COVID-19 Updates
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Plastic waste created by Hong Kong’s 21-day hotel quarantine – what can be done to cut down the mountainous amounts?
As Hong Kong marches towards its seventh quarantine cycle for returning residents (with approved hotels now numbering 44, up from 40), one quantifiable problem remains clear: the use and disposal…
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Victoria to establish medi-hotels for Covid patients to ease severe pressure on hospitals
Two quarantine hotels in Melbourne will be converted from Monday, with capacity to house up to 300 Covid patients Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Follow…
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Coronavirus Hong Kong: stricter social-distancing measures, flight bans on 8 countries to be extended through Lunar New Year, sources say
Hong Kong’s ban on evening dine-in services will be extended for two more weeks, through the Lunar New Year holiday, according to a government source.A second source, meanwhile, said that…
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Boris Johnson’s office held lockdown parties on eve of Prince Philip’s funeral
Fresh claims have emerged that two parties were held in Downing Street the night before Britain’s Queen Elizabeth sat alone at her husband Prince Philip’s funeral.The events are said to…
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NSW Covid update: health officials increasingly confident cases will plateau next week
School closures will be ‘last resort’ in case of outbreaks, Dominic Perrottet says as state reports record 29 deaths Follow our Covid live blog for the latest updates Get our…
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Are children more at risk from Omicron?
As the Omicron variant of Covid-19 rages around the world, a surge of child infections and hospitalisations has prompted calls by some governments to vaccinate young children.In Hong Kong, for…
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Singapore is right: don’t browbeat parents into vaccinating their kids against Covid. Persuade them
Asia-Pacific societies that have fared well in vaccinating their populations against Covid-19 – including Australia, Japan and Singapore – are now moving on to the next phase: immunising children.In Australia,…
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No more sashimi? Hongkongers’ favourite Japanese fare part of looming supply shortage as tough Covid-19 aircrew rules bite into cargo capacity
Hong Kong’s catering sector is bracing itself for a shortage of Japanese seafood, especially sashimi, a favourite fare among residents, as tightened Covid-19 quarantine rules for cargo aircrew are expected…
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Sue Gray: head of No 10 party inquiry is an uncompromising operator
Analysis: the veteran civil servant takes scalps – her findings have ended ministerial careers Internal inquiries rarely force the resignation of a sitting prime minister, but the veteran civil servant…
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Joe Biden sends US military to overwhelmed states to help with Omicron coronavirus surge
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he will deploy more military health workers to six US states beginning next week, and give Americans free masks and more free tests to…