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2021-11-09 18:00:39 #ST #Asia
Apec ministers pledge recovery support, seek to curb fishing, farm subsidies

November 09, 2021 10:32 PM

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - Pacific Rim trade and foreign ministers on Tuesday (Nov 9) pledged to maintain economic support measures to sustain a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic while pursuing negotiations to curb subsidies for fisheries and agriculture at a forthcoming World Trade Organisation meeting.
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2021-11-07 09:00:40 #ST #Asia
Sydney to further ease Covid-19 curbs on Monday

November 07, 2021 1:40 PM

SYDNEY (REUTERS, XINHUA) - Australia's largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday (Nov 8), a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdwon that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90 per cent of people have got both doses of vaccine, officials said.
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2021-11-06 18:00:38 #ST #Asia
India hospital fire kills 11 Covid-19 patients

November 06, 2021 10:18 PM

MUMBAI (AFP) - Fire tore through a hospital in western India on Saturday (Nov 6) killing at least 11 coronavirus patients, officials said.
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2021-10-28 15:35:13 #CNA #LatestNews
'I was going to die': Unvaccinated COVID-19 patient urges others to get jabbed after near-death experience

October 28, 2021 at 08:13PM

Lee Sock Lee, a 43-year-old mother of four, was unvaccinated when she caught the coronavirus, and her condition deteriorated quickly after she received a positive ART result.
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2021-10-25 18:00:19 #ST #Asia
China on high alert as Covid-19 cases grow ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics

October 25, 2021 10:17 PM

BEIJING - A rash of coronavirus outbreaks, including in capital city Beijing, has put China on high alert mere months before the Winter Olympics, with officials warning that cases are likely to rise in the coming days.
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2021-10-25 04:00:20 #ST #Asia
Australia looks to roll out Covid-19 booster shots soon as curbs ease

October 25, 2021 7:56 AM

The country has ditched its Covid-zero strategy in favour of suppressing the coronavirus.
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2021-10-23 08:00:56 #ST #Asia
China reports 50 new Covid-19 cases, 6 in Beijing

October 23, 2021 11:53 AM

BEIJING (REUTERS) - China reported 50 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Oct 22 compared with 43 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Saturday (Oct 23).
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2021-10-23 08:00:55 #ST #Asia
New Zealand's coronavirus outbreak spreads to South Island

October 23, 2021 11:45 AM

WELLINGTON (REUTERS) - New Zealand reported 104 new coronavirus infections on Saturday (Oct 23), including the first community case of the virus in the country's South Island in nearly a year, health officials said.
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2021-10-07 19:00:32 #ST #Asia
India says to re-open for tourists from Oct 15

October 07, 2021 11:21 PM

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India will re-open for tourists from Oct 15 after being closed for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government said on Thursday (Oct 7).
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2021-10-07 11:00:08 #ST #Asia
Sydney readies for 'freedom day' after long Covid-19 lockdown

October 07, 2021 3:29 PM

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's largest city will emerge from a 106-day lockdown on Monday (Oct 11), as Sydney authorities confirmed coronavirus vaccination targets had been met.
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