COVID-19 Updates
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Police consider interviewing Starmer face to face over Beergate claims
News comes as it emerges Labour is preparing dossier to show team worked late on night in question Detectives investigating Keir Starmer’s alleged breach of lockdown rules are considering interviewing…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong on track for further easing of social-distancing curbs despite recent caseload fluctuations and Yuen Long cluster
City leader says incoming chief executive John Lee will need to revisit conditions for reopening the border with mainland China. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Coronavirus: Tesla’s production in Shanghai hit again as logistics issues persist, cases outside quarantine zones nearly triple
At least part of the carmaker’s giant Giga Shanghai plant halted work on Monday, according to a source, with the company confirming that logistics problems caused a delay in component…
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Dentist shortage in south-west England leaves patients doing DIY treatments
Children and adults forced to live in agony because they are unable to register for NHS care in Somerset, charity says Many patients in south-west England are being left in…
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How Hong Kong employers can entice staff back to the office once Covid-19 measures are relaxed
Making the return mandatory, as some international companies have done, could be self-defeating; some firms have had to be creative to get the team to return to office. Read the…
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New Zealand, once Covid-free, tops 1 million cases since pandemic began
Figure means 20% of population has been infected with Covid but modellers say true number is likely three times higher Read all our coronavirus coverage New Zealand has recorded more…
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‘No end in sight’: Shanghai residents chafe at harsh Covid measures
Tensions rise again as lockdowns grind on and the city’s population tire of strict zero-Covid policy See all our coronavirus coverage Tensions between Shanghai residents and China’s Covid enforcers are…
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A tale of two airports: only a trickle of travellers into Hong Kong while crowds return to no-quarantine Singapore
Compulsory hotel quarantine the main disincentive, sudden airline route bans ‘a nightmare’. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Joe Wicks says millions of parents suffering mental health issues after lockdown
Fitness coach to explore his parents’ mental health problems in new documentary, Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood Joe Wicks has said he realised the scale of the UK’s mental health…
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Fourth Covid jab can give higher immunity than initial booster, study finds
UK-based team finds antibodies peaked higher after fourth jab given after gap of more than six months than after third A fourth dose of a Covid vaccine can ramp up…