CANBERRA, May 12 Australia’s budget will be in the red for the foreseeable future, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today, as he defended the government’s big spending plans as necessary to secure an economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Australia’s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
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A Bangladeshi man receives a vaccine for COVID-19 at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 8, 2021. India s surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh. Health experts warn of imminent vaccine shortages just as the country should be stepping up its vaccination drive, and as more contagious virus variants are beginning to be detected. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia The International Federation of the Red Cross says coronavirus cases have exploded in Asia in the past two weeks with over 5.9 million new infections.
Qantas International Flights Reopening Delayed To December; Cites Vaccination, Border Issues
on May 12 2021 5:44 PM Australia s competition regulator said it would block a pricing, code-sharing and scheduling deal between Qantas and Japan Airlines because it would likely mean higher fares for passengers AFP / Saeed KHAN
Qantas Airways Ltd. has pushed back the restart of international flights to December as Australia continues to suffer setbacks in its vaccination program.
The national airline said Wednesday that it is moving the proposed resumption of more international routes from October to the last month of 2021. It initially aimed to offer flights to countries like Singapore, but the delays in domestic vaccinations have compromised this plan.
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TOKYO â A full-page newspaper ad in Japan has condemned the government for forcing people to endure the pandemic without vaccines.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is vowing to hold a safe Tokyo Olympics, even as hospitals struggle to find beds for the sick and dying in parts of Japan and many Japanese desperately wait for vaccinations.
Frustration is mounting over Sugaâs request that people cooperate while he pushes to hold the Olympics in just over two months. More than 300,000 people have signed a petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled.
Last month, Suga declared a third state of emergency in Osaka, the center of the current surge in virus cases, as well as in Tokyo and two other areas. That has been extended through May 31. On Wednesday, two more areas, Aichi in central Japan and Fukuoka in the south, were placed under the emergency measures.