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Category: Covid-19

WHO confronts new strains; fresh restrictions set

by Nina Larson January 15, 2021January 15, 2021

As global health experts gathered on Thursday to tackle new coronavirus strains blamed for a fresh surge in infections, countries including Britain and France tightened restrictions to head off a further worsening of the pandemic. The World Health Organization emergency committee session came as WHO colleagues were seeking the origins of the virus on a […]

WHO emergency meeting over coronavirus variants

by AT Contributor January 14, 2021January 14, 2021

HK urged to curb numbers in public spaces

by Jeff Pao January 11, 2021January 12, 2021

Japan virus vaccine roll-out haunted by history

by Natsuko Fukue January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

What Covid vaccines will and won’t do

by Sarah L Caddy January 9, 2021January 11, 2021

Virus persists in Hong Kong sewage after mass tests

by Jeff Pao January 7, 2021January 7, 2021

HK reports 15 mutant virus cases in two weeks

by Jeff Pao January 5, 2021January 7, 2021

Online classes stay as HK virus hard to contain

by Jeff Pao January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

China gives free jabs, takes a shot at West’s drugs

by Frank Chen December 31, 2020January 12, 2021

HK man dies after transfusion from infected person

by Jeff Pao December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

Residents in 43 HK buildings to be tested

by Jeff Pao December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

HK to expand its mandatory virus test coverage

by Jeff Pao December 29, 2020December 31, 2020

South Korea belatedly secures vaccines for 20 million

by Andrew Salmon and Agencies December 29, 2020January 4, 2021

Covid outbreaks add to chills of Beijing winter

by Frank Chen December 28, 2020December 31, 2020

HK residents tested after virus found in sewage

by Jeff Pao December 28, 2020December 28, 2020

New variant of Covid-19 hits Japan, South Korea

by Andrew Salmon and Agencies December 28, 2020December 29, 2020

HK seals off building after mainland pressure

by Jeff Pao December 24, 2020December 28, 2020

Brazil joins ranks of Chinese vaccine backers

by Frank Chen December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

HK urged to retest travelers for mutant virus

by Jeff Pao December 22, 2020December 24, 2020

BioNTech confident it can counter mutations

by AT Contributor December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

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