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Russia reported 20,914 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, including 1,590 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 6,663,473.
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Growing New Zealand Covid cluster linked to Sydney Delta outbreak
Owing to staff from private hospitals across greater Sydney and some regional areas being deployed to assist the response to Covid-19 in New South Wales, Australia’s health department has announced non-urgent elective surgery at just under 30 private hospitals will be postponed from Monday 23 August.
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A fresh lockdown in New Zealand and a curfew imposed in Australia’s second-largest city of Melbourne over a Delta outbreak added to concerns about lockdowns along with travel restrictions in China, the world’s second-largest economy.
Red Cross sounds vaccines alarm as Covid deaths in south-east Asia soar