Coronavirus Latest News
-
Hong Kong helper’s Covid-19 agony: ill woman found ‘self-isolating’ overnight in employer’s parked car taken to shelter
Volunteers from an NGO helping domestic workers in Hong Kong were shocked to find a 28-year-old Filipina woman alone, cold and ill with Covid-19 in a parked car.Josie* had been…
-
Covid vaccines for children: how many doses are needed and what happens if they’ve been infected or are under five?
Making sure adults and older children are vaccinated, as well as mask wearing and social distancing, is the best thing to do if worried about under-fives not being eligible, expert…
-
How does Hong Kong’s ‘Leave Home Safe’ stack up against global contact-tracing apps in keeping track of Covid-19 infections?
In March, the World Health Organization will mark two years since it declared the Covid-19 outbreak a global pandemic.Despite the disruptions caused by Covid-19, advances in technology have helped countries…
-
Coronavirus came from Wuhan market and not Chinese lab, twin studies say
Two studies released by scientists but yet to be published in journals say virus did not emerge from Wuhan Institute of Virology International scientists on Saturday released two major studies…
-
Names of firms given huge Covid loans will be secret
Campaigners says transparency would aid fight against fraud, which is estimated to have amounted to £4.9bn The names of thousands of companies which benefited from billions of pounds of Covid-19…
-
Will we get a single, variant-proof vaccine for Covid?
The goal of a universal vaccine would have seemed a fantasy only a few years ago. But not now… This week the government announced additional vaccine booster jabs for the…
-
Stressed NHS staff in England quit at record 400 a week, fuelling fears over care quality
Burnout from two years of battling Covid pandemic has created flood of departures and public concern, says survey A record number of more than 400 workers in England have left…
-
China’s Shenzhen will stand strong against the coronavirus, hospital chief says
The southern Chinese city of Shenzhen is standing strong against the threat of the coronavirus pandemic and will not see a similar surge in cases as its neighbour Hong Kong,…
-
‘Mobilise all forces and resources’: mainland Chinese official reveals vast logistics of joint initiative to combat Hong Kong’s coronavirus outbreak
As Hong Kong battles its most ravaging wave of coronavirus infections, Li, a mainland Chinese official, is among staff camped out at the central government’s liaison office in Sheung Wan…
-
China must reopen and Olympic Villages as ‘cocoon’ meeting hotels are a start
Now the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is over, it is time for China to begin to consider its reopening in the face of a pandemic that is increasingly coming under…