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Hong Kong retailers enjoy steady gains after 7.1 per cent sales jump marks 10th month of recovery amid pandemic blues
Hong Kong retail sales jumped 7.1 per cent year on year to HK$30.7 billion (US$3.9 billion) in November, marking the 10th straight month of recovery, but industry chiefs worry about…
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Omicron spreading among over 50s, says UK minister, but no need for more restrictions
The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is spreading among over-50s, but data does not suggest further restrictions are needed because of the high uptake of booster jabs by older people, British…
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Vaccine T-cells may hold robust defensive line against Omicron variant: study
The highly mutated coronavirus variant Omicron might be able to evade the body’s first line of immune defence but is unlikely to make it through the second – T-cells, according…
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Sleep affects memory, brain boosting works, magic mushrooms may have medical uses, and more – five wellness breakthroughs of 2021
Aside from the two-year Covid-19 pandemic that continued to saturate the news in 2021, we recap some other research and trends in the limelight in the health and wellness sphere,…
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Covid news live: masks return to England’s classrooms; France enters new Covid restrictions
Secondary school pupils in England return to wearing masks in classrooms as new term begins; France limits number of people permitted at events, with working from home now mandatory Lockdown…
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Coronavirus: Xian officials sacked over handling of outbreak as cases fall below 100
Two senior officials have been sacked over their handling of an ongoing Covid-19 outbreak in the northwest Chinese city of Xian, where locked down residents have complained about food shortages.It…
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Australia news live update: nation records more than 37,000 new Covid cases; Chant says NSW ‘well placed’ as hospitalisations rise to 1,204
Kerry Chant says NSW ‘well placed’ as Covid hospitalisations rise to 1,204; NSW records 20,794 new cases and Victoria 8,577, with seven deaths across both states; Queensland reports 4,249 cases,…
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Lockdown hobbies led to thousands of injuries in England, NHS data suggests
Hospital admissions figures show extent of accidents as people turned to cooking, DIY and other pursuits Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Popular lockdown pursuits such as…
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‘People will die’: doctors warn Covid surge is filling up NSW hospitals
Urgent routine treatment is being cancelled, with capacity closer to limit than officials admit, medics say Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Download the free Guardian…
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Omicron: Hong Kong’s Moon Palace restaurant cluster shows need for tracking upgrade to Covid-19 app, government adviser says
Authorities should improve the tracking capabilities of Hong Kong’s Covid-19 risk-exposure app, a government pandemic adviser has urged, after several diners of a restaurant at the centre of an emerging…