COVID-19 Updates
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Shanghai’s accidental group-buying heroes: getting food through in the Covid-19 crisis
With the usual supplies stretched or broken, residents are stepping up and using the power of networking to help their communities. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Coronavirus: Shanghai reports record 3,590 symptomatic cases as China’s largest economy buckles under lockdown
Shanghai reported a record of 3,590 symptomatic cases on Saturday, as the city of 25 million people remains locked down. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Shanghai’s ‘Covid coaches’ step up to take some of the stress out of lockdown
A group of volunteers is helping residents to cope mentally with the frustrations and tensions induced by the pandemic restrictions. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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As China’s Covid-19 lockdowns snarl supply chains and spark protests from foreign firms, will zero tolerance pass the test?
With jobs and economic data at stake months ahead of a key Communist Party congress, the impact, if any, on the stringent rules remains to be seen. Read the original…
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Fitness chain Pure to meet creditors over closure of Hong Kong yoga centre as coronavirus drives industry to the brink
A subsidiary of one of Hong Kong’s biggest fitness chains will meet creditors this month after shutting the venue at The Centrium in Central, its first yoga studio in the…
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China’s zero-Covid policy causes widespread hardships, as Shanghai’s lockdown shows. So why keep it?
Shanghai’s lockdown woes show it’s high time China revived the wisdom of Deng Xiaoping and ‘seek truth from facts’, instead of seeing zero-Covid and living with the virus as a…
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Watch your back: Chinese study finds Covid-19 could be on your tail
Researchers in China say virus particles can land on the clothes of someone passing a seated infected person within four seconds. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Reinvigorating Hong Kong’s economy starts with embracing a global mindset once more
Hong Kong’s ability to balance local values with global ideas, and its openness to anyone with a zeal for hard work and innovation, has brought the city prosperity. This is…
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As New Zealand emerges from pandemic isolation, citizens queue up to leave
Surging living costs, low wages and the claustrophobia of two years behind closed borders have many seeking a fresh start elsewhere Alie Benge, a writer, and David Coffey, a mental…
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Freedom and fear: life in one of the few countries that Covid hasn’t touched
Pacific island countries like Tuvalu are among the very last places that have remained Covid-free throughout the pandemic Petaia Nome is one of the few people in the remote Pacific…