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‘We’ve got to run this thing to ground’: Australia extends Covid lockdown for 2nd-largest city

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Covid lockdown measures covering five million residents in Melbourne have been extended for a further seven days, as officials work to “run this thing to ground” and contain a cluster of cases in Australia’s second-largest city. … Read More >‘We’ve got to run this thing to ground’: Australia extends Covid lockdown for 2nd-largest city

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Australia’s Victoria state pushes ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown into 2nd week after 15 new Covid cases in last 2 days

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The Australian state of Victoria will extend a snap lockdown into a second week amid a new cluster of coronavirus infections, with the state’s premier warning the outbreak will “explode” if the restrictions aren’t kept in force. … Read More >Australia’s Victoria state pushes ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown into 2nd week after 15 new Covid cases in last 2 days

Categories Shows

Vijay Prashad slams ‘China created Covid-19 in a lab’ conspiracy, Prof. Forrest Hylton on Colombia’s protests

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Director of the Tri-Continental Institute Vijay Prashad. He discusses the conspiracy peddled by Western intelligence agencies of Covid-19 being created in a lab by China despite the fact scientific research has shown the virus jumping from animals to humans is the most likely way Covid-19 came to spread around the world, China’s changing foreign policy and defiance of arguably hypocritical positions by the West … Read More >Vijay Prashad slams ‘China created Covid-19 in a lab’ conspiracy, Prof. Forrest Hylton on Colombia’s protests

Categories Asia & Pacific

Pakistan launches single-shot ‘PakVac’ Covid-19 jab developed by China’s CanSino

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Pakistan has launched a one-shot Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s CanSino Biologics for use in adults aged over 18. Distributed under the label ‘PakVac’, the jab is to be produced domestically down the line, officials said. … Read More >Pakistan launches single-shot ‘PakVac’ Covid-19 jab developed by China’s CanSino

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Peru almost TRIPLES its Covid-19 death toll after revising counting method a week before key election

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Peru has significantly revised its official record of deaths caused by Covid-19, increasing the number almost threefold. The change was made after a review proposed new criteria for linking deaths to the virus. … Read More >Peru almost TRIPLES its Covid-19 death toll after revising counting method a week before key election