Coronavirus Report: April 26, 2021
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“Your health shouldn’t depend on the color of your skin or the neighborhood you live in,” said Kim Keck, president and CEO of BCBSA. “The crisis in racial disparities in our country’s health care is unconscionable and unacceptable. While BCBS companies have made great strides in addressing racial health disparities in our local communities, there is so much more to be done.”
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s top health officials expect Covid-19 transmission to occur within hotel quarantine and believe the system is fit for purpose. The hotel quarantine system is under…
BRISBANE, Australia — A new rapid and low-cost Covid test has been developed by an Australian company situated in the state of Queensland, with the breakthrough…
MELBOURNE, Australia — A lockdown-plagued year has reinforced Australian citizen’s trust in the medical community and distrust in the politicians of the country, a new poll shows.…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s vaccine rollout remains ahead of its slow schedule, despite failing to meet its weekly goal by around 10 percent. The health…
BRISBANE, Australia — Seven new Covid-19 cases reported in the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland have come from a gas tanker off the Sunshine Coast. The…
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia is betting on technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told an online climate summit hosted by the United…
SYDNEY — A group of Sydney dockworkers is sweating on the results of their coronavirus tests after boarding a ship now found to have been carrying infected…
MELBOURNE, Australia — All Australians aged over 50 will be able to get the AstraZeneca vaccine from May 2021 as Australian leaders reset the coronavirus jab rollout. The move…