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Australia's triumph in reining in COVID-19 while infections spiral up in many parts of the world is making the country a "victim of our own success," as Australians overseas want to come home, a cabinet minister said on Sunday.
Australia closed its borders in March to all but citizens and residents, and the government has kept entries capped and put those allowed into the country in a two-week mandatory quarantine.
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COVID-19 managed isolation and quarantine facilities in our largest cities is an ongoing concern, according to public health expert Michael Baker, who says it opens the door for people who want to escape.
He believes having clear rules around the use of masks will help dampen down the threat of community transmission and avoid another lockdown.
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There are three new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Sunday.
Two of the cases are imported and were detected in managed isolation facilities, and one is linked to Case D, the Auckland woman at the centre of the country's latest COVID-19 scare.
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Republican leaders in four critical states won by US President-elect Joe Biden say they won’t participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state’s electors to vote for US President Donald Trump.
Their comments effectively shut down a half-baked plot some Republicans floated as a last chance to keep Trump in the White House.
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The western Chinese city of Lanzhou said on Saturday (local time) it had detected the new coronavirus on the packaging of a batch of shrimp imported from Saudi Arabia, as China ramps up testing of frozen foods.
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Read more: More imported squid packaging in China tests positive for coronavirus
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Democracy dies in Hong Kong as the remaining Pro Democracy Legislators quit the Legislative Council after a massive purge, while US China relations take a back burner because of the US presidential Election. Hong Kong police continue to arrest student activists and police brutality goes unchecked. But Mike Pompeo has sanctioned four more Hong Kong officials. But the days of Hong Kong being a free, international financial center are over, and that could have a huge impact on the China economy.
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Long Beach, California. November 5, 2020 – Rocket Lab has today revealed that it will attempt to recover the first stage of its Electron rocket during its next mission, the ‘Return to Sender’ launch, scheduled for lift-off in mid-November. The test will see Rocket Lab attempt to bring Electron’s first stage back to Earth under a parachute system for a controlled water landing before collection by a recovery vessel.
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The ‘Return to Sender’ mission, which will be Rocket Lab’s 16th Electron launch, will lift-off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Māhia Peninsula.
The 14-day launch window is scheduled to open on November 16 UTC, with lift-off scheduled between 01:44 - 04:34 UTC.
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