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Thursday, 04 November 2021

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First the Great Resignation, now the Great Separation? DIVORCE is the next big social change post-Covid

The Daily Mail 04 Nov 2021

The end of Covid lockdowns in Australia could cause a surge in the number of separations and divorces around the country as fed-up couples pack their bags, new research suggests ... New research suggests thousands of Australian couple's relationships were pushed to the brink during extended lockdowns (stock image).

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Tiny remote town 320km from Darwin goes into LOCKDOWN after just one new Covid case ...

The Daily Mail 04 Nov 2021

The shock case, and fears of further community transmission, has sent the small town - which is 320km from Darwin, into lockdown for 72 hours, with even the fully-vaccinated banned from leaving home for anything but essential reasons ... 'This doesn't rule out a full lockdown if circumstances change,' Mr Gunner said.

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Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation waives 6-month rent due from civic-owned properties for first lockdown period

Hindustan Times 04 Nov 2021

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has waived six months’ rent due from civic-owned properties for the lockdown period during the first Covid wave, becoming the first civic body in the state to provide such a relief to its lessees ... lockdown period during the first Covid wave.

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Russia’s Covid death toll is even worse than it appears

New Statesman 04 Nov 2021

Even with almost 1,200 Russians dying from the disease every day, Moscow in semi-lockdown and the rest of the country enjoying an 11-day “non-working week” aimed at arresting the spread of the virus, there is no sense of crisis ... With a return to full lockdown a political no-go, Russia is running out of ways to turn the situation around.

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Glamorous punters ditch their coats for sunnies and frock up under blue skies on a ...

The Daily Mail 04 Nov 2021

The city has only just been released from what became the world's longest Covid lockdown, giving party-starved locals a fantastic excuse to let loose ... Many punters were happy to bask in summer-like conditions and enjoy their recently-returned post-lockdown freedoms on a fine Melbourne afternoon with or without champagne.

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COVID vax drive must be ramped up so that 'alarming’ PH jobless rate could be ...

Manila Bulletin 04 Nov 2021

Economic experts agree that the rise in the unemployment rate is mostly due to the lockdowns in September when the COVID-19 cases surged in Metro Manila and nearby provinces ... “Because of these numerous lockdowns, most of our countrymen have been prevented from going out of their homes and working to provide for the needs of their family,” he added.

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Low Covid cases ticket to merry Christmas

The Manila Times 04 Nov 2021

"When I called for an early lockdown to be implemented in the National Capital Region in the first week of August, not everyone was happy ... "If we had [not] gone into that lockdown back in August, we would not be looking forward to a merry Christmas right now," he added.

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Second test negative for Tongan Latter-day Saint missionary who was his nation’s first COVID-19 case

Deseret News 04 Nov 2021

One of eight Latter-day Saint missionaries returning home to Tonga after completing their missions became Tonga’s first case of COVID-19, sending the country into lockdown even though his second test was negative, according to news reports ... The lockdown includes a curfew from 8 p.m.

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Katherine region to enter lockdown after one new local COVID case

The Daily Telegraph Australia 04 Nov 2021

Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner has announced the Katherine region will enter full lockdown for 72 hours after a new local COVID case was recorded ... The Katherine region will enter lockdown from ...

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Lacson, Sotto say PH should learn to move past ‘detrimental’ lockdowns

The Philadelphia Inquirer 04 Nov 2021

MANILA, Philippines --- The national government must learn to move from resorting to lockdowns just to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, as ...

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Investigation continues after St. Vincent hospital briefly on lockdown following report of armed man

Billings Gazette 04 Nov 2021

Billings Gazette. The investigation continues Thursday into an incident that led briefly to the lockdown of St ... Shortly before 7 a.m., Officers began to arrive and the hospital and initiated a lockdown ... At 7.10 am the hospital announced an all clear from the lockdown status. There were no injuries ... .

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Chinese Government Urges Citizens To Stock Up On Essentials For No Apparent Reason

IFL Science 04 Nov 2021

Following up on the original memo, the Ministry has reassured its citizens that the advice was to make people prepared in case of temporary lockdowns to prevent COVID-19 spread.

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Globe bounces back to nearly 2019 carbon pollution levels

The Associated Press 04 Nov 2021

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The dramatic drop in carbon dioxide emissions from the pandemic lockdown has pretty much disappeared in a puff of coal-fired smoke, much of it from China, a new scientific study found ... was part of a massive economic stimulus to recover from the lockdown.

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Spiraling infections grip low-vaccination parts of Europe

Midland Daily News 04 Nov 2021

Anti-virus restrictions have also varied as governments sought to boost vaccination rates rather than reimpose lockdowns and other strict measures that are widely unpopular and could hurt the economy ... Croatian officials said they will announce wider use of COVID passes on Friday but no lockdown.

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Austrian coronavirus cases surge as lockdown for vaccine holdouts looms

Metro USA 04 Nov 2021

VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s daily new coronavirus infections surged on Thursday towards the record set a year ago, making a lockdown for the unvaccinated ever more likely as the government struggles to convince holdouts to get their shot ... lockdowns was ordered.