Covid: Sydney extends lockdown as other Australian cities reopen

Infections in Australia's largest city remain stubbornly high, despite five weeks of restrictions.

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Anger as Covid-ravaged Malaysia lifts pandemic measures

It comes as hospitals are overwhelmed, with pictures showing patients sharing oxygen cylinders.

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Chronic health issues for third in late 40s - study

About one in three has problems such as high blood pressure and mental ill health, a study suggests.

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Indians turn to crowdfunding to pay Covid bills

More and more Indians are asking strangers to help them pay off crushing medical debt.

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Covid-19: Irish vaccine programme to include 12-15-year-olds

Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin says it represents a "significant opening up" of the programme.

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Michael Gove on vaccine passports at events with big crowds

People should be “confident” those attending large-scale events are “less likely to be carriers of the virus”, the Cabinet Office Minister says.

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Boris Johnson on Covid infection rates falling for six days

The prime minister urges people not to “run away with premature conclusions” amid a fall in positive test numbers.

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Dad builds robotic 'exo-skeleton' to help son walk

The French robotics engineer says he was inspired to build the suit after his son asked him to.

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Parkour athlete: 'She wants to be a doctor so she can fix me'

Luke Callinan, 35, has been diagnosed with a rare form of multiple sclerosis.

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Brazil: Why are so many pregnant women dying from Covid?

One in five women that died from coronavirus in Brazil did not have access to an intensive care unit.

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