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Coronavirus: India joins nations urging Hong Kong to drop policy that automatically sends their citizens into quarantine camps
India has joined a growing list of countries calling on the Hong Kong government to drop a policy that automatically sends their citizens into quarantine camps on arrival in the…
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Coronavirus: Manila malls reopen, but don’t want shoppers to hang around
Shopping centres in the Philippines’ capital set air conditioners to warm and switched off free Wi-fi to stop people lingering as many of them cautiously reopened on Saturday, after a…
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EU calls for coronavirus investigation to focus on animal-to-human transmission
The European Union has called for an investigation into how the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was transmitted from animals to humans.A resolution, tabled by the EU and backed by 55…
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Japan to join calls for probe into WHO’s coronavirus response
Japan will call for an investigation into the World Health Organisation’s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday.“With the European Union, (Japan) will propose…
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Hong Kong’s homebuyers shun property sales for the fourth weekend in a row as they await better deals amid a glut of options
Hong Kong’s property sales flopped for the fourth straight weekend, as homebuyers turned their backs on unsold projects to wait for better discounts, amid a real estate slump in the…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong pledges to review quarantine measures for returnees from South Africa after envoy complains policy could be seen as discriminatory
Hong Kong officials have promised to review coronavirus-related quarantine arrangements for returnees from South Africa, after the country’s top diplomat in the city complained that making them stay in government…
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Coronavirus live news: Russia records highest daily fatalities; German football prepares to restart
Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday ordered a cessation of movement between the country and neighbouring Tanzania and Somalia to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. He exempted…
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UK coronavirus live: ‘stop squabbling’ over school closures, says children’s commissioner
The Department of Health has said mass high-quality testing is an “integral” part of the government’s strategy to dealing with coronavirus after the chair of the Royal College of GPs…
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Trump’s top health officials seen but not heard as coronavirus focus shifts
After disappearing for more than a week, Donald Trump’s top health officials tasked with combatting the US’s worsening coronavirus outbreak appeared with the president during a White House press conference…
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Jacinda Ardern rejected from cafe at coronavirus capacity
It’s rare for a head of state to just casually drop into a cafe for a snack. Rarer still for them to be turned away. But that is exactly what…