Experts say you can believe Vietnam when it says it has no COVID-19 deaths
While having a per capita income 22 times less than Australia’s, Vietnam’s low-budget approach to fighting COVID-19 has seen it successfully avoid catastrophe.
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Alarming fall in uptake of HPV vaccine among Australian teens – ABC listen
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