Coronavirus Latest News
-
Coronavirus: almost 1.8 million dead, but future pandemics could be worse
The novel coronavirus has had a devastating impact around the globe, but the World Health Organization warned that worse pandemics could lie ahead, urging the world to get “serious” about…
-
Hong Kong poised for first annual decline in home prices in 12 years as coronavirus deepens recession, adds to unemployment woes
Hong Kong looks likely to record its first annual drop in home prices for 12 years as a fourth wave of coronavirus infections threatens to worsen the city’s recession and…
-
Free Covid-19 test before you party: New Year’s Eve offer by restaurant group could be blueprint for safer dining while pandemic lasts
Update: Customer response to Black Sheep Restaurants‘ announcement of its New Year’s Eve plans to give diners rapid coronavirus tests has led to the group modifying its arrangements as of…
-
Coronavirus vaccine race: how many doses have Asia-Pacific countries ordered?
INDIAIndian authorities have ordered at least 1.6 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines, the most of any country, according to the Launch and Scale Speedometer managed by Duke University’s Global Health…
-
Coronavirus: Philippines bans travellers from 20 nations with UK variant detected
The Philippines has decided to bar travellers from 20 nations with the new Covid-19 strain detected in Britain that has undergone numerous mutations, Labour Secretary Silvestre Bello said on Tuesday.These…
-
Coronavirus: how Hongkongers can safeguard their living environment in battle against Covid-19
With more residential blocks in Hong Kong hit by Covid-19 outbreaks in recent months, design issues at public housing estates have increasingly become a cause for concern, with experts pointing…
-
In South Korea, coronavirus has slowed K-beauty’s billionaire boom
Three years ago, Suh Kyung-bae was the second-richest person in South Korea. Today he’s barely top 10, a stark reversal in a K-beauty boom known for minting billionaires, not breaking…
-
Lessons from coronavirus and Hong Kong’s inept response show us what truly matters
For many of us, 2020 has been the most harrowing year of our lives. The Covid-19 pandemic has upturned routines, cancelled plans and forced us to reconsider what is important.The…
-
Coronavirus vaccine: Asia-Pacific countries tread cautiously in roll-out
This is the ninth story in a series on the Covid-19 disease, one year after it first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Here, we look at the challenges…
-
From temples to dance halls, Covid-19 clusters cut across every level of Hong Kong society in 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected Hongkongers from all walks of life. Since the first infections in January, the highly transmissible virus has quietly spread to the wider community through silent…