COVID-19 Updates
-
Are the British conformist or libertarian? Our face mask response is telling | Richard Coker
Later this week, the wearing of masks in shops and supermarkets will become mandatory in England. The question then will be how quickly the public accepts this new law –…
-
HSBC, Standard Chartered among 11 banks to close, curtail opening hours of 50 branches as Hong Kong fights third wave of coronavirus
HSBC, Standard Chartered and Bank of East Asia are among 11 banks changing their operating hours and closing some of their branches as a third wave of Covid-19 forces Hong…
-
India smartphone shipments shrink by nearly 50 per cent in second quarter, Chinese vendors still top in market
Smartphone shipments in India fell 48 per cent to 17.3 million units in the second quarter of 2020 as the country faced an unprecedented shutdown of its economy from March…
-
Coronavirus latest: India reports record 40,000 new cases over 24 hours; Japan’s domestic travel campaign panned
India on Monday reported more than 40,000 new cases of the coronavirus, a record high for the country.The 40,425 new cases raised India’s total to 1,118,043, including 27,497 deaths.The ministry…
-
Novel COVID-19 survey takes nation’s social, mental “Pulse”
Answers from the Household Pulse Survey are tracking our mental, social, and economic health during the pandemic. Close Answers from the Household Pulse Survey are tracking our mental, social, and…
-
Hong Kong cleaners, green groups despair as pandemic trash piles up with disposable plastic, sanitiser bottles, masks everywhere
Cleaning worker Fung Lan-ying has been working a lot harder since the pandemic began, collecting garbage from a block of public flats at a housing estate in Hong Kong’s Wong…
-
Loss of Chinese buyers: final straw for Australia’s property market?
Australia’s property market, like many others around the world, has been hit by the coronavirus-induced economic downturn. But for its two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, Covid-19 is only part…
-
Hong Kong’s class of 2020, bracing for DSE results, is well placed to brave pandemic-ravaged world
This is for Hong Kong’s class of 2020. Graduates, be proud of all that you have achieved – surviving the last year was no small feat. It was an extraordinary…
-
Back-garden archaeology: Britons unearth artefacts during lockdown
Neolithic arrowheads and an ancient belt hook are among several historical artefacts unearthed in Britons’ back gardens during lockdown. The British Museum’s portable antiquities scheme has been notified of a…
-
Polls show Biden routing Trump. Here’s how to read them.
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Steven Shepard on politico.com on July 19, 2020.President Donald Trump’s bad poll numbers are getting…