COVID-19 Updates
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‘This man knows he’s dying as surely as I do’: a doctor’s dispatches from the NHS frontline
Death has been headline news for so long now, I am beginning to feel like a plague doctor. My next patient, an 89-year-old from a care home, is perilously ill.…
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Indian unicorns bridle as New Delhi looks a Chinese gift horse in the mouth
As the coronavirus continues to ravage the globe, Indian unicorns hungry for investment are running into a problem – Chinese capital is drying up. And given the fact that many…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong woman tests preliminary positive for Covid-19 in possible break of 16-day streak of no local infections
Hong Kong’s lengthy run without local contagion is under threat after a 34-year-old woman with no recent travel history tested preliminary positive for the coronavirus.A source told the Post that…
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Spooked by coronavirus, political tension, seven hotels in Shanghai, and Hong Kong likely to delay scheduled opening dates
At least seven hotels in Shanghai and Hong Kong are expected to delay their scheduled opening dates this year due to the collapse in tourism amid the coronavirus pandemic. And…
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As coronavirus pandemic upends the world, vital to support flights and workers to keep the aid flowing
While most of the world self-isolates at home and the skies are emptier than they have been for decades, humanitarian flights transporting life-saving aid are revving up around Asia and…
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Schools and Day Camps
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So hard to get Hong Kong’s ‘hidden youth’ to leave home, now pandemic drives them into isolation again
Being cooped up at home for months because of the coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on a group of young Hongkongers who have become increasingly withdrawn from society, experts…
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For Asians in Australia, a collective memory of racial trauma
Charmaine Celine, a Eurasian-Chinese student attending La Trobe University in Melbourne’s Bundoora, said she had been grappling with feelings of inferiority and embarrassment over her race amid the coronavirus pandemic.As…
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Coronavirus: Hundreds of sailors stranded in paradise in South Pacific as restrictions hit
For as long as she can remember, 28-year-old American Kristen Pankratz has shared in her dad’s dream to sail around the world. Life somehow always got in the way. But…
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Asian-Americans, harassed over coronavirus, push back on streets and social media
A spike in harassment of Asian-Americans since the coronavirus pandemic began has led community activists in the United States to fight back – forming street patrols, rallying on social media,…