COVID-19 Updates
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Hong Kong eases travel rules in apparent shift from zero-Covid policy
Ban on flights from nine countries lifted for fully vaccinated residents and quarantine reduced to seven days Hong Kong will lift a ban on flights from nine countries and reduce…
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UK Covid case numbers ‘no particular cause for concern’, says Javid
Health secretary says ‘vaccine wall of defence’ is helping keep situation stable despite surge in cases There is “no particular cause for concern” about the UK’s rapidly rising number of…
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Hong Kong social distancing: businesses tentatively welcome road map for easing restrictions, but many still have concerns
Hong Kong businesses have tentatively welcomed the government’s new road map for easing stringent anti-pandemic measures, though bar owners – among those hardest-hit by temporary shutdowns – have expressed scepticism…
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Workplaces are in denial over how much Americans have changed
Employers are trying desperately to ignore that we’ve become fundamentally different humans Nearly six months before Covid-19, the Yale historian Frank Snowden wrote a book about epidemics and pandemics. What…
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Hong Kong Disneyland records HK$2.4 billion loss amid coronavirus-related closures, its seventh straight year without profit
Hong Kong Disneyland posted HK$2.4 billion (US$306.7 million) in losses for its last financial year – its seventh in a row without turning a profit – amid a series of…
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Omicron: Shanghai hit by record surge in cases as China stands by zero-Covid approach to outbreaks
China’s financial hub Shanghai reported a record surge in daily local Covid-19 infections on Monday amid the country’s determined efforts to contain growing outbreaks despite the “mild symptoms” reported.Shanghai reported…
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Australia news live updates: Malinauskas sworn in as SA premier; at least six Covid deaths recorded
At least six Covid deaths recorded; Morrison and Palaszczuk announce infrastructure funding package; Lismore flood victims to dump debris at protest; Morrison signals petrol price relief in budget; Peter Malinauskas…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong to lift flight bans on 9 countries from April 1, city leader says
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is expected to…
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NHS rollout of second Covid booster jabs begins in England
Offer of top-up dose to over-75s, care home residents and those who are immunocompromised follows JCVI advice last month The NHS in England will on Monday start giving a second…