COVID-19 Updates
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Just making the cut: Hongkongers seeking 1 last trim pack salons, barbershops ahead of social distancing-related closures
Hongkongers braved long queues, with some even taking the day off, as they scrambled to get haircuts on Wednesday before salons were forced to close for two weeks under newly…
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Bus operators in England plead for cash saying third of services face axe
Pandemic support is due to expire in April but passenger numbers have only reached 70% of pre-Covid levels Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Almost a third…
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Risk of Omicron spilling beyond Baise in southern China outbreak ‘high’
Fears are growing that southern China’s Omicron outbreak in Baise, on its border with Vietnam, could spread to other cities, with 72 new cases recorded on Tuesday.There have now been…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: Royal Caribbean axes local ‘cruises to nowhere’, moves ship to Singapore over tough anti-pandemic measures
Royal Caribbean International has cancelled all of its local “cruises to nowhere” and is moving its Spectrum of the Seas vessel to Singapore over Hong Kong’s tough anti-pandemic measures.In a…
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Canadian Covid-19 anti-vax truckers inspire copycat ‘freedom’ protests
A protest movement by Canadian truckers angered over Covid-19 vaccine rules has become a rallying point for opponents of pandemic restrictions, firing up crowds from New York to New Zealand.In…
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Hong Kong court grants ex-Cathay flight attendants bail after charging them with flouting medical surveillance rules
Two former Cathay Pacific flight attendants were granted bail on Wednesday after they were charged with flouting medical surveillance rules late last year around the start of Hong Kong’s ongoing…
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Arrests in Ottawa as Canadian truckers block main bridge to US
Police detain 23 in Ottawa protests over Covid restrictions, while trucks block Ambassador Bridge linking cities of Detroit and Windsor Ottawa protests: how did the rallies against vaccine mandates begin…
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China well-being declined last year, but still better than other major markets, Lululemon survey finds
China is among two markets where the population experienced a decline in total well-being last year, according to a survey conducted by fitness apparel-maker Lululemon Athletica.The Chinese, however, continued to…
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Coronavirus: Indicaid’s rapid test kit production to rise fivefold as Phase Scientific goes into overdrive amid Hong Kong’s fifth Covid-19 wave
Hong Kong biotech start-up Phase Scientific International (PSI) aims to raise its production capacity for Covid-19 rapid test kits fivefold by midyear, as record infections drive huge demand for early…
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WHO laments 500,000 Covid-19 deaths since Omicron
The World Health Organization lamented on Tuesday that half a million Covid-19 deaths had been recorded since the Omicron variant was discovered, calling the toll “beyond tragic”.The WHO’s incident manager…