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Monday, February 5, 2024

Pandemic to cost Australia government $131 billion this year

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s response to the coronavirus pandemic tipped the government’s budget 85.8 billion Australian dollars into the red in the last fiscal...

‘Just got to suck it up:’ Masks mandatory in Melbourne

CANBERRA, Australia — There were few bare faces among rush-hour commuters in Melbourne on Thursday morning as residents were largely complying with a new...

US signs contract with Pfizer for COVID-19 vaccine doses

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will pay Pfizer nearly $2 billion for a December delivery of 100 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine the...

Virus antibodies fade fast but not necessarily protection

New research suggests that antibodies the immune system makes to fight the new coronavirus may only last a few months in people with mild...

Silent spread of virus keeps scientists grasping for clues

One of the great mysteries of the coronavirus is how quickly it rocketed around the world. It first flared in central China and, within three...

Daniel Andrews says sick not isolating

MELBOURNE, Australia — Victoria reported a record 484 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and health authorities warned that numbers could continue to rise. With Australia’s...

US accuses Chinese hackers in targeting of COVID-19 research

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday accused two Chinese hackers of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of trade secrets from companies across...

New restrictions coming for Victoria

MELBOURNE, Australia — Victoria on Tuesday reported 374 new cases of COVID-19, its second-highest daily tally. Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews also announced three more deaths,...

UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test

LONDON — Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response...

Outbreak in northwest China spreads to 2nd city

BEIJING — China’s latest coronavirus outbreak has spread to a second city in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. One of the 17 new cases reported...
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