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Coronavirus: BioNTech vaccine for children may be available in Hong Kong as early as October
Insider says local distributor of German-made vaccine has provided clinical data to health authorities, launching weeks-long approval process. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Amid Covid-19 pandemic fatigue and brain drain, Hong Kong – and mainland China – must open up quickly or risk being left behind
Amid Covid-19 fatigue and brain drain, Hong Kong is losing a tsunami of talent to the rest of the world. Home-grown talent and professionals from the Greater Bay Area are…
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One small step for Hong Kong? Health experts suggest fewer Covid tests but extended tracking for travellers, citing success of rival Singapore
Infectious disease specialist who chairs key WHO network says quarantine rule has ‘questionable benefits’. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Hong Kong’s unemployment rate drops to 4.1 per cent, but labour chief warns Covid, financial conditions may continue to affect job market
Latest figure marks fourth consecutive improvement in job market. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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NSW and SA end Covid mask mandate on public transport – as it happened
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Coronavirus: Singapore saw 2,490 ‘excess deaths’ amid pandemic, health ministry says
The figure is higher than the city state’s official pandemic death toll of 1,403 residents because it includes people who had Covid-19 but died from other illnesses. Read the original…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s travel curbs may be keeping business travellers and tourists away, finance chief admits
Paul Chan tells audience at business lobby event that ‘3+4’ arrangement ‘might not be good enough in terms of attracting tourists and international business travellers’. Read the original article at…
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Biden says Covid ‘pandemic is over’, despite US daily death toll in the hundreds
President says coronavirus is still a problem but that circumstances are changing and ‘everybody seems to be in pretty good shape’ Joe Biden has said “the pandemic is over” in…
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Joe Biden says Covid-19 pandemic ‘is over’, as hundreds die in US every day
Nearly 400 people a day continue to die from Covid-19 in the United States. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Anger in China after 27 people killed in Covid quarantine bus crash
Tragedy in Guizhou province became a lightning rod for social media criticism of zero-Covid policy before posts were shut down Anger has flared among social media users in China after…