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Jamie SeidelContributor

After evolving a digital heart (not the pacemaker kind) out of inky veins, Jamie just wants an excuse to learn something new. But he’s fully aware his 32 years’ experience in the news industry has given him just enough knowledge to be dangerous. International affairs. History. Defence. Science. Space. Technology. He has a fascination for them all – particularly when it comes to social fallout. Translating tough concepts into common terms is his craft. His passion is to explore the big picture encompassing world events.

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Global Coronavirus

TOPSHOT - A medical staffer wearing full PPE (personal protective equipment) performs a sterilisation at the entrance of an isolated section for COVID-19 coronavirus disease treatment at a hotel in the sports city of Iraq's southern city of Basra on May 11, 2020. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)

Cities struck down as lockdowns lift

China. South Korea. Germany. They’d all beaten the virus into a corner – but now it’s back and so are tough new restriction measures.

Health officials wearing protective gear check their goggles after spraying disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus ahead of school reopening in a class at a high school in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

‘Superspreader’ sparks second wave fears

This country was celebrating the end of lockdown but just days after reopening, it took just one unwitting party animal to wreck it all.

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Health Problems

The wind catches the protective gown of a first responder as she gets ready to transport a patient to the emergency department of the Verdun Hospital, Thursday, April 23, 2020 in Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)

Reason we need a COVID-19 Plan C

While billions suffer under blunt lockdown measures to quash the spread of the virus, much of the world’s bet is on a vaccine. But what if it doesn’t come?

Health Problems

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 20: An as yet to be updated sign at Maroubra beach on April 20, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Coogee, Maroubra and Clovelly beaches in Randwick council reopened today for exercise only. Several beaches in Sydney's Eastern suburbs were closed March 28, after large crowds were seen gathering at Bondi Beach despite social distancing orders in place to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

Rolling lockdowns could be the new normal

Australia is preparing to cautiously lift the first virus restrictions next week – but a return to “normal” could still be years away.

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Australian Coronavirus

05/04/2020. Cronulla beach, Sydneys longest (4.8km) is one of the last beaches still open. Manly and most other northern beaches closed today due to overcrowding (500+) and lack of social distancing enforced by the government due to the C-19 pandemic. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Day of reckoning for Easter virus spike

The message was clear: stay at home for the long weekend. But many Aussies defied this order – and we’re about to find out how much we’ll pay for it.

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Health Problems

TOPSHOT - A medical worker prepares to check the temperature of an AFP photojournalist before a COVID-19 coronavirus test in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 16, 2020. - China has largely brought the coronavirus under control within its borders since the outbreak first emerged in the city of Wuhan late last year. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

‘Virus is going to come back and bite’

Experts have found COVID-19 could come back in full force every year, meaning it could be 2025 before lockdowns are lifted for good.

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Coronavirus Health

A Brazilian soldier in protective gear wipes his mask with a sponge during a media presentation of the military's preparations to fight against the new coronavirus, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Asymptomatic people infecting Aussies

There is a new wave of people, almost impossible to detect, who are evading coronavirus containment methods and spreading the disease.

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Health Problems

coronavirus outbreak and background red flu

Just how infectious is coronavirus?

In the face of an ever-changing pandemic, medical scientists are racing to find out as much as they can about the deadly coronavirus.

Global Coronavirus

TOPSHOT - Laboratory workers bag a biological sample at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing centre in al-Khawaneej district of the gulf emirate of Dubai on April 9, 2020. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP)

Singapore’s ‘second wave’ warning

Singapore has been hailed as a guiding light for COVID-19 control – but now the virus is leaking through the city-state’s defences.

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Global Coronavirus

TOPSHOT - Female soldiers wearing face masks amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic stand in formation during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to a military base in Tainan, southern Taiwan, on April 9, 2020. - Taiwan currently has just 375 confirmed Covid-19 patients and five deaths despite its close proximity and trade links with China where the pandemic began, but the island and its 23 million inhabitants remain locked out of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other international bodies after Beijing ramped up its campaign to diplomatically isolate Taiwan and pressure it economically and militarily. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)

China’s devious move under cover of virus

While the world’s attention is focused on the devastating coronavirus crisis, China is executing an aggressive plan to seize control of a key region.

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