COVID-19 Updates
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Wearing a mask is simple, easy and unselfish. So why wouldn’t you?
When we were in the very thick of lockdown, I spoke to one of my best friends who has lived in Hong Kong for some years now. I was, quite…
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UK universities putting finances above student safety, expert warns
One of the UK’s top higher education experts has warned that by promising young people they can return to campuses this autumn, universities are putting their financial survival in the…
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Hong Kong third wave: more than 100 new Covid-19 cases expected again, as city leader apologises for full-day restaurant ban
Hong Kong is expected to record more than 100 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the 11th day in a row with triple-digit increases, as the city’s leader apologised for inconveniences…
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‘People die every day, that’s life’: Bolsonaro still shrugs off pandemic even as Brazil nears 100,000 dead
Fresh off a bout of Covid-19, President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday nearly everyone will probably end up catching the new coronavirus, urging Brazilians to “face up to it” and saying…
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What are coronavirus risks from riding trains? A new Chinese study analyses passenger data
Is it safe to travel by train for hours during the Covid-19 pandemic? Will fellow passengers be infected if a traveller turns out to be a patient?There are no simple,…
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Coronavirus: South Korea arrests Shincheonji church leader for stalling virus containment efforts
The leader of a controversial religious group that was a hotbed of infection in the early stages of South Korea’s coronavirus outbreak was arrested on Saturday morning on suspicion of…
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Hong Kong third wave: Korean restaurant opening went ahead a day before dine-in dinner ban kicked in
The announcement earlier this week that the Hong Kong government was implementing stricter measures to slow down the third wave of coronavirus cases should not have come as a surprise.Nobody…
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Coronavirus: China’s stranded migrant workers desperate to return home as savings dry up
Zhu Bowen was excited about the possibility of landing an IT job when she travelled to Tokyo in December. Now, with the coronavirus pandemic having completely upended her life, the…
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Japanese tourists hope to say ‘Aloha’ again after Hawaii listed as safe destination
The first time Takako Tomura visited Hawaii, she was a high school student. It was love at first sight. Now a 40-year-old housewife, she says she has visited Hawaii at…
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US government set to pay US$2.1 billion to drug giants Sanofi and GSK in coronavirus vaccine deal
The US government will pay US$2.1 billion to Sanofi SA and GlaxoSmithKline Plc for Covid-19 vaccines to cover 50 million people and to underwrite the drug makers’ testing and manufacturing,…