COVID-19 Updates
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Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble: late August review for quarantine-free Covid-19 deal as city state grapples with outbreak
The much-delayed travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will be subject to further review in late August as conditions for launching the quarantine-free arrangement are still unsuitable.A Hong Kong…
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Hong Kong unemployment rate drops to 5.5 per cent as city brings Covid-19 situation under control
Hong Kong’s unemployment rate dropped sharply to 5.5 per cent for the three-month period ending in June, easing to a level not seen for more than a year as the…
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Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan athlete found a week after going missing
A man believed to be a Ugandan athlete who went missing last week from his pre-Olympic training camp in western Japan has been found in the central prefecture of Mie,…
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Singapore’s ‘living with Covid-19’ road map suffers setback as restrictions return
Singapore will from Thursday reimpose tightened Covid-19 restrictions after relaxing some measures just last week after a new cluster of cases including karaoke-bar customers and fishmongers.Officials on Tuesday confirmed all…
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India’s true coronavirus death toll may be 10 times the official tally, new report claims
India’s excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official Covid-19 toll, likely making it modern India’s worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research…
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Without a ‘single bubble’ during lockdown, NSW are switching off an energy source I need to survive | Melanie Tait
An ‘intimate partner’ can visit during Sydney’s lockdown. Why are single people who live alone left out of this equation? Hands up who thinks living through a global pandemic is…
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Could Britain be sued for reopening and exposing the world to new coronavirus variants?
With most Covid-19 restrictions now lifted in England, the world is watching to see what its “freedom day” will bring.Some scepticism is warranted, given Britain’s approach throughout the pandemic has…
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Chinese health official says he’s had a mix of 3 Covid-19 shots
China’s top disease control official says he has had a third Covid-19 shot, as global debate continues on the need for extra doses to boost immunity and protect against new…
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Meaningless slogans like ‘freedom day’ harm our ability to properly debate the pandemic | Michael Baker and Nick Wilson
We need to keep pressing our political leaders to talk about Covid-19 in ways that support an informed debate about our collective futures Politicians around the world have been promoting…
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Free dental care urged for refugees and asylum seekers in Hong Kong, who cannot earn money to pay for treatment
Pain has become a way of life for Annie (not her real name), an asylum seeker from Indonesia who has lived in Hong Kong since 2014.For almost seven years, the…