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Vaccine pass already hurting business at struggling Hong Kong restaurants just hours after launch, industry representative says
The launch of the government’s vaccine pass scheme has proved to be yet another blow to Hong Kong’s already struggling restaurants, with one industry representative reporting an immediate drop in…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong security minister Chris Tang undergoes 14-day isolation after wife, helper test positive
Hong Kong’s security minister Chris Tang Ping-keung is undergoing home isolation for 14 days and will work from home after his wife and a domestic helper tested preliminary-positive for Covid-19.The…
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Hong Kong budget sweeteners help, but city’s prolonged isolation from ‘zero-infection’ strategy a threat to growth, economists warn
Hong Kong is staring at recession and uncertainty in the labour market in the first half of this year despite the government’s HK$170 billion (US$21.8 billion) package of measures to…
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Hong Kong personal loan scheme for unemployed extended until next year to tackle joblessness during coronavirus pandemic
A personal loan guarantee scheme for Hong Kong residents who lose their jobs amid the Covid-19 pandemic would be extended until April next year, the finance chief said in his…
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Johnson’s Germany comparison highlights UK’s low sick pay
Proportion of UK worker’s salary covered is typically less than quarter of Germany’s 100% in first six weeks Asked this week about whether his move to drop Covid isolation requirements…
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Nearly all Hong Kong residents to receive HK$10,000 in e-vouchers, but would cash serve some better?
The government will hand out HK$10,000 (US$1,280) in digital vouchers to 6.6 million eligible Hongkongers, with the first half to be distributed in April, but some concern groups and politicians…
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Coronavirus: North Korea needs 60 million jabs to head off disaster, UN rights official warns; Thailand relaxes entry rules to lure tourists
The international community should form a strategy to provide North Korea with at least 60 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to head off humanitarian disaster, an independent UN human rights…
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Australian Bureau of Statistics report on Covid deaths misrepresented by rightwing media
Analysis: Commentators and news websites have spread incorrect information on Covid deaths in Australia, feeding conspiracy theories Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our free…
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Covid cost-cutting will put blinkers on our best Covid research
Analysis: several world-leading studies to guide future Covid care depend on widespread testing now threatened by government cuts After a bruising two years in which the UK failed to prove…
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Tory row over testing casts shadow over PM’s Covid announcement
Analysis: cabinet colleagues horrified over wrangling between Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid Cabinet ministers were already waiting in No 10 on Monday morning when it became clear the sign-off for…