COVID-19 Updates
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Hong Kong third wave: city confirms 95 new Covid-19 cases, as expert urges testing of domestic helpers in boarding houses
Hong Kong confirmed 95 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday,the fourth straight day under 100, as a leading infectious disease expert called for large-scale testing of domestic helpers living in boarding…
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Coronavirus: Facebook and Twitter block Trump video over ‘almost immune’ kids claim
Facebook and Twitter took aim at US President Donald Trump and his campaign Wednesday over a video post in which he contended that children are “almost immune” to the coronavirus,…
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Are Asian countries choosing US or China for the Covid-19 vaccine?
Will the first Covid-19 vaccine be manufactured in China, the United States or Britain? With 160 vaccines under development globally, countries are hammering out deals with pharmaceutical companies and state-owned…
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Hong Kong tourism in distress: restaurant, retail and hotel bosses try to reinvent themselves digitally as pandemic keeps visitors away
This is the fourth instalment of a five-part series in which the Post takes a look at unemployment in Hong Kong, as the city grapples with the aftermath of the…
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Vietnam cracks down on illegal entries from China as Covid-19 cases flare up
Vietnam has tightened its clampdown on the illegal entry of Chinese citizens as it races to bring a fresh Covid-19 outbreak under control, having previously gone three months without detected…
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Sniffing out the coronavirus: how dogs are helping in the fight against Covid-19
What does a pandemic smell like? If dogs could talk, they might be able to tell us. We’re part of an international research team, led by Dominique Grandjean at France’s…
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Let rich Americans into New Zealand if they want to build houses, former PM says
A former prime minister of New Zealand wants rich Americans to buy property in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic to help reduce the impact of what he described as…
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East Asians have Toronto’s lowest coronavirus infection rate. But other Asian groups are suffering badly
North American Covid-19 statistics that group Asian communities together have suggested they are experiencing relatively low infection rates – but new data out of Toronto indicates sharp differences among Chinese,…
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Coronavirus live news: France records two-month high in new cases; Spain sees highest daily infections since June
Colombia’s former president Álvaro Uribe has tested positive for Covid-19, just a day after he was placed under house arrest as part of a witness tampering probe. Uribe, a highly…
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Italy threatens to ban Ryanair over ‘repeated violations’ of coronavirus rules
Italy’s national civil aviation authority ENAC threatened on Wednesday to suspend Ryanair’s permit to fly in the country over alleged non-compliance with coronavirus safety rules, but the low-cost carrier denied…