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World Health Organisation declares global health emergency due to coronavirus outbreak

On January 30, 2020, the United Nations’ World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV and the novel coronavirus, a global emergency.

January 31, 2020
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Schools in Shanghai started to move online on December 19, 2022, at the request of the city’s education bureau amid a nationwide surge in Covid-19 cases. China eased most of its stringent Covid...01:59
Coronavirus China
Shanghai schools go online as Covid-19 cases surge
December 19, 2022
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Asia
Mpox makes resurgence around Asia
August 30, 2024
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Medicine
Pioneers of mRNA tech behind Covid jab win Nobel Prize
October 3, 2023
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As the global airline industry recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic and more people are flying, airfares are hitting significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels. Passengers are also finding it...11:36
Aviation
Explainer: Why are airfares so expensive and when will they get cheaper?
July 29, 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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The US Department of Energy has reportedly said in a classified report that the coronavirus pandemic likely came from a laboratory leak in China. But following local media reports about the agency...03:18
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US agency says coronavirus likely emerged from China lab leak
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
Hong Kong reopens: life after quarantine
Hong Kong set to end mask mandate
February 28, 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
South Korea
South Korea eases indoor mask mandate
January 30, 2023
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The North Korean capital Pyongyang has been ordered to undergo a five-day lockdown due to an unspecified respiratory illness, according to a report by Seoul-based NK News. There was no mention of...01:52
North Korea
Pyongyang under lockdown over ‘respiratory illness’ outbreak
January 26, 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
Asia
Japan to downgrade Covid-19 to flu status
January 20, 2023
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Spirits have been dampened in China ahead of the Lunar New Year which begins on January 22, 2023. For some residents, what was supposed to be a time for celebration to welcome the Year of the...01:54
Coronavirus China
‘No holiday mood’ in China amid Covid-19 wave
January 18, 2023
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China recorded almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths between December 8, 2022 and January 12, 2023, according to the country’s National Health Commission. The number released on January 14, 2023, was...02:10
Coronavirus China
Nearly 60,000 Covid-related deaths since policy shift, says China
January 16, 2023
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A Chinese national quarantining at a hotel in South Korea has lodged a public complaint about Seoul’s new Covid-19 restrictions for travellers from China. The woman was ordered to undergo a...03:16
South Korea
Chinese traveller condemns targeted Covid curbs in South Korea
January 12, 2023
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Shopkeepers in the Japanese capital Tokyo are eagerly awaiting the return of Chinese tourists after China reopened its borders for international travel on January 8, 2023. But amid the ongoing...02:50
Japan
Japan cautiously awaits return of Chinese tourists
January 11, 2023
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After China eased its zero-Covid policy and reopened its borders on January 8, 2023, tourism-dependent businesses in South Korea have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of mainland Chinese tourists....03:01
South Korea
South Korean street vendors eagerly await Chinese tourists amid tit-for-tat Covid travel measures
January 10, 2023
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Chinese pharmaceutical companies are trying to keep up with the surge in demand for fever-reducing medicine, as the country grapples with a spike in Covid-19 cases after Beijing ended its strict...01:33
Coronavirus China
Chinese drug makers ramp up production of paracetamol, ibuprofen
January 5, 2023
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From battling a fifth wave of Covid-19 to marking the 25th anniversary of its handover to China, Hong Kong underwent momentous events and challenges in 2022. Here’s a look back at the city’s...07:47
Hong Kong society
To hell and back: Hong Kong’s biggest news events of 2022
January 2, 2023
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Two-and-a-half years into the pandemic, Hong Kong was hit by its worst coronavirus outbreak, which started on December 31, 2021. Hongkongers shared their experience with the Post, recounting what...15:12
Coronavirus Hong Kong
When Covid pushed Hong Kong to the brink
December 31, 2022
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From Xi Jinping securing a record third term as president, to the country signalling a shift away from its zero-Covid policy, 2022 was a momentous year for China. Here is a look back at the biggest...11:42
Coronavirus China
China’s biggest news events of 2022
December 28, 2022
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A video taken from a funeral parlour in the southwestern Chinese municipality of Chongqing that was released on December 22, 2022, shows body bags filling the room and the corridors as the facility...01:31
Coronavirus China
Corpses overwhelm Chinese funeral home
December 26, 2022
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Until China eased Covid-19 restrictions in early December 2022, tight controls had caused roadblocks in many rural areas across China, leaving farmers with huge stocks of unsold vegetables. Now,...02:07
Coronavirus China
Wuhan residents return the favour to help struggling Chinese farmers
December 22, 2022
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China reported two Covid-related deaths on December 19, 2022, the first official fatalities since the government shifted away from its zero-Covid policy and eased pandemic restrictions earlier in...01:40
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Funeral home demand rising after China eases Covid rules
December 20, 2022