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After 945 Days, Hong Kong Ends World's Longest Mask Mandate
Hong Kong will stop requiring masks to be worn in public places from Wednesday, drawing to a close the prolonged Covid era that damaged its economy and standing in the world.
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Hong Kong Lifts Curbs On Travellers, Shuts Down Covid App
Arrivals in Hong Kong from Wednesday will no longer receive an 'amber' code barring them from some venues, Chief Executive John Lee said, while dropping use of a government-mandated COVID-19 mobile application.
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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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China Communist Party Meet Updates: Xi Jinping Likely To Get 3rd Term
China has achieved comprehensive control over Hong Kong, turning it from chaos to governance, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech on Sunday at the opening of the once-in-five-year Communist Party congress in Beijing.
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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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"Everything Cellophane-Wrapped": Hong Kong Covid Rules' Environment Cost
Hong Kong arrivals meet plastic everywhere in quarantine hotels: Remote controls are wrapped in cellophane, pillows are encased in plastic bags, food comes with plastic cutlery.
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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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Top China Covid Fighter Is Woman Who Hit Party's Glass Ceiling
Among the resources President Xi Jinping has deployed to arrest surging Covid deaths in Hong Kong is the Communist Party's pandemic fighter: a 71-year-old woman whose career at the near-top illuminates the glass ceiling in the world's most populous c
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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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After 945 Days, Hong Kong Ends World's Longest Mask Mandate
Hong Kong will stop requiring masks to be worn in public places from Wednesday, drawing to a close the prolonged Covid era that damaged its economy and standing in the world.
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Hong Kong Lifts Curbs On Travellers, Shuts Down Covid App
Arrivals in Hong Kong from Wednesday will no longer receive an 'amber' code barring them from some venues, Chief Executive John Lee said, while dropping use of a government-mandated COVID-19 mobile application.
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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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China Communist Party Meet Updates: Xi Jinping Likely To Get 3rd Term
China has achieved comprehensive control over Hong Kong, turning it from chaos to governance, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech on Sunday at the opening of the once-in-five-year Communist Party congress in Beijing.
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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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"Everything Cellophane-Wrapped": Hong Kong Covid Rules' Environment Cost
Hong Kong arrivals meet plastic everywhere in quarantine hotels: Remote controls are wrapped in cellophane, pillows are encased in plastic bags, food comes with plastic cutlery.
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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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Top China Covid Fighter Is Woman Who Hit Party's Glass Ceiling
Among the resources President Xi Jinping has deployed to arrest surging Covid deaths in Hong Kong is the Communist Party's pandemic fighter: a 71-year-old woman whose career at the near-top illuminates the glass ceiling in the world's most populous c
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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.
