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Facebook bans Australian news; Victoria’s lockdown lifted as state records no new local cases; Prince Philip admitted to hospital; Alleged rape survivor Brittany Higgins accuses PM of ‘victim blaming’; Trump gives first post-presidential interview
Data from more than 600,000 vaccinated Israelis shows the Pfizer vaccine is 95 per cent effective, with only 21 vaccinated people ending up in the hospital with COVID-19, according to a press release from Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel’s second largest healthcare provider. The findings, while preliminary, suggest the vaccine remains remarkably effective in the real …
No new local cases in VIC, lockdown set to end today; Plans for pop-up quarantine centre; Another new coronavirus variant identified in UK; AstraZeneca vaccine approved for use in Australia
A Queensland police officer is in a serious but stable condition in hospital this morning after he was stabbed multiple times at a shopping centre. The 50-year-old senior constable was patrolling near Cairns Central when he noticed a man known to him in a stairwell, yesterday afternoon. He approached the man, aged 22, and an …
Australian city Melbourne begins 3rd lockdown due to cluster
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, will begin its third lockdown on Friday due to a rapidly spreading COVID-19 cluster centered on hotel quarantine. The five-day lockdown will be enforced across Victoria state to prevent the virus spreading from the state capital, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said. The Australian Open tennis tournament will …
‘We are desperate for human contact’: the people breaking lockdown to have sex | Sex
Last summer, shortly after the first lockdown was relaxed enough to allow strangers to meet outdoors, Rosie, 35, an editor based in London, joined a man for a first date on Hampstead Heath. “He said: ‘I brought some wine with me, but the glasses are in my flat, round the corner.’ I’d only met him …
No new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in VIC; WA to end lockdown but some restrictions to stay; Premier calls for hotel quarantine overhaul;Former NRL star Sam Burgess convicted
About 35.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the United States, according to data published on Thursday by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC reported that 35,203,710 total doses have been administered, about 61 per cent of the 57,489,675 doses distributed. That’s about 1.3 more administered doses reported …
Perth: Single Covid case in Western Australia leads to 5-day lockdown for 2 million
The Perth metropolitan area and the Peel and South West regions of the Australian state are now under “full lockdown,” Premier Mark McGowan announced Sunday, with residents only able to leave their homes for essential shopping, medical needs, exercise, and for jobs that cannot be done at home or remotely. Schools, most businesses, entertainment venues …
Steve Allen on breaking lockdown rules
I realised this week that we are in a lockdown. It may sound like I am a little late to the party, not that we are allowed parties, but it’s important. You can often hear me on radio getting stuck into the debate about lockdowns. Some people think we shouldn’t be in one and others …
Bolivian doctors demand lockdown as COVID surge threatens health service ‘collapse’
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian doctors are demanding a nationwide lockdown and threatening to stop taking in new patients as a surge in COVID-19 cases, which they say is killing an average of one medic per day, strains hospitals to breaking point. New daily coronavirus infections in the Andean country, which received its first batch …
Headteacher threatens to ban children from school if they break lockdown rules
Eat This, Not That! Dr. Fauci Says When Life Will Return to Normal Every day, more Americans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19, offering them some immunity against the highly infectious virus responsible for the deaths of over 419,000 Americans. So, when will there be enough immunity in the country for life to start returning to …