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Hong Kong property agency Full Mark temporarily closes its offices as city struggles to contain Omicron outbreak
With the coronavirus pandemic raging on in Hong Kong, businesses are adapting to the situation by cutting operating hours and asking staff to work from home.While restaurants have been disproportionately…
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Hong Kong university data model predicts peak of coronavirus fifth wave, tenfold drop in infections over 1 month
Hong Kong’s most virulent wave of coronavirus cases has already peaked on March 4, with infections having been predicted to drop more than tenfold in a period of more than…
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Coronavirus: four-fifths of Hong Kong child carers in low-income families report severe stress during outbreak, survey finds
Four in five Hongkongers caring for children in low-income families have said they faced tremendous stress during the recent Covid-19 outbreak, with fears including possible infection and disrupted schooling, a…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: Queen Elizabeth Hospital to dedicate its more than 2,000 beds to treating serious cases, source says
Queen Elizabeth Hospital will become the third public health care facility in Hong Kong to be dedicated to treating serious Covid-19 patients, the Post has learned, as health authorities struggle…
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Coronavirus: Malaysia to open borders April 1, New Zealand changes tactics after logging nearly 24,000 cases
Malaysia will reopen its borders from April 1 and allow entry without quarantine for visitors vaccinated against Covid-19, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on Tuesday.“Citizens with valid travel documents…
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Covid lockdowns fuel surge in Lego profits
Danish toymaker reports 27% rise in profit and increased global market share but warns growth will slow Lego increased sales by more than a quarter last year while profits jumped…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong mass testing ‘could be postponed to April’ in focus shift to elderly care, reducing death rate
Hong Kong could postpone its Covid-19 mass testing to April as part of a shift in focus to reducing coronavirus death rates and caring for the elderly, sources have said…
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Asia-Pacific tourism recovery lags, and Russians won’t be coming with flights cancelled over Ukraine crisis, online travel executive says
Travel in Asia-Pacific is trailing the rest of the world and should expect a bumpy recovery, a Booking.com executive says, with countries in the region slower to open borders than…
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Flood havoc as Central Coast braces for 4.5m swells – as it happened
Victorian man dies of Japanese encephalitis; nation records at least 17 Covid deaths as new cases rise in NSW and WA. This blog is now closed Sydney floods: two found…