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Hong Kong cashless payment provider Octopus to make extending card limit easier, in bid to win customers for government’s HK$36 billion consumer voucher giveaway
Octopus has fired the first shot in the bid to win customers for the government’s HK$36 billion consumer voucher giveaway, revealing that users will soon be able to extend the…
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Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble: ‘mid-May’ target for long-awaited deal amid coronavirus pandemic
A long-awaited Covid-19 travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore could be up by as early as mid-May, three sources have told the Post, kicking off a second attempt to…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong outbreak fears over woman’s Easter gatherings send 50 to quarantine; six new Covid-19 cases confirmed
Authorities in Hong Kong will quarantine about 50 people over fears of a possible family outbreak after a 29-year-old woman confirmed with Covid-19 had multiple gatherings over the Easter holidays,…
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Where you can fly now: US, India, China and Vietnam, but not Hong Kong or Singapore
Airlines just can’t get the world flying again. Despite vaccination roll-outs, many countries are dealing with another spike in coronavirus infections. That means carriers are now expected to end 2021…
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Covid is ravaging American jails and prisons – and inmates are rightly rising up | Akin Olla
For the many Americans imprisoned in dangerous, cramped conditions, the pandemic is not over – it remains murderous On 4 April, inmates in a St Louis jail commenced an uprising.…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong shoppers hit by inflation-busting price rises at Wellcome and ParknShop, Consumer Council study finds
Higher shopping bills are squeezing Hong Kong households during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the city’s consumer watchdog revealing inflation-busting price increases of up to a third on goods at Wellcome…
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Coronavirus: EU to get 50 million Pfizer doses early, Johnson & Johnson shot in US limbo
The European Union said it was expecting 50 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses earlier than expected, as the United States said it would continue a pause in vaccinations using the…
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Hong Kong health director, experts underscore Covid-19 vaccine advice for pregnant women as miscarriages investigated
A top Hong Kong health official and local medical experts have stressed that pregnant women should seek the advice of their doctor before getting a BioNTech coronavirus jab and not…
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Coronavirus: Cambodian PM Hun Sen warns ‘we are on the brink of death’; India records 200,000 new cases
Spiralling Covid-19 cases have put Cambodia “on the brink of death”, its strongman premier Hun Sen has warned, as the country imposed lockdowns in the capital Phnom Penh and a…
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Korean dairy firm Namyang in sticky spot after claim its yogurt kills coronavirus
A South Korean dairy product manufacturer has come under scrutiny after it claimed tests showed its yogurt was effective in killing the coronavirus – a claim that sent its stock…