COVID-19 Updates
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Students in England may need to be fully vaccinated to attend lectures
Ministers considering plan that would also make double Covid jabs compulsory for students staying in halls of residence Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Ministers have confirmed…
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Singapore’s ‘living with Covid-19’ plan includes relaxed rules, quarantine-free travel from September
Tighter restrictions for fully vaccinated residents in Singapore could be eased before August 18, with quarantine-free travel on the cards in the months ahead, finance minister Lawrence Wong said on…
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Coronavirus exposes cracks in Hongkongers’ retirement planning as health care costs and weak savings dominate worries, EIU survey finds
The Covid-19 pandemic has left most working adults in Hongkong fearing for their financial position and readiness for retirement, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit commissioned by…
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Coronavirus: Sydney cases rise amid fears of surge after anti-lockdown protest
Sydney’s daily Covid-19 cases climbed and are expected to keep rising after thousands took to the streets over the weekend in defiance of the lockdown restrictions sweeping parts of Australia.The…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms no new infections; medical condition of Saudi Arabian consulate worker’s daughter improving
Hong Kong has confirmed no new Covid-19 cases for the fifth time this month, while medical sources say a Saudi Arabian consulate employee’s 13-year-old daughter – in a critical condition…
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If all we have left to us is fleeting moments of joy we better make them good. Like these ones! | First Dog on the Moon
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China vs the WHO: where to look next in the hunt for Covid-19’s origins
For China, the road ahead is clear.In the country’s most detailed comments on the issue yet, six of the country’s top health experts and officials said on Thursday that the…
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‘I was very sad and felt lost’: how a support service helps bereaved people in Hong Kong cope with their loss
Chen Tse is lucky to have survived a heart attack after he passed out alone at home.Had it not been for the social workers who check in on him regularly…
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Coronavirus: Malaysia’s lockdown dooms 150,000 SMEs, fuelling fears of exodus by multinationals
Half of Malaysia’s 900,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which employ about 50 per cent of the country’s 15.9 million workers, could fold if the current Covid-19 national lockdown is…
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‘The virus is winning’: China’s rebuff of WHO’s new coronavirus investigation alarms experts
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Phelim Kine, Carmen Paun and Ryan Heath on politico.com on July 25, 2021. Leading US…