COVID-19 Updates
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Hong Kong third wave: city to register more than 100 new Covid-19 cases for seventh day running, source says
Hong Kong is expected to register its seventh day in a row of more than 100 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, according to a medical source. The source said the…
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Global investors plough into Asian logistics properties as demand for online delivery food surges amid Covid-19 crisis
Institutional investors, insurance giants and sovereign wealth funds are rapidly increasing their investments in logistics properties in China and the wider region as an e-commerce boom and a rise in…
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Hong Kong third wave: health chief has no ‘particular views’ on whether Covid-19 should delay Legislative Council elections
Hong Kong’s health minister Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee does not have any “particular views” on whether the planned Legislative Council elections in September should be postponed because of the coronavirus,…
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eCR Now: COVID-19 Electronic Case Reporting
Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) is the automated generation and transmission of case reports from the electronic health record (EHR) to public health agencies for review and action. eCR makes disease…
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Coronavirus latest: Vietnam’s Da Nang city in lockdown amid fresh outbreak
Vietnam has suspended all flights and public transport to and from Da Nang for 15 days from Tuesday after at least 15 cases of the novel coronavirus were detected in…
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Hong Kong Covid-19 third wave: do you need to wear a mask if you exercise outdoors … or should you exercise at all?
Hong Kong expanded compulsory mask-wearing rules to cover all public areas, as part of the strictest social-distancing measures unveiled by the government on Monday.“Residents should wear masks to protect themselves…
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Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai recovers from Covid-19, husband Abhishek Bachchan still in hospital
Bollywood star and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter have been discharged from a Mumbai hospital where they were being treated for coronavirus.The pair was admitted to…
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Hong Kong third wave: struggling catering sector calls for HK$8 billion government bailout as restaurant ban looms amid Covid-19 crisis
Hong Kong’s struggling catering sector has called on the government to dish out HK$8 billion (US$1.03 billion) in handouts to rescue hard-hit restaurants, with a sweeping ban on dine-in services…
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Bolivia prisoners riot over coronavirus exposure
The death of an inmate suspected of having the coronavirus prompted rioting in four of the most populated prisons in Bolivia’s Cochabamba region over access to medical care, a government…
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First US presidential debate moved to Cleveland amid coronavirus concerns
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Zach Montellaro on politico.com on July 27, 2020.The first presidential primary debate has been moved…