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Hong Kong’s new face mask market: from outdoor furniture manufacturers to filmmakers, here’s how companies adapted
Hong Kong-based outdoor furniture maker 3i Corporation saw its exports to the US and Europe start to stagnate at the beginning of the year as the first reverberations of an…
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Coronavirus: India vaccine giant eyes licence within weeks for Covishield, despite efficacy questions
The world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume is set to apply for an emergency licence for a coronavirus vaccine within two weeks, after saying that confusion over the efficacy would…
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How Unicef is preparing for challenge of getting Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries
While the world is becoming increasingly optimistic about the chances of an effective coronavirus vaccine becoming available soon, developing countries cannot breathe a sigh of relief just yet.Advanced economies such…
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How Hong Kong parents and children can survive and thrive during online learning
With the start of the Covid-19 fourth wave in Hong Kong, the announcement that face-to-face classes would be suspended in junior primary has probably sent parents into a whirlwind of…
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Pope Francis prepares to elevate 13 new cardinals – including first African-American
Pope Francis is preparing to formally elevate 13 new cardinals, including the first African American to receive the rank, in a ceremony marked in every way by the coronavirus pandemic:…
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Angry Tory MPs turn on Gove after ‘overwhelmed NHS’ claims
Pressure grows on Covid restrictions, as ‘dingy hospitals’ remark fuels row Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson was facing a growing Tory mutiny over new…
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Australia’s Covid vaccines: everything you need to know
Analysis: As pharmaceutical companies release trial results, many questions remain about controlling coronavirus. Here is what we know Around the world about 200 Covid-19 candidate vaccines are being developed, with…
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Out of lockdown, returning to life: Melbourne emerges to a season of hope and relief
After months that passed in a haze of isolation, Melburnians are reconnecting with the places and people they love In the depths of Melbourne’s lockdown, time began to pass differently.…
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I long to get out – to see people and art, and to escape from myself | Rachel Cooke
Lockdown has closed off too much of the artistic and sporting hinterland that makes our lives worth living The other morning, I blew the dust off the wasteland that is…
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Oxford controversy is the first shot in international battle over vaccine efficiency
Trials will not reveal all the facts on prevention for each new drug – that process could last for years Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage In…