Coronavirus
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From vaccine mandates to a chatting ban: how schools in the Asia Pacific are managing Delta
Outbreaks of the highly infectious Delta variant have led to closures in some countries, while others push to …
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Coronavirus live news: New Zealand cases drop for second day, Japan blames vaccine contamination on needles
Drop in New Zealand cases is ‘reassuring indication’ lockdown is working, country’s director-general of health…
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Covid: case rates rising in most areas of England; jabs from halted Moderna batch used in Japan – as it happened
Case rates rising in England except London and Yorkshire & the Humber; thousands of shots from Moderna bat…
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Covid live news: UK reports 113 further deaths and 36,572 new cases; Barcelona curfew ‘not justified’, court rules
Further 804 Covid patients also admitted to UK hospitals; Spanish court lifts coronavirus curfew imposed on mo…
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Coronavirus live news as it happened
Thai demonstrators demand PM resigns over handling of pandemic; latest UK Covid data shows week-on-week rise i…
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Coronavirus live news: Japan set to extend state of emergency as Sydney records deadliest pandemic day
Japan is reportedly set to extend it state of emergency in Tokyo and other regions while Sydney has reported s…
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Warning of Covid ‘disaster’ in Japan as cases explode
Local media report Paralympics will be held without spectators as infections rise to more than 18,000 a day in…
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Support for Japan’s PM reaches all-time low over Covid-19, despite Olympics success
Public support for Yoshihide Suga’s cabinet dipped below 30%, despite widespread support for going ahead with …
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Rice, rice baby: Japanese parents send relatives rice to hug in lieu of newborns
Each bag matches birth weight and features baby’s face, so new arrival can be hugged in pandemic Parents in Ja…
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Can Covid death rates be reduced to a clash of values? It’s not so simple | Kenan Malik
The pandemic has exploded the myths of lazy stereotypes of east v west‘The fight against the novel coronavirus…
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Pride and anxiety mingle in Japan as Olympic medal tally and Covid cases rise
Outdoor events have drawn huge turnouts in Tokyo despite public concern over coronavirusCoronavirus – latest u…
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Thomas Bach praises ‘soul’ of Tokyo Olympics but faces swift backlash
IOC president criticised as ‘delusional’ on social media‘Athletes gave these Games a great Olympic soul,’ says…
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Japan shrugs at name-and-shame policy amid Covid fatigue and changing norms
Social pressure and group mores have become less powerful as people become tired of staying homeSee all our co…
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Coronavirus live news: Japan experts urge nationwide state of emergency as Sydney suffers worst pandemic day
Advisers to government in Tokyo say Covid surge requires harsher measures, while Australian state of NSW annou…
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Sony profits soar as it benefits from home entertainment boom
Semiconductor shortage means production volumes of PlayStation 5 fall short of demandCoronavirus – latest upda…
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Japan names and shames citizens for breaching Covid quarantine rules
Officials said the three tried to avoid authorities after returning from abroad, sparking a social media flurr…
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Coronavirus live news: England and Wales deaths reach three-month high; Indonesia struggles with surge in cases
Latest updates: Covid deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 23 July up 50%; Indonesia’s he…
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Japan expands Covid state of emergency to four more areas
Measures in Tokyo also extended until 31 August, after the Olympics and well into the ParalympicsCoronavirus –…
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Tokyo diary: South Korea and Japan turn back the clock
The two countries revived Olympic tradition and former colonial tensions with politically charged gestures• Wi…
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‘Stop the Olympics’: hundreds protest outside Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony – video
Hundreds of protesters carrying placards that read 'Lives over Olympics' gathered outside Japan's National Sta…