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Coronavirus Hong Kong: bookings pour in for new ‘anti-epidemic taxi’ fleet, but drivers say they are already facing discrimination
Hong Kong’s so-called anti-epidemic taxi drivers, recruited to ferry Covid-19 patients to and from clinics, received more than 750 bookings on the service’s debut on Friday, though some cabbies complained…
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ACT to ease Covid restrictions; Bob Katter decries ‘super sneaky’ passing of firearms bill – as it happened
WA premier Mark McGowan announces border reopening date; Bob Katter raises concerns over gun trafficking bill; at least 39 Covid deaths recorded; PM says federal government had no power ‘to…
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Republicans who opposed racial justice protests hope truckers ‘clog up’ US cities
Lawmakers including Ron Paul and Ron DeSantis say they would back disruption of a Canadian-style trucker convoy In the wake of racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd,…
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In US first, California adopts ‘endemic’ Covid-19 policy
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the first shift by a US state to an “endemic” approach to the coronavirus pandemic that emphases prevention and quick reactions to outbreaks…
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China’s zero-Covid policy aids economy, limits ‘destructive power’ of lifting curbs, watchdog says
China’s “dynamic clearance” strategy aimed at minimising coronavirus infections is boosting the economy, not undermining it, the country’s top anti-corruption body said on Friday in response to concerns about the…
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Coronavirus: patients left outside Hong Kong public hospitals will be moved indoors within the day, officials vow, as city confirms 3,629 new cases
Suspected Covid-19 patients forced to wait outside Hong Kong’s public hospitals in the cold for hours for admission would be moved indoors within the day, officials pledged on Friday, after…
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Li Ka-shing’s elder son Victor Li undergoes Covid-19 test after reporting symptoms, pulls out from Liaison Office meeting
Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, the chairman and managing director of tycoon Li Ka-shing’s flagship company, is undergoing tests for Covid-19 after reporting symptoms, according to a statement by CK Asset Holdings.Li,…
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Protesters defy police presence in Ottawa after officers warn of crackdown
Justin Trudeau says ‘high time these illegal and dangerous activities stop’ after nearly three weeks in Canadian capital Truckers who have blockaded downtown Ottawa for nearly three weeks have defied…
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Coronavirus: South Korea’s daily cases eclipse 100,000 for first time; Japan’s death toll rises
South Korea’s new daily Covid-19 cases topped 100,000 for the first time amid an Omicron outbreak, with authorities saying social distancing measures would be only slightly eased ahead of the…
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Free Covid tests and self-isolation rules must continue, say NHS leaders
More than 300 senior staff in England polled as Boris Johnson expected to unveil living with coronavirus plan Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Free Covid tests…