COVID-19 Updates
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Government hesitancy about pushing vaccination is costing Hong Kong
The total disarray of the government’s quarantine policy over the past two weeks sent me to my dictionary to look up “dilly-dally” (“waste time through aimless wandering or indecision”), then…
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Matt Hancock says ‘high degree of confidence’ vaccines work against Indian variant – as it happened
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UK ‘faces labour shortage’ as Covid and Brexit fuel exodus of overseas workers
Experts say recovery at risk amid sharp fall in EU workers and dwindling interest in UK jobs from abroad Britain’s employers are struggling to hire staff as lockdown lifts amid…
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If 2021 kills fast fashion, Hong Kong’s garment industry could come back to life
LEMMINGS IN CENTRALWalking through Central last week I noticed something that made me sigh. Fresh in the wake of the closure of The Gap and the fire sale that followed…
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Top US adviser Anthony Fauci says coronavirus pandemic has exposed ‘undeniable effects of racism’
The immunologist who leads the Covid-19 response in the United States said on Sunday that “the undeniable effects of racism” have led to unacceptable health disparities that especially hurt African…
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17 May reopening: how Covid measures across Britain are changing
Coronavirus restrictions are set to be eased in England, Wales and most of Scotland from Monday Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Coronavirus restrictions will be eased…
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Ignore lockdown easing to curb Indian Covid variant, health experts urge
Leading specialists call on the public to avoid socialising indoors to prevent a third wave of the disease Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage People should ignore…
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As foreign travel rules ease, what is required to enter the UK?
With a range of proofs needed, the market for fake Covid test and vaccination certificates is booming Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage When the UK reopens…
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What threat does Indian Covid variant pose and do vaccines work against it?
The number of identified cases of the B.1.617.2 variant in the UK has more than doubled in a week Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The number…
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Coronavirus: domestic workers queue up outside testing centres across Hong Kong braving scorching heat
Domestic workers lined up outside Covid-19 testing centres on one of the hottest days of the year in Hong Kong on Sunday to comply with what many called a discriminatory…