COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong could announce new shorter quarantine measures next week
City leader John Lee says city’s temporary hospitals could be transformed into quarantine facilities for those going to China Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Hong Kong’s retail landscape is changing as landlords lure restaurants to fill spaces abandoned by shops during pandemic
The mix of tenants in malls and at street level is changing as restaurateurs pounce on slumping rents to expand, often taking the spaces left behind by retailers forced to…
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Coronavirus: North Korea claims no new fever cases amid doubts over Covid data
North Korea said earlier this month it was on a path to “finally defuse” its first publicly declared coronavirus crisis even as Asian neighbours experience a resurgence in infections driven…
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BA owner IAG returns to profit for first time since start of Covid pandemic
Airline group says demand is strong despite ‘historic challenges’ at Heathrow and elsewhere British Airways has returned to profit for the first time since the start of the pandemic, with…
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US to hold push for Covid boosters until fall in order to better protect against BA.5
Pfizer and Moderna expected to roll out reformulated boosters, likely to be authorized for anyone 12 and older, in September Instead of expanding eligibility for a fourth Covid-19 booster shot…
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Latest UK Covid wave past peak as infections fall by half a million in a week
ONS data shows rates nevertheless ‘still remain among the highest seen during the course of the pandemic’ The UK’s latest wave of Covid appears to have passed its peak, with…
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KFC, Pizza Hut operator Yum China reports 54 per cent profit drop after Covid-19 curbs kept diners at bay
Yum China Holdings said its earnings in the three months ended June 30 came to US$83 million, down 54 per cent from the same period last year after stringent pandemic…
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Could Long Covid lead to the rise of a four-day work-week? | Greg Frey
A shorter work-week would reduce carbon emissions, make life easier for parents and people with illnesses or disabilities, and generally make people happier Alongside being constantly exhausted, in pain and…
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CanSino’s inhaled booster vaccine stronger against Omicron BA.1 subvariant than Sinovac
Inhalation-based vaccine candidate elicits better antibody response than leading Chinese jab when used as a booster against BA.1, according to paper published without peer review. Read the original article at…