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Down time – should you use it for mindless or mindful things? Both are beneficial, say experts, but in the right measure
We can end up with a lot more free time than we know what to do with during a coronavirus lockdown or when social distancing restrictions are in place. We…
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Canada’s Justin Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell trucker protests
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau activated rarely used emergency powers in an effort to end protests that have shut some US border crossings and paralysed parts of the capital.Under the…
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Trudeau invokes rare emergency powers in attempt to quell protests
Emergencies Act gives government broad powers for 30 days, but prime minister is not expected to call in the military The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has invoked legislation that…
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Turkish man still coronavirus positive after record 14 consecutive months
When Muzaffer Kayasan first caught Covid-19, he thought he was destined to die since he was already suffering from leukaemia.Fourteen months and 78 straight positive tests later, he is still…
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Use your common sense: self-isolating is still essential if you have Covid | Devi Sridhar
While politicians race to return to ‘normal’, scientists still have three major concerns about the future of the pandemic The prime minister’s pledge to scrap legally enforced isolation for people…
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Coronavirus: are young children more vulnerable to Covid-19 and what can parents do to protect them in Hong Kong?
Recent severe cases of coronavirus infections involving young children in Hong Kong have sparked concern among parents.Long waiting times for hospital treatment have also left parents wondering if they should…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong fresh food supply shocks set to continue as more cross-border truckers undergo quarantine
Fresh food supply shocks are set to continue as over 100 mainland Chinese cross-border drivers transporting vegetables to Hong Kong have been placed in quarantine, causing a severe shortage of…
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The pandemic has taught us all that love can bend without breaking | Gaby Hinsliff
When the history of the past two years comes to be written, relationships will deserve their own chapter Love is not love, which alters when it alteration finds. It’s a…
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Covid live: South Korea to give fourth jabs amid Omicron crisis; Hong Kong ‘overwhelmed’ by fifth wave
High-risk groups to get second booster dose, health minister announces; Hong Kong’s daily infections have multiplied by a factor of 13 in two weeks England’s plan to jab children 5-11…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong paramedics ‘stretched to the limit’ by fifth wave of cases, unions urge asymptomatic patients not to call emergency services
Hong Kong’s worsening fifth wave of Covid-19 infections has stretched paramedics’ manpower and workload to an “unprecedented” level, unions have warned, urging patients with no symptoms or those who test…