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"World's Biggest Welcome": Hong Kong Offers 500,000 Free Flights After Covid Isolation
Hong Kong is ready to welcome the world back, its leader said Thursday, pledging more than half a million free flights and positive publicity to resurrect the once-vibrant global hub after three years of Covid-enforced isolation.
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Chinese Travellers Rushing To Hong Kong For mRNA Covid Vaccines: Report
Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese mainland, as the country grapples with a torrent of infections that have overwhelmed its health system.
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Rise Conference Calls Off 2022 Event Citing COVID-19 Fears
Rise, a major tech conference scheduled to take place in Hong Kong in March, has been cancelled and will return in 2023, organisers said in a fresh blow to an international business hub that has embraced China's "zero-Covid" strategy.
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Government Plans Wristband Patient Surveillance as Lockdown Eases
The wristband will capture all the places an infected person has visited, the routes they took, determine if they had any foreign travel and identify those who were in their vicinity. It will also tell people if a sick person is nearby.
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Isolated And Afraid: How Coronavirus Is Changing Pregnancy
In China and Hong Kong, women are instead left having to choose between spending upwards of HKD 100,000 (US$10,000) for private hospital delivery, where partners are still allowed to attend, or going it alone in the public system.
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Coronavirus Outbreak: Twitter Encourages All 5,000 Employees to Work From Home
Twitter has told its 5,000-strong workforce globally to work from home - making it mandatory for employees based in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea offices - as new coronavirus (COVID-19) spread in new territories.
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"World's Biggest Welcome": Hong Kong Offers 500,000 Free Flights After Covid Isolation
Hong Kong is ready to welcome the world back, its leader said Thursday, pledging more than half a million free flights and positive publicity to resurrect the once-vibrant global hub after three years of Covid-enforced isolation.
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Chinese Travellers Rushing To Hong Kong For mRNA Covid Vaccines: Report
Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese mainland, as the country grapples with a torrent of infections that have overwhelmed its health system.
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Rise Conference Calls Off 2022 Event Citing COVID-19 Fears
Rise, a major tech conference scheduled to take place in Hong Kong in March, has been cancelled and will return in 2023, organisers said in a fresh blow to an international business hub that has embraced China's "zero-Covid" strategy.
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Government Plans Wristband Patient Surveillance as Lockdown Eases
The wristband will capture all the places an infected person has visited, the routes they took, determine if they had any foreign travel and identify those who were in their vicinity. It will also tell people if a sick person is nearby.
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Isolated And Afraid: How Coronavirus Is Changing Pregnancy
In China and Hong Kong, women are instead left having to choose between spending upwards of HKD 100,000 (US$10,000) for private hospital delivery, where partners are still allowed to attend, or going it alone in the public system.
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Coronavirus Outbreak: Twitter Encourages All 5,000 Employees to Work From Home
Twitter has told its 5,000-strong workforce globally to work from home - making it mandatory for employees based in Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea offices - as new coronavirus (COVID-19) spread in new territories.
