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Covid live news: US set to ease mask guidelines; Hong Kong building more isolation facilities
Latest updates: new mask-wearing guidelines for United States expected to be announced on Friday; Hong Kong struggling to fight worsening Covid outbreak ‘People won’t know if they are infected’: Britons…
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BA owner IAG reports €3.5bn loss as it monitors Ukraine developments
Company expects to make significant profit in 2022 unless there are geopolitical or Covid restrictions The owner of British Airways, International Airlines Group, more than halved losses to €3.5bn in…
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Hong Kong budget: Paul Chan’s forecast of a quick recovery from Omicron is just not realistic
There was a sense of surreal disconnection as I listened on Wednesday to Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po unveil his 2022 budget. On top of the social distance of the…
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Queensland floods prompt 1,000 calls for help as heavy rain continues – as it happened
Scott Morrison confirms new sanctions against Russian oligarchs as China eases trade restrictions; Australia records at least 28 Covid deaths as mask mandates relaxed in NSW and Victoria; Queensland emergency…
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Eating disorders among teen girls doubled during pandemic, CDC study shows
Another study showed increases in visits related to behavioral health among children aged five to 17 Emergency room visits for eating disorders among 12- to 17-year-old girls doubled during the…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: only a third of infections identified, more data needed on mortality, expert says; close to 22,000 infections reported in single day
Health authorities have only identified a third of the Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong, a top microbiologist has warned, as officials revealed that close to 22,000 infections were reported in…
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Coronavirus: Chinese CDC researchers call for extra testing of overseas arrivals during quarantine
A study of imported Covid-19 cases in China has found that 5 per cent of people tested positive after they completed 14 days in quarantine, according to researchers with the…
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Relief for Hong Kong’s middle-class families through tax breaks, rates concessions, and e-vouchers to spend too
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po announced his HK$170 billion (US$21.8 billion) budget package on Wednesday, earmarking billions to ease the hardship of Hongkongers struggling amid the city’s fifth wave of…
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Hong Kong’s rent deferral plan will help small businesses stay afloat if UK, Singapore models are any guide, say property experts
Hong Kong’s planned moratorium on commercial rents is likely to be effective in helping small businesses survive the pandemic if similar relief measures in the UK and Singapore are any…
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England’s Covid vaccine drive good value for money at £8.3bn, says NAO
Spending watchdog praises everyone involved in programme but warns of ‘substantial risks’ to future success Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Covid vaccination rollout saved 128,000…