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London’s Heathrow airport opens dedicated terminal for arrivals from high-risk Covid-19 countries

London Heathrow airport has converted an existing terminal into a dedicated facility for 'red-list' passengers. Stricter disease-control measures are imposed on Terminal 3 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 and its variants.

June 3, 2021
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Hundreds of people descended on London’s Chinatown on May 27, 2021, after an advert on a Chinese charity’s website promised Covid-19 vaccinations. Appointments and ID checks were not required and...01:27
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Crowds flock to London’s Chinatown for jabs
May 28, 2021
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After spending months under Covid-19 lockdowns, people in the UK enjoyed more freedom of movement as coronavirus rules were eased on April 12, 2021. Many flocked to bars and pubs across Britain to...02:13
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Britons celebrate easing of lockdown
April 13, 2021
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International Women's Day 2021 is being observed more than a year after the coronavirus started to shake the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) to its core. Speaking before the March 8 observance,...04:31
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Women on front line of Covid-19 fight
March 8, 2021
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A British teenager fell into a coma after being hit by a car in March 2020, three weeks before the first lockdown was imposed in the United Kingdom. At that time, the country had recorded just 23...02:18
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UK teen wakes from 10-month coma
February 8, 2021
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As the United Kingdom’s death toll from Covid-19 reached 100,000, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed regret and offered condolences as he said he takes “full responsibility”. Johnson...01:01
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Johnson takes ‘full responsibility’ for 100,000 Covid-19 deaths in UK
January 26, 2021
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UK government chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to the press in London on December 19, 2020, about the new variant of the coronavirus. They...02:47
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UK government on new coronavirus strain
December 20, 2020
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Britain's National Health Services is doing trial flights with drones in hopes of improving the efficiency of transporting samples from patients who need to be tested for Covid-19 infections. The...01:38
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Test flights: UK drones deliver Covid-19 samples
November 5, 2020
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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has tested positive for Covid-19. The 95-year-old monarch is experiencing mild symptoms, but is expected to continue light duties this week, Buckingham Palace said on...01:30
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Queen tests positive for Covid
February 21, 2022
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Japan announced that visitors from or travelling through mainland China will be required to take a Covid-19 test on arrival. Health authorities cited the current Covid-19 surge in the mainland as...01:26
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Japan mandates Covid-19 testing for mainland China arrivals
December 28, 2022
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A massive vaccination drive is under way in India to protect as many people as possible from the coronavirus pandemic, which has crippled the country’s healthcare system and left millions infected...14:05
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Preventing Covid-19 in remote Indian-held Kashmir
July 18, 2021
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WHO: Covid-19 is no longer a global emergency
May 6, 2023
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During the Covid-19 pandemic, Macau imposed some of the world’s strictest travel restrictions. That was when Brazilian scholar Vanessa Amaro started to notice a rising number of Portuguese leaving...08:00
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‘It took our freedom from us’: Why the Portuguese are leaving Macau
April 8, 2023
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China announced it will resume issuing nearly all types of visas for foreigners, including for tourism, starting on March 15, 2023, taking another step in the country’s emergence from its strict...01:29
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Tourists soon allowed into China
March 14, 2023
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China announced it will resume issuing nearly all types of visas for foreigners, including for tourism, starting on March 15, 2023, taking another step in the country’s emergence from its strict...01:22
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China set to open its borders to foreign tourists for the first time since Covid-19 pandemic
March 14, 2023
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As Hong Kong lifts its long-standing mask mandate taking a further step back from restrictions imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic, we look back at another dangerous outbreak the city faced about...06:38
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The legacy of Sars in Hong Kong, 20 years on
March 1, 2023
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After almost three years under Covid mask rules, Hong Kong lifted its face-covering requirement on March 1, 2023. Residents and visitors no longer need to wear masks indoors, outdoors or on public...02:14
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Many Hongkongers remain masked after Covid mandate dropped
March 1, 2023
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Hong Kong will end its indoor and outdoor mask requirements from March 1, 2023, according to the city’s leader. Chief Executive John Lee announced the move on February 28, the day after...01:47
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Hong Kong to end mask mandate starting March 1
February 28, 2023
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Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee announced on February 28, 2023, that the city’s Covid mask mandate would be scrapped from March 1. Rules about wearing face coverings in some locations including...01:57
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Hong Kong set to end mask mandate
February 28, 2023
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Largely closed to visitors during the Covid-19 pandemic, Macau dropped its quarantine requirements for inbound travellers on January 8, 2023, to once again welcome global visitors to the casino hub...08:31
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What’s new in Macau: attractions that have opened in the city since the pandemic
February 26, 2023
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In a major loosening of Covid rules, South Korea has eased its mask mandate for indoor premises for the first time in three years, as the country saw a downward trend in Covid infections. Residents...01:50
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South Korea eases indoor mask mandate
January 30, 2023
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The central Chinese city of Wuhan became the world’s first Covid-19 epicentre after the first cases in the pandemic were reported there in November 2019. It was also the first city in the world to...05:12
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Pandemic fading into history for world’s first Covid-19 epicentre
January 24, 2023
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on January 20, 2023, a plan to downgrade Covid-19 to a disease category on par with the flu. The move would also ease mask-wearing and isolation...01:06
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Japan to downgrade Covid-19 to flu status
January 20, 2023