COVID-19 Updates
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Unexpected long holidays: pandemic restrictions leave travellers stranded in Hong Kong, uncertain when they can leave
When American teacher Seth Collins left Shenzhen in February to visit his mother in the United States, he had no inkling of the trouble he would have returning.“I’m in limbo,”…
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Hong Kong online brokerage banks on US parent as it targets younger traders with app-based services
Online brokerage start-up SoFi Hong Kong is banking on its new San Francisco-based parent to grow its customer base, especially among traders in their 20s and 30s, at a time…
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How drawing a comic strip in coronavirus quarantine helped artist see the funny side of 14 days alone in Room 1419
Just as prisoners rarely forget their inmate identification number, Hong Kong artist Carol Bellese Choi is unlikely to forget 1419 – her room number at a government quarantine facility in…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong records no new cases on Sunday, marking 14 straight days without any local infection
Hong Kong recorded zero coronavirus infections on Sunday, the second consecutive day without any new cases and the 14th in a row free from reports of local transmission, the health…
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Families denied viewing of bodies before quick cremations in coronavirus-hit Philippines
Families of coronavirus victims in the Philippines are being denied traditional death rites in favour of hurried, impersonal cremations, with virus restrictions often meaning they are forbidden a last look…
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Pharma giant Roche gets US go-ahead for Covid-19 antibody test
Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG says it has received emergency use approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an antibody test to help determine if people…
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South Korea is easing its coronavirus clampdown, but is it jumping the gun?
It has been almost two months since Incheon United FC were supposed to play their first match of the season.But in that time, South Korea – once the epicentre of…
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Coronavirus: all Hongkongers to be given masks that can be reused 60 times, government health adviser reveals
All Hongkongers will be given a mask that can be reused up to 60 times amid the coronavirus pandemic, a government health adviser has revealed.Prominent microbiologist Professor Yuen Kwok-yung on…
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Armed militia at US virus protests a constitutional right, supporters say. Critics say they intimidate
Gun-carrying protesters have been a common sight at some demonstrations calling for coronavirus-related restrictions to be lifted. But an armed militia’s involvement in an angry protest in the Michigan statehouse…
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Warren Buffett dumps US airline stocks, saying ‘world has changed’ after Covid-19
Warren Buffett, the legendary American investor, has sold his firm’s entire holdings in the four major US airlines, warning that the “world has changed” for the aviation industry because of…