COVID-19 Updates
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How will Covid restrictions be changing in England from 12 April?
Next stage of easing of lockdown will mean non-essential retail can reopen, among other changes Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage England is gearing up for the…
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Free rapid Covid tests for England: what you need to know
Key questions answered about plans to roll out lateral flow tests across country Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK government is planning to offer millions…
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Coronavirus: more than 11,000 Hongkongers receive BioNTech shots as roll-out resumes after nearly two-week suspension
More than 11,000 people took the BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus when distribution resumed on Monday following a nearly two-week suspension due to packaging problems. About 5,200 residents received their…
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Coronavirus recovery: flight to quality gives property investors a chance to add value
For an indication of the extent to which investors still harbour doubts about the ability of the commercial property industry to cope with the unprecedented disruption caused by the pandemic,…
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Covid-19 pushes Hong Kong arts groups to embrace technology, with help from HK$20 million fund
The show will go on at last for Benis Cheng’s dance project, after two years of delays caused first by the social unrest of 2019 and then the Covid-19 pandemic.…
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Thai tourist island of Phuket gets Covid jabs first in race to offer quarantine-free holidays
Government hopes to jumpstart tourism with mass inoculation program In Thailand, it’s the all-important tourism sector that has jumped to the head of the Covid-19 vaccination line, with the country’s…
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How coronavirus vaccine hesitancy stands between Asia and herd immunity
Fear, frustration, despair and hope – the Covid-19 pandemic has been a roller coaster of emotions for people around the world. The race to vaccinate has been seen as the…
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Coronavirus: Japan imposes curbs in infection hotspot Osaka; Australia hits vaccine record
Quasi-emergency measures against Covid-19 officially commenced on Monday in Japan’s Osaka, Hyogo and Miyagi prefectures as part of efforts to stem a sharp resurgence in infections in the three areas.The…
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Coronavirus live: Portugal U-turns on allowing travel to Spain; Bangladesh imposes week-long lockdown
Portugal extends restrictions on travel via land and sea to Spain; non-essential retail and transport services shut will also shut in Bangladesh England to launch nine ‘vaccine passport’ pilots from…
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Everyone in England to be offered twice-weekly Covid tests, PM to say
Boris Johnson to promise universal rollout of lateral flow testing scheme in bid to ease England out of lockdown Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson…