COVID-19 Updates
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Hong Kong restaurant receipts up whopping 44 per cent year on year in third quarter
Hong Kong restaurant receipts in the third quarter of 2021 were up a whopping 43.8 per cent year on year, the largest jump on record, with the government attributing the…
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China’s ban on Taiwan apple imports triggers island’s first individual WTO complaint against Beijing, sources say
Taiwan raised a trade complaint against China at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting late on Wednesday over Beijing’s moves to block sugar apple and wax apple imports from the…
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Coronavirus: Singapore outbreak slows, reaches key metric tied to easing restrictions
Singapore’s Covid-19 outbreak may be slowing. The number of new local infections fell in the past week compared to a week earlier for the first time since mid-October, marking a key…
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Coronavirus: BioNTech third shot offers ‘significantly higher’ immunity boost for Sinovac recipients with low antibody levels, Hong Kong researchers find
Sinovac vaccine recipients with low antibody levels against the coronavirus will get a “significantly higher” immunity boost if they choose the BioNTech jab as their third dose, according to Hong…
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Is Bill Gates a modern witch? Covid-19 conspiracy theories involving billionaire similar to witch hunt
Bill Gates is planning to microchip the world through a Covid-19 vaccine. The 5G networks scattered around the world are causing people to catch coronavirus. Covid-19 was spread by Maine…
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‘He was adamant he didn’t want it’: the pro-vax parents with vaccine-hesitant kids
Among under-18s, vaccine uptake is low, and there is a growing issue with misinformation spread on social media and at school. Is there anything a concerned caregiver can do? Throughout…
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Why is the Bank of England considering an interest rate rise?
Rising inflation and winding down of Covid likely to weigh on central bank’s decision makers Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Inflation could be about to run…
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Coronavirus: India knocks on doors, ropes in religious leaders as ‘vaccine truants’ hold off on 2nd dose
Overweight and diabetic, Kavita Menon almost died of coronavirus-related complications in the early days of India’s catastrophic second wave of infections earlier this year.“One day, my condition was so bad…
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China’s Delta outbreak spreads to two more provinces, with 87 new cases
China reported 87 symptomatic local Covid-19 cases on Thursday, as its Delta outbreak spread to two more provincial areas, bringing the total to 19.Henan and Jiangsu provinces each reported three…
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The growing problem of Covid-19’s ‘long-haulers’ a global challenge
This is the second part of a series on challenges China faces in its battle against Covid-19. Here, Zhuang Pinghui looks at what international research is revealing about the problem…