COVID-19 Updates
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A run through the snow, PCR tests and no guests: a wedding in China’s Covid lockdown
Amanda Liu Chang and Jia Shihan were due to get married on 19 March when Jia’s apartment building was locked down – but they didn’t let that stop them When…
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China coronavirus quarantine diary: ‘Hang in there. You only need to stay 7 days, we have to stay for months’
South China Morning Post economy desk reporter Ji Siqi recently flew home to mainland China from Hong Kong having not seen her family in her hometown of Shenyang in the…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong leader defends decision to resume testing orders as more ‘effective’ strategy to assess pandemic situation
Hong Kong’s leader has defended the resumption of issuing compulsory testing orders as an effective strategy to assess the city’s pandemic situation instead of relying on rapid antigen tests (RAT).Health…
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NHS under pressure from new Covid wave across England, says Chris Whitty
Increasing numbers of people needing hospital treatment for coronavirus, says chief medical officer The NHS is coming under “significant” pressure amid a rise in Covid cases in virtually every area…
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Hong Kong police arrest 2 men who allegedly ran scam seeking funds to buy Covid-19 tests for poor residents
Two men have been arrested for allegedly running a bogus fundraising campaign that sought donations to help two organisations buy Covid-19 rapid test kits for the needy in Hong Kong.The…
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NHS steers public away from free Covid tests as English scheme scaled back
With free universal testing winding down, health service advises tests mostly needed for people at high risk The provision of free Covid-19 tests is being scaled back in England as…
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A tale of two Covid Americas: can the US unite behind a pandemic strategy?
As health authorities brace for another coronavirus wave, the US is still deeply divided over its pandemic future – even as most states relax restrictions In Mississippi and Massachusetts, two…
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Long Covid: more than 40 per cent of coronavirus patients still suffer from lingering symptoms, Hong Kong study shows
More than 40 per cent of people infected with the coronavirus still suffer from “long Covid” symptoms within a year of diagnosis, with women more susceptible to the condition, a…
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The claim that the NHS ‘coped’ with Covid is not true – it’s drowning and damaged | Rachel Clarke
Two years on, so much rewriting of history has happened, it is easy to forget just how anarchic and desperate conditions were Rachel Clarke is a palliative care doctor Is…
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Long Covid could create a generation affected by disability, expert warns
Prof Danny Altmann, immunologist at Imperial College London, says UK’s approach fails to take the impact of infections seriously Long Covid could create a generation affected by disability, with people…