COVID-19 Updates
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Lifting England Covid rules while 3bn people unvaccinated reckless – experts
Scientists warn Boris Johnson that failure means new Covid variants will put thousands of lives at risk across UK Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson…
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The simple numbers every government should use to fight anti-vaccine misinformation
Here is a relatively simple way of giving people important context about the number of deaths and ICU hospitalisations with Covid between vaccinated and unvaccinated people Vaccine rollout and rates…
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Vaccination remains Hong Kong’s passport to normalisation, like it or not
Who would have thought two years ago that most of us would be familiar with the Greek alphabet? It seems not too long ago that Delta was the variant of…
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Winter Olympics: China, having learned the game as 2008 host, now plays by its own rules
On the eve of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, an increasingly powerful China is drawing on hard-won lessons from hosting the 2008 Summer Games as it grapples with human rights…
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Omicron: residents locked down in Hong Kong public housing estate complain of pay cuts, job loss and forced unpaid leave
More than 100 residents at a Hong Kong public housing estate locked down for days due to an Omicron outbreak have complained they have been laid off, suffered pay cuts…
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World remembers Holocaust as anti-Semitism increases during pandemic
Holocaust survivors and politicians warned about the resurgence of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial as the world remembered Nazi atrocities and commemorated the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz…
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China’s zero-Covid border rules going nowhere this year
China is unlikely to ease pandemic-related border controls any time soon, despite mounting calls from an international community shut out by strict zero-Covid rules for nearly two years.The National Immigration…
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Property tycoon Ronnie Chan urges Hong Kong government to rethink tough Covid-19 stance
Property tycoon Ronnie Chan has urged the government to rethink Hong Kong’s tough stance on Covid-19 as the highly infectious Omicron variant appears to produce milder symptoms than its counterparts.The…
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Hong Kong exports rise 26 per cent in 2021, making biggest jump since 1988
Hong Kong’s exports rose at their sharpest pace in 33 years in 2021 in tandem with the global economic recovery, but the unfolding Omicron outbreak has cast a shadow on…