COVID-19 Updates
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What Transit Station Workers Need to Know about COVID-19
Stay home if you are having symptoms of COVID-19. Stay at least 6 feet away from customers and coworkers, when possible. Request that passengers avoid standing or sitting within 6…
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Tigermed roars in its Hong Kong stock trading debut, as Asia’s largest healthcare IPO of 2020 draws traders to its clinical trials
Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting, the biggest listing this year by an Asian health care provider, jumped by as much as 19 per cent in its Hong Kong trading debut, as investors…
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Uber’s food-delivery business doubles but Covid-19 eviscerates rides demand
Uber Technologies said demand for its food-delivery service more than doubled in the second quarter as many users remained largely homebound, while demand for ride-hailing trips was only marginally recovering…
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Can the Philippine island of Boracay survive back-to-back lockdowns?
Boracay’s White Beach would ordinarily be thronged with people: bronzed sunbathers lounging on the pearly sand; children splashing about noisily in the clear, shallow waters; blissed-out couples posing for selfies…
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Beating the gloom: enterprising Hongkongers find ways to boost income, running yoga classes or selling at bazaars and online
An estimated 240,700 people in Hong Kong were out of work as of June, as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on the economy. The bleak jobs market has driven…
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Octopus offers sweeteners to entice small Hong Kong vendors to go cashless amid coronavirus surge
Competition appears to be heating up among cashless payment providers attempting to win over smaller merchants such as market vendors, cafe owners and taxi drivers amid the escalating coronavirus outbreak…
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As coronavirus cases mount in Africa, so do fears of overwhelmed hospitals
As Africa was poised to breach 1 million coronavirus cases on Thursday, warnings were sounding that rising numbers of patients needing critical care could overwhelm hospitals in countries with fragile…
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New York attorney general files lawsuit to dissolve NRA – live
The president has now concluded his speech at the Whirlpool manufacturing plant in Clyde, Ohio. During the official White House event, Trump repeatedly attacked Joe Biden and other Democrats, including…
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Coronavirus live news: UK adds Belgium, Bahamas and Andorra to quarantine list
US president Donald Trump has intensified his attacks on China for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, as his health secretary headed to Taiwan for a visit sure to irk…
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NHS shutdown risks thousands of deaths in Covid-19 second wave
The NHS will be inflicting pain, misery and risk of death on tens of thousands of patients if it again shuts down normal care when a second wave of Covid-19…