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‘I’m terrified’: music’s ‘Covid babies’ take to the stage for the first time
Their rise occurred in bedrooms during lockdowns, but music’s new breed now have to perform Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing “Flying by the seat of…
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Costa winner Hannah Lowe on the legacy of lockdown: my students write about feeling isolated and missing out
University is where young people transition into adulthood, but the poet and lecturer says the past two years have left many in her creative writing classes in limbo Before the…
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With 37 million in lockdown and Covid plans under fire, Chinese ask: what comes next?
Elderly residents are wary of the jab even as Omicron spreads, and critics say zero-Covid policy is not sustainable When nearby neighbourhoods went into lockdown, Liu Li started stocking up.…
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Coronavirus: nearly 10,000 Hongkongers treated with oral antivirals since their introduction 2 weeks ago
Nearly 10,000 Covid-19 patients have received oral antivirals since they were introduced in Hong Kong two weeks ago as a way to reduce deaths and cases with severe symptoms, according…
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‘Dead bodies will pile up’: Hong Kong funeral industry warns of coffin shortage despite increase in supply following easing of lockdown restrictions in Shenzhen
Hong Kong’s funeral industry has warned that the number of coffins remains tight despite more being delivered to the city recently adding authorities needed to do more to ensure a…
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Coronavirus: why thousands of rooms at Hong Kong’s isolation hotels for Covid-19 patients are still empty
Thousands of Hong Kong hotel rooms secured as community isolation facilities for Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms have mostly been left unused, with the city’s leader vowing to redesignate the…
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Bless you! Meet the flu hunters trying to stop the next pandemic in its tracks
Remember flu? Despite lockdowns holding it at bay, a small group of scientists is searching the globe for deadly new strains – and to work out what to put in…
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Shelter gangs and a serial killer: Covid crime surge leaves New York’s unhoused more vulnerable
Spate of killings in recent weeks has underscored the dangers faced by those who live on the streets The Covid-19 pandemic has been brutally tough on America’s homeless. Already difficult…
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‘I was crying so much’: Hong Kong pet owners who test positive for Covid-19 on emotional stress of being separated from their dogs, cats
For Lynda Meeks, the most harrowing experience of her 14-day compulsory quarantine in Hong Kong was not spending the Lunar New Year holiday in February inside a government-run isolation facility…
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New Covid case numbers across Australia rise by 37% in a week as Omicron subvariant takes hold
Australia records 28 Covid-related deaths, with 12 in NSW, 10 in Queensland, four in Western Australia and two in Victoria Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing…