COVID-19 Updates
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Anzac Day: health authorities urge Covid-19 precautions at gatherings
With the return of full services after two Covid-disrupted years, officials advise caution despite easing of restrictions Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Health officials are…
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Life in lockdown held back progress of under-fives
Early learning suffered as parents talked and read less to children in 2021, new National Literacy Trust study shows Parents spent less time reading, chatting and playing with their children…
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They are coming back: Hong Kong expatriates who left as Covid-19 infections shot up make plans to return
With infections falling and pandemic restrictions easing, some residents still overseas hope to be back by summer. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Bank bosses’ optimism darkens as war follows on the heels of Covid
Last year’s hopes of a return to normal will largely be absent from this week’s downbeat set of UK lenders’ results British banks that took 2021’s bumper profits as a…
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Hong Kong must stem the brain drain resulting from its Covid-19 policies to keep its competitive edge
To safeguard Hong Kong’s value as a global finance, trade and transport nexus, it must reverse the loss of people with the expertise, experience and international connections vital to the…
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‘Urgent and grim’: Beijing on Covid-19 alert after sudden rash of cases
15 new infections reported across the Chinese capital and linked to wide range of activities. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Reading romance books after heartbreak, finding nostalgia, and living with cancer and Covid
A writer wonders about a happily ever after. Nostalgia rises after years of rapid tech change. And cancer survivors manage treatment during lockdown You can read the original articles here:…
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‘The fear is very real’: how Asian Americans are fighting rising hate crime
As the fastest growing racial or ethnic group in the US, Asian Americans are finally in a position to do more than stock up on pepper spray and hope for…
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Voice of April: the Shanghai Covid-19 protest video testing censors
Compilation of audio complaints about lockdown went online on Friday and was swiftly taken down. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Tories face heavy local election losses over Partygate, PM told
Prominent backbencher Steve Baker says party will ‘reap the whirlwind on polling day’ Jacob Rees-Mogg leaves notes for WFH civil servants Boris Johnson has been told public fury at lockdown-breaking…