COVID-19 Updates
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Singapore’s Halimah, other Asian women leaders stress gender equality at SCMP conference
Countries around the world have a duty to prioritise gender equality among their policy mandates and overcome slow progress on the issue through greater “political will”, Singapore President Halimah Yacob…
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Will the EU emerge from the coronavirus crisis stronger or weaker? | Timothy Garton Ash
After its mixed Covid response, the EU must now focus on really delivering what its citizens want Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A year ago this…
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Coronavirus recovery: pickup in US economy, consumer spending could be to China’s benefit
China led the world in economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The renminbi has strengthened versus major currencies. The United States looks as if it, too, is now getting a…
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Lockdown has created new forms of boredom – and not all of them are bad | Marina Warner
Rather than seeking distraction, let’s pay attention to people’s thoughts and feelings during this period of monotony Boredom and ennui used to be counted among the deadly sins, either bundled…
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Coronavirus takes bloom off Tokyo’s cherry blossom festivities
Instead of tarpaulins being laid out in the parks of Tokyo in anticipation of the arrival of the first cherry blossoms, crash barriers are being erected with signs warning that…
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Coronavirus: US CDC says vaccinated people can meet without face masks
The US health protection agency on Monday released guidance for the first time on activities deemed safe for people fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, giving the OK to indoor meetings…
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Italy’s coronavirus death toll passes 100,000
Italy’s coronavirus death toll passed the 100,000 mark and Prime Minister Mario Draghi warned that the situation was worsening again with a jump in hospitalisations.Italy is the seventh country in…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong logs 21 new cases, while official admits reports of serious health complications and three deaths after jabs have hit vaccine bookings
Hong Kong confirmed 21 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, the highest daily caseload in nine days, while the minister handling the city’s mass vaccination programme admitted the take-up rate for…
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Chinese investors target London office property as market correction, vaccine roll-out underpin latest deal in 2021
Global investors, particularly from mainland China and Hong Kong, are snapping up London office properties in anticipation the economy will make a swift recovery as the government rolls out a…
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Coronavirus live news: Pfizer vaccine works on Brazil variant; US airlines ask Biden to back Covid travel guidelines
China’s Sinovac jab also effective against Brazil variant, early data suggests; deaths in Italy pass 100,000; vaccinated Americans allowed to meet indoors Covid data show sewage monitoring could be vital…