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US health agency loosens coronavirus mask guidelines
The United States top health agency on Friday drastically revised its guidelines for masking to stop Covid-19 transmission, a decision that means most Americans will not be advised to wear…
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CDC relaxing mask guidelines for more than 70% of US population
As hospitalizations and deaths have fallen, CDC will focus on ‘enhanced prevention efforts’ in areas with high infection rates Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in…
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NHS Scotland Covid app rebuked for breaching data privacy laws
UK watchdog says app was not clear about how data is used and it may consider ‘further regulatory action’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Scottish…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong finance chief Paul Chan to work from home after helper at official residence tests positive for Covid-19
Hong Kong finance chief Paul Chan Mo-po will work from home for five days after a domestic helper at his official residence contracted Covid-19, the government has revealed.The helper at…
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Coronavirus: 10 per cent of Europeans left Hong Kong over past year amid strict social-distancing curbs, EU envoy tells Carrie Lam
The EU’s envoy in Hong Kong has written to Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor expressing concerns over coronavirus policies, saying 10 per cent of Europeans left the city over…
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Coronavirus: work under way on one-third of new Hong Kong makeshift hospitals, isolation sites, with mainland Chinese medical staff to ‘arrive as early as next week’
Work is under way on about a third of Hong Kong’s new makeshift Covid-19 hospitals and isolation facilities, while hundreds of medical professionals from mainland China will start arriving in…
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Why Asian central banks aren’t likely to turn as hawkish as the Fed
Monetary policy normalisation has been gaining traction since the start of 2022, mainly led by central banks in developed markets.It started with a hawkish pivot by the Federal Reserve. Jerome…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong could bring in mainland Chinese butchers to ensure continued supply of fresh food, livestock after outbreak at abattoirs
Hong Kong authorities on Friday sought to bring in “experienced and skilled” butchers from mainland China after an outbreak at the city’s two slaughterhouses resulted in operations being suspended and…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong turns to mainland China, private sector for supplies of test kits, masks and other medical goods amid worsening fifth wave
Hong Kong authorities have turned to mainland China to gather large amounts of necessary Covid-19 supplies, a minister has said, while donations from the private sector have poured in amid…