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Quarantined in Hong Kong after flight from UK Covid-19 lockdown, I am so used to my four walls I could stay until Christmas
My search for a flight from London’s Heathrow Airport to Hong Kong on Friday November 13 was never about scoring a discount for travelling on a day associated with bad…
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Battered by coronavirus, Bali hopes for uptick in tourism over holiday season
Bali, the hardest-hit economy among Indonesia’s provinces last quarter, is seeing a pickup in activity as its governor continues debating when and how the island can reopen to international travellers.The…
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Japan’s economy rebounds in third quarter, but coronavirus set to slow recovery
Japan’s biggest expansion in more than a half-century outpaced expectations as exports and consumption powered growth, though the recovery is likely to cool this quarter as the coronavirus sets new…
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Chinese student growth in US slows amid political tension
The number of Chinese students studying in the US grew at its slowest pace in more than a decade during the 2019-2020 academic year as tensions between the two nations…
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Coronavirus vaccines offer hope, but can developing countries surmount cost and logistical hurdles?
Developing countries need to urgently audit their capabilities in cold storage, transport and other infrastructure to be able to safely store and distribute Covid-19 vaccines (“Pfizer coronavirus vaccine more than…
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Hong Kong tightens social-distancing rules amid eight imported Covid-19 cases
Hong Kong recorded eight new Covid-19 cases on Monday, all of them imported, as tougher social-distancing measures came into force limiting the number of people who could eat together in…
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New Zealand says no word from China on coronavirus in frozen meat
New Zealand said on Monday it had not been notified of any issues with its frozen meat exports after Chinese authorities said the coronavirus was found in its beef products.…
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States close borders to South Australia after Covid cluster rises to 17 cases – live news
Contract tracers in Adelaide working to contain outbreak that broke months-long streak of no community cases in SA – follow the latest updates 12.15am GMT Royal Melbourne Hospital has revealed…
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Coronavirus live news: US confirms 1m cases in a week; Boris Johnson self-isolating
UK PM has no symptoms but has been confirmed as contact of positive case; Global cases rise by 4m in one week and deaths by nearly 60,000 Boris Johnson told…
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6,000 UK volunteers to be injected with Covid vaccine in phase 3 trial
Third vaccine to undergo large-scale clinical testing in Britain has been modelled on Ebola jab Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Six thousand British volunteers are to…