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The meeting passed the three-hour mark, and the excitement that had animated its early moments dissipated under the strain of governance.

Many fear targets have not taken into account strains on local infrastructure, land shortages, and a lack of capacity in the planning system and construction industry.

The country’s medical system has also been strained for years, with a growing shortage of family doctors.

Genetic sequencing on that child’s virus indicates it was of dairy origin — related to the strain circulating in dairy cows, known as B3.13, as opposed to the strains now moving in migrating birds.

But they no longer have a common enemy, and with outside powers still invested here, their differences could come under strain.