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Covid Test Mandatory For Passengers From China, 4 Other Countries
India has mandated a COVID-19 negative test report for travelers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand, the health minister said on Saturday.
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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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Hong Kong To Allow International Tourists For First Time Since 2020
Hong Kong will allow non residents to enter the financial hub from May for the first time in more than two years, a small step in unwinding stringent coronavirus restrictions which have turned the city into one of the world's most isolated places.
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"So Many Bodies Piled Up": Hong Kong Funeral Services Reel Under Covid
Traditional wooden coffins are running short in Hong Kong as authorities scramble to add mortuary space in the global financial hub's battle on COVID-19, which is swamping funeral parlours.
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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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Hong Kong's "Dynamic Zero" Covid Policy Flails As Cases Spiral
Hong Kong's subway operator, bus companies and one of the city's biggest supermarket chains said they were reducing services this week due to a worsening COVID-19 outbreak that has seen daily infections explode since early February.
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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 Imposes 3 Rounds Of Mandatory Covid Tests As Crisis Surges
Hong Kong's population must undergo three rounds of compulsory coronavirus testing, the city's leader said Tuesday, as she confirmed mainland Chinese officials were stepping up oversight of the financial hub's response to its worst outbreak yet.
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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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Covid Test Mandatory For Passengers From China, 4 Other Countries
India has mandated a COVID-19 negative test report for travelers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand, the health minister said on Saturday.
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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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Hong Kong To Allow International Tourists For First Time Since 2020
Hong Kong will allow non residents to enter the financial hub from May for the first time in more than two years, a small step in unwinding stringent coronavirus restrictions which have turned the city into one of the world's most isolated places.
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"So Many Bodies Piled Up": Hong Kong Funeral Services Reel Under Covid
Traditional wooden coffins are running short in Hong Kong as authorities scramble to add mortuary space in the global financial hub's battle on COVID-19, which is swamping funeral parlours.
-
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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Hong Kong's "Dynamic Zero" Covid Policy Flails As Cases Spiral
Hong Kong's subway operator, bus companies and one of the city's biggest supermarket chains said they were reducing services this week due to a worsening COVID-19 outbreak that has seen daily infections explode since early February.
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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 Imposes 3 Rounds Of Mandatory Covid Tests As Crisis Surges
Hong Kong's population must undergo three rounds of compulsory coronavirus testing, the city's leader said Tuesday, as she confirmed mainland Chinese officials were stepping up oversight of the financial hub's response to its worst outbreak yet.
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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
