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Coronavirus latest: South Korea’s Moon says churches breaking rules must be punished; Japan cases ‘reaching peak’
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday called for stern clampdowns on churches violating quarantine rules, as officials race against the clock to control a recent spike in coronavirus infections…
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Hong Kong records 27 new coronavirus cases, as residents and staff of two care homes face quarantine
Hong Kong recorded 27 new coronavirus cases on Friday, as 130 residents and staff at two homes for the elderly faced being quarantined after one infection was found at both.Friday…
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India’s migrant workers returning to cities confront grim reality of coronavirus lockdown
Before India announced its coronavirus lockdown earlier this year, Mohammed Khaled had been working as an administrative assistant at a small garment factory in Mumbai’s Dharavi slums. After the restrictions…
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Japan’s Motegi affirms importance of rule of law in Indo-Pacific during Papua New Guinea visit
Japan will offer Papua New Guinea “strong support” in the Pacific island nation’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Friday, as he affirmed the…
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Business critical: half of SMEs in Hong Kong give themselves six months at most without more support from government, survey finds
Nearly half of Hong Kong’s small and medium-sized enterprises do not expect to survive beyond the next six months in the face of the coronavirus, without any fresh government support.In…
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Impala steaks, anyone? African game reserve sells bush meat to survive lack of safari tourists during pandemic
South Africa’s luxury game lodges are empty and safari vehicles gather dust, with borders closed and airlines struggling due to the coronavirus crisis.For Somkhanda, a community-owned game reserve, selling game…
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Hong Kong third wave: city moving to lock down procurement of eventual Covid-19 vaccine, Carrie Lam says
Hong Kong’s chief executive has pledged to secure a Covid-19 vaccine for city residents as soon as it becomes available via a worldwide procurement push that is already under way,…
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Chinese students in Australia leave as coronavirus upends study
Just a few months after arriving in Sydney for a planned two-year stay, university students Maggie Zhang and boyfriend Sunny Gu sat down to make a “pros and cons” list…
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Coronavirus: Vietnamese men accused of scamming 5,000 US buyers looking for PPE
Police in Vietnam have arrested four men accused of defrauding more than 5,000 Americans trying to buy coronavirus protective equipment online out of nearly US$1 million, the Ministry of Public…
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Why we need to properly, and sustainably, dispose of single-use surgical face masks
Five months into almost universal mask wearing in Hong Kong and it’s clear that the face coverings are not going away any time soon. We’ve adapted well – we’ve got…