Chinese health officials also record sharp decrease in Covid-19 patients at hospitals and fever clinics since illness wave crested in January. Source link
Read More »‘3 more Hong Kong-mainland crossings to reopen; quotas, Covid tests to be axed’
Quarantine-free travel between Hong Kong and mainland China resumed on January 8 but travellers must present negative PCR results from test taken within 48 hours. Source link
Read More »Long Covid casts a long shadow over Asia as patients cry out for a cure
Studies suggest that 10 per cent of infections result in the postviral condition, which has no known cure. But neither Singapore nor Malaysia track how many people have it. Source link
Read More »North Korean capital under lockdown after respiratory illness outbreak
A government notice didn’t mention Covid-19, but said that residents in the city are required to stay in their homes through the end of Sunday and must submit to temperature checks multiple times each day. Source link
Read More »Culture shock for mainland Chinese pupils returning to Hong Kong after 3 years
Parents, teachers worry that children who attended online lessons during the pandemic will face adjustment problems. Source link
Read More »All that glitters: gold makes Lunar New Year comeback in Singapore, Hong Kong
‘We have seen an increase in visitors … certain Chinese customers, who have not been buying from us for a long time, have resumed’, a Hong Kong gold trader said. Source link
Read More »Hong Kong to drop mandatory isolation for Covid patients from January 30
Chief Executive John Lee tells lawmakers this ‘important step is based on science and risk assessment’. Source link
Read More »Coronavirus: China-Myanmar border towns eye revival
The city of Ruili is slowly creaking back to life as China ditches its zero-tolerance Covid strategy after years of strict lockdowns and other gruelling restrictions. Source link
Read More »‘Idea NHS is still envy of world is wrong’: UK Labour leader Starmer
Opposition leader said ‘if we don’t get real about reform, health service will die’ and said years of poor planning meant situation for patients is ‘intolerable and dangerous’. Source link
Read More »Hong Kong customs seizes HK$500,000 worth of suspected Covid drugs, arrests couple
Customs officers on Saturday arrest couple and discover 130 boxes of pills at flat after earlier intercepting air parcel containing another 250 packages. Source link
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