sign off on allowing one vaccine to go into adolescent arms, the White House reportedly said on a call that states won’t receive any doses of another next week. White House officials …
Amid India’s COVID-19 surge, dozens of dead bodies found floating in Ganges River
Scores of dead bodies have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India as the country battles a ferocious surge in coronavirus infections. Authorities said Tuesday they haven’t yet determined the cause of death. Health officials working through the night Monday retrieved 71 bodies, officials in Bihar state said. Images on social media …
