COVID-19 Updates
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China’s US$1.35 trillion sovereign wealth fund chooses Hong Kong for first global advisory council meeting outside mainland: sources
The meeting, the first outside mainland China since the wealth fund’s advisory council was created 14 years ago, has received the blessing from the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office,…
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‘Being truthful is essential’: scientist who stumbled upon Wuhan Covid data speaks out
Florence Débarre’s discovery of genetic data online showed for first time that animals susceptible to coronavirus were present at market Today in Focus podcast: ‘It’s way beyond just science’: untangling…
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‘It’s way beyond just science’: untangling the hunt for Covid’s origins – podcast
Three years after much of the world was forced into Covid lockdowns, the precise origins of the virus are still hazy, and the hunt is bringing scientists into confrontation with…
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Covid app for England and Wales discontinued as usage dwindles
Exclusive: Wind-down of NHS contact-tracing app part of drive to ‘learn to live’ with coronavirus The Covid contact-tracing app for England and Wales, which was downloaded 31m times during the…
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In a sceptical era, understand this: vaccines do work – and our children need them| Devi Sridhar
Covid accelerated a decline in vaccinations in England. We have to make a stronger case for them, and ensure everyone can get them In 1959, at the age of 29,…
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Hong Kong tourism chief vows to work with travel sector to tackle ‘poor quality’ tours amid noise, hygiene complaints against mainland Chinese groups
Kevin Yeung weighs in on issue of mainland Chinese tour groups crowding streets and eating outside public toilets. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Two-thirds of UK workers with long Covid have faced unfair treatment, says report
TUC and charity call for better support and legal right to reasonable adjustments at work for sufferers ‘I felt pushed out’: long Covid sufferers fight for fairness in workplace UK…
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‘I felt pushed out’: long Covid sufferers fight for fairness in the workplace
Sarah Barley-McMullen says she felt unable to stay in her post as a senior academic as her employers were unwilling to accommodate her needs Two-thirds of UK workers with long…
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Covid: more mainland Chinese visitors in Hong Kong, but they’re not rushing for bivalent vaccine booster shots
Anticipating demand, private clinics charging up to HK$2,800 per shot have advertised on social media since January. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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The Guardian view on how Covid began: look to the future | Editorial
The row over whether the pandemic started with a lab leak is growing. But the most important question is what we do now We may never know for certain how…