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Coronavirus: Hong Kong panel holds off on recommending mainland China’s Sinovac vaccine for city’s free Covid-19 jabs programme
Hong Kong wants more information on the Covid-19 vaccines produced by Sinovac, before recommending the mainland China provider’s doses be used in the city’s free jabs programme.Despite believing the vaccine…
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Chinese New Year: as coronavirus crashes the party, Southeast Asians find other ways to celebrate
The Lunar New Year is traditionally a time when communities across Southeast Asia celebrate with large family gatherings, communal meals.In other words, exactly the kind of activities that the coronavirus…
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Threat of 10-year jail term for UK travellers who hide journeys ‘disproportionate’
Backlash against government plans to jail those who conceal journeys from Covid hotspots Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Two former Conservative attorneys general and backbench MPs…
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Southeast Asia’s China anxieties are rising despite coronavirus aid, most would side with US: study
A new survey suggests that while Southeast Asian elites acknowledge China has done more to help the region fight the coronavirus than its rivals such as the United States, they…
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China, east Asia boost share of global trade in 2020 after rapid recovery from coronavirus pandemic: UNCTAD
China and some east Asian nations racked up gains in their share of global exports in 2020, propelled by their ability to weather the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, according…
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Coronavirus: UK threatens 10 years in prison for lying about travel history
Anyone arriving in England and found to have lied about a recent visit to a country on the UK government’s travel ban list faces up to 10 years in prison…
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California tops New York with most Covid-19 deaths in US
California has surpassed New York as the US state with the most coronavirus deaths, a grim reminder of the pandemic’s toll even as the vaccine roll-out and a sharp drop…
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Hong Kong officials predict broad easing of social-distancing rules after holiday on back of success in Covid-19 fight
Restaurants can offer dine-in service later into the night while gyms, cinemas and other premises can reopen after the Lunar New Year if the coronavirus situation in Hong Kong remains…
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Coronavirus: Philippines’ plan to sell Japanese war reparations properties is ‘crooked’ Locsin says, contradicting Duterte
The Philippine foreign secretary Teodoro Locsin Jnr has denounced as “crooked” his own government’s plan to sell its properties in Japan to fund the fight against the coronavirus.Government officials, apparently…
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World’s second-oldest person, 117-year-old nun, survives Covid-19
Europe’s oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, has survived Covic-19 and will celebrate her 117th birthday this week, her carers said.Lucile Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when…