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Coronavirus: Hong Kong reports two more deaths after Covid-19 shots while growing gym outbreak sparks fears fifth wave of cases is on way
Two more people died after getting Sinovac Covid-19 jabs, Hong Kong health authorities revealed on Saturday night, while the city’s leader ramped up appeals for residents to get vaccinated amid…
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Hong Kong sees second-worst ever slump in life insurance sales as Covid-19 travel restrictions keep mainland buyers away
Sales of life insurance policies in Hong Kong plummeted last year as border restrictions meant mainlanders could not visit the city to buy them.Total sales of new policies dropped 22.8…
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Senators Schumer and Gillibrand urge Cuomo to resign amid sexual harassment allegations – live
Senators say governor has ‘lost confidence’ with New Yorkers Minneapolis reaches $27m settlement with George Floyd’s family Biden tells states to make all adults vaccine eligible by 1 May Politics…
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Day of reflection to be held a year after UK’s Covid lockdown began
A minute’s silence will be observed at noon on 23 March to remember the thousands who have died Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A “national day…
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US administers 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses, around 30 per cent of global total
Health workers in the United States have administered more than 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, an official tracker showed Friday, around 30 per cent of the world’s total of shots…
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After 75-year-old dies from attack, alarm increases in Oakland’s Asian community
Pak Ho, from Hong Kong, was robbed and assaulted by a man police said had a history of victimizing elderly Asian people A 75-year-old man from Hong Kong died in…
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In South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province, mandatory coronavirus testing for foreigners sparks accusations of racism
Mark Ivan and his wife, a Filipino couple in their early 30s, were on Friday standing in a queue of people – so long it snaked around a corner –…
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Coronavirus economic relief: are we getting value for the money thrown at the pandemic?
The pandemic has left us a terrible mess to clear up. What policies will get us out of the huge debt we have incurred to pay for the health, wealth…
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Long Covid more likely in working-age women than in men – study
Preliminary data presented to Sage shows women five times as likely to report new disability or increased fatigue Working-age women who are hospitalised with coronavirus are five times as likely…