More than 70 Chinese cities are under complete or partial Covid lockdowns. It affected more than 300 million people. Local officials seek to eradicate infections at any costs. Since late August, more than 70 Chinese cities have been under complete or partial Covid lockdowns, affecting more than 300 million people, as local officials seek to … Read more
HONG KONG: 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. In under three months since the highly transmissible variant broke through, Hong Kong has recorded nearly a million infections and more … Read more
HONG KONG: Overflowing hospitals, empty supermarket shelves and grim quarantine camps — Hong Kong is in chaos battling a ballooning Covid outbreak in a business hub once renowned for its efficiency. Many locals are fuming at the government’s failure to prepare after winning rare breathing room with two years of an economically painful but largely … Read more
BEIJING: China could move away from its zero-Covid strategy “in the near future” and co-exist with the virus, a top Chinese scientist said in a possible sign that the country’s leadership is rethinking its strict approach. The country where the coronavirus was first detected in 2019 is now one of the last places still hewing … Read more
LONDON – British Airways said Monday that it has suspended Hong Kong flights after crew members were required to quarantine following a positive Covid test among the staff. “We have made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend flights to Hong Kong while we review operational requirements for this route,” said a statement from BA, which … Read more
