COVID-19 Updates

March 10, 2023
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The Guardian view on Fleabag’s fringe fund: a good deed in a bad world | Editorial

By channelling money to Edinburgh performers, Phoebe Waller-Bridge is passing on some of her own good fortune The Edinburgh fringe is a shaggy old beast with many ailments. It’s too…
March 10, 2023
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Is pinning down the origins of Covid-19 necessary to prevent the next pandemic?

The latest US-China quarrel over the ‘lab leak’ theory only threatens the international trust and cooperation needed for WHO’s pandemic treaty to succeed Read the original article at South China…
March 10, 2023
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Hong Kong life insurance sales to mainland Chinese visitors surge as border reopening unleashes pent-up demand

The value of life insurance policies sold to mainland customers tripled last year from 2021, according to figures released on Friday, as the easing of travel restrictions late in the…
March 10, 2023
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Was the Covid pandemic bad for mental health? It depends who you ask | Devi Sridhar

A report has been seized upon to argue that lockdown had little effect on mental health – but the truth is more nuanced Imagine that your teenager was a star…
March 10, 2023
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Economic growth of sorts, but UK plc is going nowhere

GDP is likely to edge sideways in 2023 (if that) but the true impact of rising interest rates has yet to be felt UK economy staged modest recovery in January…
March 10, 2023
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Hong Kong property: market remains stuck in doldrums as city’s border reopening is not quite the magic bullet hoped for, JLL report says

The reopening of the border with mainland China after almost three years of Covid-19 failed to boost Hong Kong’s beleaguered property market as much as had been hoped, according to…
March 10, 2023
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With masks off and shows on, Hong Kong is back on track

Busy events calendar in March alone will help restore confidence and signal to the world that Hong Kong has moved on from Covid-19. Read the original article at South China…
March 9, 2023
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NHS crisis causing continued higher-than-normal levels of death

Deaths in England and Wales have remained above average post-Covid lockdowns, with NHS delays likely to ‘have had substantial impact’ The crisis in the NHS is leading to continued higher-than-usual…
March 9, 2023
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New York City rats can carry Covid variants, new study finds

CDC says animal-to-human transmission is rare but study’s lead investigator calls for closer look at virus in rats for new strains New York City rats may be renowned for carrying…
March 9, 2023
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Tory MP Steve Brine faces lobbying questions after Hancock message leak

Chair of health committee was said to have tried to persuade the NHS to hire anaesthetists through firm he worked for A senior Conservative MP has been urged to stand…

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