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Omicron Roils Australia’s Exit From Zero-Covid Strategy

ADELAIDE, Australia—Australia’s shift to living with Covid-19 after keeping cases near zero for much of the pandemic was based on a bet that a high vaccination rate would limit severe illness and hospitalizations. On both scores, this country of 26 million people is doing well. Evidence so far suggests the Omicron variant, which accounts for […]

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As Sydney readies to exit lockdown, doctors fret re-opening is moving too fast

A person in protective face mask walks along the harbour waterfront across from the Sydney Opera House during a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo SYDNEY, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Australian doctors warned a too-rapid easing of COVID-19 curbs in Sydney could […]

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