COVID-19 Updates
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‘Ferocious’ Covid outbreak in Beijing traced to raucous bar
Cluster comes week after city eased restrictions, raising fresh concerns over ‘zero Covid’ policy and economy Authorities in Beijing are racing to contain a Covid-19 outbreak traced to a 24-hour…
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Don’t be complacent, another Covid wave is coming. Here’s how we can manage it | Devi Sridhar
A spike in infections every three months seems to be the pattern, but the UK has the power to beat this if we act wisely As we move into summer,…
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UK doctors with long Covid say they have been denied disability benefits
Exclusive: some who worked on pandemic frontline may have to sell their house after claims rejected Doctors who worked on the frontline during the pandemic and have been left with…
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Departing Hong Kong property investors haunted by same dilemma of 1997, where will the best real estate returns be found?
In the quarter century since the handover, home ownership in Hong Kong has been a relatively safe bet with home prices up 140 per cent on average. Those Hong Kong…
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Coronavirus: Travel firms in state of confusion as Japan reopens to foreign tourists
Travel companies have complained over the lack of communication regarding entry procedures and last-minute Covid-19 guidelines. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Four in 10 pandemic-era mutual aid groups still active, UK data suggests
Groups set up to help out neighbours in 2020 are now helping people cope with cost of living, say campaigners Four in 10 of the mutual aid groups that were…
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Health experts dominate Australia’s Queen’s birthday honours for work during pandemic
Brendan Murphy, Kerry Chant, Jeannette Young and Mary-Louise McLaws among recipients recognised for their work on Covid Shane Warne recognised posthumously in Queen’s birthday honours Get our free news app;…
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Taiwan’s health minister tests positive for Covid as new cases fall
Chen Shih-chung to remain at home to recover, has not been in recent contact with the island’s president. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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To exit its zero-Covid strategy, China needs to build trust in vaccines through more transparency
China’s zero-Covid policy has wreaked havoc on its economy and people, but unless more of its population is vaccinated, particularly the elderly, the government is unlikely to be willing to…
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The WTO faces a make or break week over vaccines | Larry Elliott
A ruling on whether or not to waive patent rules will this week show if the trade body is for the world or the west A crisis at the World…