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Bankers Who Get Covid Could Exit On Private Jets In This Country
Hong Kong is considering concessions including allowing attendees to leave the city via private jet should they test positive for Covid.
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Macau Hotel Locked Down After Covid Outbreak; 700 People Quarantined
A hotel and casino resort in the world's biggest gambling hub of Macau was locked down by authorities with 700 people inside on Tuesday due to a coronavirus infection outbreak on the property, local broadcaster TDM reported.
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Covid In Hong Kong Shows "Signs Of Rebound"
Hong Kong's coronavirus case numbers are showing signs of rebounding, city chief executive Carrie Lam said on Friday, days after reintroducing more restrictions ahead of the 25th anniversary of the city's transfer to Chinese rule.
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Hong Kong Is Tracing Covid In Sewage. Here's Why
Hong Kong on Sunday announced that the COVID-19 virus continues to be detected in sewage samples from some areas in the city, indicating that there may be hidden cases in premises in these areas.
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Hong Kong Beaches Reopen To Covid Weary Residents As Outbreak Recedes
Filipino domestic worker Marites Saliganan loves getting outdoors on her one day off a week, and after Hong Kong's government lifted a pandemic ban on gathering at beaches on Thursday, she and her friends headed for the sand.
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Morgues Overflowing As Hong Kong Suffers Deadly Covid Wave
Workers in PPE gear in Hong Kong carted the bodies of coronavirus victims into refrigerated shipping containers on Wednesday, as the city's morgues run out of space from a deadly Omicron surge.
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"Blind Leading The Blind...": Hong Kong's Covid Blunder As Cases Spiral
While Hong Kong clings to its "zero-COVID" policy, frustrations in the city are boiling over, workplace morale is being hit hard and families are splitting as a growing number of people, especially expatriates, abandon the global financial hub.
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US Warns Against Hong Kong Travel Citing Parent-Child Separation Covid Rule
The United States advised citizens on Wednesday against travelling to Hong Kong, citing strict coronavirus curbs and the risk of children being separated from parents as the Chinese city battles a wave of infections.
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Don't Panic Or Scramble: Hong Kong Calms Residents Fearful Of Covid Curbs
Hong Kong's government said any decision to impose a COVID-19 lockdown would take into account the global financial hub's status and ensure basic needs such as food and urged anxious residents who raided supermarkets this week not to panic.
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Hong Kong Finds Covid In Samples From 1,400 Brazil, Poland Packages
Hong Kong authorities said they found COVID19 in samples taken from the packaging of imports of frozen beef from Brazil and frozen pork skin from Poland, vowing to step up
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Hong Kong's "Overriding Mission" As Covid Cases Surge 60 Times In A Month
Hong Kong has identified more than 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine accommodation, leader Carrie Lam said on Friday, as property developers piled in to support the global financial hub's battle to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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Hong Kong "Overwhelmed" By Omicron Wave: City Leader
Hong Kong's health facilities have been overloaded by an "onslaught" of Covid-19 infections, its leader said, as a rise in Omicron cases threatens to bring down the city's "zero-Covid" policy.
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Hong Kong Suspects Imported Hamsters Are Spreading Covid
Hong Kong, suspecting that imported hamsters may have spread Covid, ordered the culling of thousands of the small mammals as part of its increasingly fervent quest to eliminate the virus.
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China-Like Hong Kong "Zero-Covid" Policy Vexes Its 7.5 Million Residents
Hong Kong is following mainland China's zero-tolerance approach to control COVID-19, rankling many residents of the international financial hub as much of the world shifts towards living with the coronavirus.
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A 'Covid' Birthday Party, 13 Ministers And Growing Anger In Hong Kong
One day in quarantine was all it took for pro-China lawmaker Junius Ho to condemn the harsh, knee-jerk pandemic restrictions his government has imposed on Hong Kong citizens for nearly two years.
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Bankers Who Get Covid Could Exit On Private Jets In This Country
Hong Kong is considering concessions including allowing attendees to leave the city via private jet should they test positive for Covid.
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Macau Hotel Locked Down After Covid Outbreak; 700 People Quarantined
A hotel and casino resort in the world's biggest gambling hub of Macau was locked down by authorities with 700 people inside on Tuesday due to a coronavirus infection outbreak on the property, local broadcaster TDM reported.
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Covid In Hong Kong Shows "Signs Of Rebound"
Hong Kong's coronavirus case numbers are showing signs of rebounding, city chief executive Carrie Lam said on Friday, days after reintroducing more restrictions ahead of the 25th anniversary of the city's transfer to Chinese rule.
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Hong Kong Is Tracing Covid In Sewage. Here's Why
Hong Kong on Sunday announced that the COVID-19 virus continues to be detected in sewage samples from some areas in the city, indicating that there may be hidden cases in premises in these areas.
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Hong Kong Beaches Reopen To Covid Weary Residents As Outbreak Recedes
Filipino domestic worker Marites Saliganan loves getting outdoors on her one day off a week, and after Hong Kong's government lifted a pandemic ban on gathering at beaches on Thursday, she and her friends headed for the sand.
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Morgues Overflowing As Hong Kong Suffers Deadly Covid Wave
Workers in PPE gear in Hong Kong carted the bodies of coronavirus victims into refrigerated shipping containers on Wednesday, as the city's morgues run out of space from a deadly Omicron surge.
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"Blind Leading The Blind...": Hong Kong's Covid Blunder As Cases Spiral
While Hong Kong clings to its "zero-COVID" policy, frustrations in the city are boiling over, workplace morale is being hit hard and families are splitting as a growing number of people, especially expatriates, abandon the global financial hub.
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US Warns Against Hong Kong Travel Citing Parent-Child Separation Covid Rule
The United States advised citizens on Wednesday against travelling to Hong Kong, citing strict coronavirus curbs and the risk of children being separated from parents as the Chinese city battles a wave of infections.
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Don't Panic Or Scramble: Hong Kong Calms Residents Fearful Of Covid Curbs
Hong Kong's government said any decision to impose a COVID-19 lockdown would take into account the global financial hub's status and ensure basic needs such as food and urged anxious residents who raided supermarkets this week not to panic.
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Hong Kong Finds Covid In Samples From 1,400 Brazil, Poland Packages
Hong Kong authorities said they found COVID19 in samples taken from the packaging of imports of frozen beef from Brazil and frozen pork skin from Poland, vowing to step up
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Hong Kong's "Overriding Mission" As Covid Cases Surge 60 Times In A Month
Hong Kong has identified more than 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine accommodation, leader Carrie Lam said on Friday, as property developers piled in to support the global financial hub's battle to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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Hong Kong "Overwhelmed" By Omicron Wave: City Leader
Hong Kong's health facilities have been overloaded by an "onslaught" of Covid-19 infections, its leader said, as a rise in Omicron cases threatens to bring down the city's "zero-Covid" policy.
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Hong Kong Suspects Imported Hamsters Are Spreading Covid
Hong Kong, suspecting that imported hamsters may have spread Covid, ordered the culling of thousands of the small mammals as part of its increasingly fervent quest to eliminate the virus.
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China-Like Hong Kong "Zero-Covid" Policy Vexes Its 7.5 Million Residents
Hong Kong is following mainland China's zero-tolerance approach to control COVID-19, rankling many residents of the international financial hub as much of the world shifts towards living with the coronavirus.
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A 'Covid' Birthday Party, 13 Ministers And Growing Anger In Hong Kong
One day in quarantine was all it took for pro-China lawmaker Junius Ho to condemn the harsh, knee-jerk pandemic restrictions his government has imposed on Hong Kong citizens for nearly two years.
