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UK to probe two more Covid-19 lockdown-breaking government parties
The British government confirmed on Thursday that an inquiry into an alleged lockdown-breaching Christmas party at the offices of Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson nearly a year ago will also…
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Coronavirus: China approves first local neutralising antibody cocktail for high-risk patients
China’s medical products regulator approved the use of the country’s first locally developed neutralising antibody cocktail therapy for Covid-19 on Wednesday.Brii Biosciences said its therapy showed an 80 per cent…
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Omicron: why South Africans are keeping calm and carrying on amid new coronavirus variant
While countries around the world have responded to the emergence of the Omicron variant with stringent lockdowns and travel bans, in the country where it was first identified, things are…
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Plan B shows Britain is still chasing Covid. Here’s how we can get ahead of it | Devi Sridhar
New measures to tackle Omicron are weeks late – while the UK is lagging on vaccinating children and a balanced approach to travel The Omicron variant is now in 57…
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Cathay Pacific’s Hong Kong pilots weigh Los Angeles move as airline looks to ease burden of coronavirus quarantine rules
Cathay Pacific is moving forward with plans to relocate some Hong Kong-based pilots to Los Angeles for up to four months, the latest in a series of contingency measures aimed…
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Coronavirus: Japan’s cases drop as other parts of Asia rebound
Japan’s Covid-19 infections are falling in contrast with rebounds in other parts of Asia, baffling experts.New daily infections have slowed to fewer than one per million people, the least among…
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Finland’s PM Sanna Marin apologises for clubbing after Covid-19 exposure
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin apologised to the public after photos surfaced of her in a nightclub following the foreign minister testing positive for Covid-19.“I did wrong. I should have…
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Covid news live: England moves to ‘plan B’; three Pfizer shots can ‘neutralise’ Omicron, lab tests show
British prime minister Boris Johnson has rushed forward new Covid restrictions amid fears of an exponential rise in the Omicron variant; Pfizer says third jab increases antibodies by factor of…
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Coronavirus: demand for cheap smartphones spikes as mandatory use of ‘Leave Home Safe’ app at all Hong Kong restaurants, bars kicks in
The mandatory use of Hong Kong’s Covid-19 risk-exposure app at local restaurants from Thursday has sparked a rise in demand for lower-cost smartphones, with some models running out of stock…
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Hong Kong residents in areas with Covid-19 cases to be barred from quarantine-free travel to mainland China under colour-coded system
Hong Kong residents will be barred from quarantine-free travel to mainland China if a coronavirus infection is identified in their neighbourhood under the city’s new health code system, and it…