COVID-19 Updates
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Hong Kong property market not expected to get big boost from stamp duty change, industry pins hopes on 2023 budget
Analysts see the February 2023 budget speech as the next chance for supportive policies, as they doubt a tax-refund incentive announced by Chief Executive John Lee will revive demand. Read…
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Australia failed to rescue citizens during the global Covid emergency – we can’t let it happen again | Trent Zimmerman
Many Australians living overseas wanted or needed to return – yet we made it impossibly difficult for tens of thousands of people Follow our Australia news live blog for the…
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Australia’s ‘brutal’ Covid-19 lockdowns hit vulnerable groups harder, worsened existing inequalities: report
The Fault Lines report, which criticised insufficient transparency around decision making, found the elderly and low-income workers ‘bore the brunt of the pandemic’. Read the original article at South China…
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Australia’s Covid lockdown rules found to have lacked fairness and compassion
Review led by Peter Shergold finds some lockdowns and border closures were not necessary and schools should have remained open Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates…
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WHO says Covid-19 still an international emergency, too early to lift alert
The WHO emergency committee’s conclusion was supported by the chief of the UN health agency, who warned that ‘the pandemic has surprised us before’. Read the original article at South…
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Updated Moderna Covid booster gives even better protection than earlier jab
Biotech firm’s data shows stronger immune response to Omicron than original vaccine three months after being given The updated Covid booster from Moderna produces a stronger immune response to the…
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Reports of teenager dying in Covid quarantine cause outcry in China
Video of girl struggling to breathe is circulating online, with claims family’s pleas for help were ignored Reports that a 16-year-old girl has died in a Covid quarantine centre after…
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Why fall in public trust, not obesity or pollution, drove Hong Kong’s surge in Covid-19 deaths
Hong Kong’s performance in handling the pandemic is admirable on a global scale but anomalous compared to its peers in East Asia. Several factors have been suggested as explaining the…
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Breast cancer patients in England face delays to reconstruction surgery
Charity Breast Cancer Now warns of a ‘postcode lottery’ of NHS care for women after mastectomy Women waiting for breast reconstruction surgery on the NHS in England face a “postcode…
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Carlyle, Apollo, BNY Mellon and State Street executives to take part in HKMA seminar at Hong Kong finance summit
The HKMA and the Hong Kong Academy of Finance are organising ‘Conversations with Global Investors’ on November 3, with leaders from nine of the world’s top asset management firms taking…