COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: feast-in-a-bowl poon choi takes off as Hong Kong’s restaurants scramble to grow delivery orders
At her French restaurant in Central, Vivienne Mak brings out a big metal bowl covered with golden puff pastry. People are always delighted when they tear into the pastry to…
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China’s stay-at-home Lunar New Year a welcome break from tradition for many
Amy Yuan is looking forward to a quiet Lunar New Year – free from questions about her love life – thanks to the Chinese government’s call for people to avoid…
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Chinese turn to on-call coronavirus testing during holiday travel rush
With millions of Chinese facing mandatory coronavirus tests to travel during the Lunar New Year holiday, some enterprising private firms are eyeing a potential boon from more personalised but pricier…
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‘I am a people person. I want my family to visit’: stories of older Australian migrants during Covid | Ruth De Souza and Safdar Ahmed
We say ‘it takes a village to raise a child’, but the same principle of care applies to people as they age From August to November 2020, an interdisciplinary team…
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Japan’s gaming arcades face extinction as pandemic weighs heavy on an industry in decline
Evenings are normally the busiest time at Mikado, a retro gaming arcade in Tokyo, but these days the shutters come down early, leaving “Street Fighter” fans out in the cold.Bright,…
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Lunar New Year: the Chinese left ‘trapped and helpless’ overseas
Yang, a Chinese national working in Singapore for more than a decade, usually flies back to her hometown of Wuhan in central China every year to celebrate the Lunar New…
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American on World Health Organization coronavirus investigation team dismisses US intelligence
The lone American on the World Health Organization coronavirus fact-finding mission in China dismissed US intelligence on the virus’ origins and urged the Biden administration to trust the WHO’s work…
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WHO Wuhan coronavirus mission over but much more work still to do
A World Health Organization mission to China to investigate the origins of Covid-19 has ended without a clear answer, but research further afield could help fill in some of the…
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Former Ironman champion brought low by ‘long Covid’ describes the symptoms and what it’s like to suffer
On the face of it, Tamsin Lewis was unstoppable. A medical doctor, a founder of a wellness and longevity platform, a former pro triathlete, and the Ironman UK Champion 2014…
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Martin Rowson on the UK government’s Covid travel quarantine rules – cartoon
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