COVID-19 Updates
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If Hong Kong’s 21-day coronavirus quarantine must remain, let’s make it less painful
I sympathise with the Hongkongers whose plans have been upended by the government’s recent change in quarantine and entry regulations. On December 25, returning Hong Kong residents woke to the…
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Joe Biden unveils US$1.9 trillion plan for coronavirus-hit US economy
US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a US$1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal designed to jump-start the economy and speed up the US response to the coronavirus pandemic.Biden campaigned last…
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WHO tackles new coronavirus strains as worldwide death toll nears 2 million
Global health experts gathered on Thursday to tackle new coronavirus strains blamed for a fresh surge in infections as countries including Britain and France tightened restrictions to head off a…
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Coronavirus: global death toll could hit 5 million by March, Chinese researchers say
A team of Chinese experts has warned that the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic could be worse this year than it was in 2020.By the beginning of March, the…
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Testing times: how UK government fell short, again and again
A timeline of what was promised and what has been delivered so far In mid-March, the World Health Organization had a simple message to countries on how to tackle the…
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Experts remain divided over merits of mass Covid tests in schools
Analysis: some say lateral flow tests could help cut outbreaks, but others argue they offer false reassurance Regulator refuses to approve mass Covid testing at schools in England Coronavirus –…
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Keeping up with Covid mutations could require vaccine cooperation
Production of new flu vaccine each year shows it should be possible to adapt to coronavirus variants if necessary Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The technology…
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Malaysia’s coronavirus lockdowns a ‘blessing in disguise’ for reducing Isis threat: counterterrorism chief
Malaysia’s counterterrorism chief says lockdowns resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic have been a “blessing in disguise” in reducing the terror threat posed by Islamic State (Isis) supporters in the country,…
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Coronavirus: how China can really win over sceptical hearts and minds abroad
This is the latest instalment of a series looking back at the effects of the coronavirus outbreak one year after it first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Here,…
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Coronavirus live news: Lebanon begins 11-day, 24-hour curfew; WHO team arrives in Wuhan
Lebanon closes supermarkets in lockdown; WHO team touches down in Wuhan; New York Mayor warns city will fall short of its inoculation goals How and why is the virus mutating?…