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Coronavirus: Hong Kong is now providing free home vaccination services for the elderly and disabled. How does it work and who can apply?
Health experts and authorities have cited the low vaccination rate among Hong Kong’s elderly residents as a major contributing factor in the high number of Covid-related deaths during the city’s…
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‘Up to 2,000 children under age 10 separated from parents in Hong Kong hospitals over past 6 weeks after catching Covid-19’
A Hong Kong charity has estimated that up to 2,000 children under the age of 10 may have been separated from their parents over the past six weeks after being…
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No 10 lockdown breaches: Met police expected to issue first fines
Exclusive: Scotland Yard investigation reportedly finds laws were broken at heart of government The first fines for lockdown breaches in Downing Street are expected to be issued imminently after Scotland…
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Coronavirus: struggling Hong Kong cross-border truck drivers seek ‘closed-loop arrangement’ so they can get back on road
Local truck drivers have urged the Hong Kong government to implement a closed-loop arrangement for their cross-border deliveries, saying stringent Covid-19 restrictions by mainland Chinese authorities have forced more than…
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Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific to increase flights as lawmaker calls for aircraft suspension rules to be further relaxed
Hong Kong flagship carrier Cathay Pacific Airways is set to increase flights following the government’s decision to ease suspension rules for aircraft found with Covid-19 cases, but a lawmaker has…
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Pupils had futures blighted during the pandemic: now they are being cheated again | Gaby Hinsliff
A damning report says Covid school closures were a ‘national disaster’ in England. We need action to prevent a lost generation It was meant to be over by now, but…
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Shanghai lockdown sparks panic buying across the city as residents race to stock up on food and supplies
Shanghai’s residents raced to stock up on food and essentials in bouts of panic buying after local authorities of one of China’s most densely populated urban centres made an unexpected…
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Loss-making Hong Kong Disneyland aims to cut costs in ‘different ways’, hopes to reopen soon
Hong Kong Disneyland hopes to reopen as early as next month after a coronavirus-related closure and will seek to cut costs through various means, officials have revealed after lawmakers pressed…
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The ‘zero-Covid’ approach got bad press, but it worked – and it could work again | Laura Spinney
The places that chose to pursue elimination suffered less overall. Unfortunately, few had the determination to do so It was the alt-history, the policy that didn’t get enacted. No-Covid, zero-Covid…
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Elon Musk reports testing positive for Covid-19 for second time
‘I supposedly have it again (sigh), but almost no symptoms,’ Tesla and SpaceX billionaire tweets Elon Musk said on Monday he had “supposedly” tested positive for Covid-19, with no major…