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Coronavirus: China’s steel city Tangshan halts traffic, pauses production, as mass Covid-19 tests get under way
China’s biggest steel production hub ordered emergency traffic controls and mass coronavirus tests after finding seven new local Covid-19 cases, as the battle continues against a nationwide, Omicron-driven surge.The pandemic…
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Coronavirus: 2.5 million Hongkongers infected, daily caseload expected to dip under 1,000 in coming weeks – top government adviser
About 2.5 million Hongkongers may have already been infected with Covid-19, with the daily caseload likely to drop to fewer than 1,000 in the coming weeks, a top government adviser…
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Never mind people’s ‘fading tolerance’, what about the lack of trust in government, Mrs Lam?
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor caught us by surprise last Thursday with her proclamation that when it comes to the tough Covid-19 fighting measures the government has adopted, “people’s…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: Carrie Lam set to reveal eased pandemic measures on Monday, caseload drops to 14,149
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is expected to reveal the outcome of an interim review on social-distancing rules and border control measures on Monday as Covid-19 cases continue…
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Neti pot basics: how Ayurvedic nasal rinse relieves allergies, asthma and cold symptoms, improves facial skin tone and helps with meditation
Kevin Tillman was first drawn to a neti pot in the health food store he worked at in 2004. The physical education and parkour teacher in San Jose, Costa Rica,…
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The Peninsula has been through Sars and the Asian financial crisis, but Covid-19 among the toughest challenges Hong Kong’s ‘grand old dame’ and its operator have seen yet
Known as the “grand old dame”, The Peninsula Hong Kong has withstood several tumultuous periods throughout its more than 90-year history. But the Covid-19 pandemic is the toughest challenge the…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s infected elderly residents isolating alone at home feel ‘hopeless’ with little family or community support
Covid-stricken and isolated in her Hong Kong home for a fortnight, 72-year old Lau was kept awake on many nights by severe headaches, a sore throat and constant feelings of…
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5m people in England to be offered Covid booster jabs
Vaccine available to care home residents, people aged 75 and over, and immunosuppressed aged 12 and over Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Coronavirus booster vaccine jabs…
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Life in the Philippines amid the pandemic, recorded by a photographer forced to become part of her hometown once again
Since leaving the Philippines in 2006 to work in Hong Kong, at age 19, I hadn’t really lived in my homeland. But when a short visit in 2020 stretched into…