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China resumes regular passenger traffic with Hong Kong despite Covid surge
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China and Hong Kong resumed regular passenger traffic on Sunday, ending almost three years of self-imposed Covid-19-related restrictions, even as the second largest economy faces a huge spike in Covid cases.
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Expert warns of COVID-19 spike in Japan amid rapid rise in daily cases
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Daily covid tally could reach the Japanese government's earlier projection of 4,50,000 nationwide, according to Toho University Professor Tateda Kazuhiro, who is on the government's coronavirus advisory panel.
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Indore: PM Modi to attend Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on Monday
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is being organized in person after a gap of four years and the first after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Nepal makes COVID-19 negative report mandatory for all international arriv
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Issuing a notice to all the passengers, the national flag carrier Nepal Airlines has announced passengers arriving from the international sector mandatorily must present COVID-19 international certificate or COVID-19 PCR negative report.
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Return to offices post Covid propels office space demand in India: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions, pent-up demand, and a gradual acceleration of return-to-office plans propelled leasing momentum in India in 2022.
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Chinese citizens move out with vengeance, prefer Covid infections for immu
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Their logic is if they get infected and are quarantined at home for 14 days, they will recover and get immunity from the virus.
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FTX seeks to recover donations made by exchange and Sam Bankman-Fried
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to WSJ report, at the end of September, FTX's charity arm, Future Fund, had committed more than $160 million to over 110 non-profit organisations, including biotech startups and university researchers developing Covid-19 vaccines and working on pandemic studies, as well as non-prof
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Study finds new cellular component important for sense of smell
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the neurons that our noses utilise to detect smell, scientists at Umea University in Sweden have found a previously unidentified cellular component called an organelle. The discovery may spur more studies into the COVID-19 symptom of poor smell perception.
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Don't disconnect Ludhiana, upset AAP MP writes to Jyotiraditya Scindia
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Ludhiana being one of biggest industrial cities not just in Punjab but also in the country and with over 5 million population it is imperative to resume flights to Ludhiana immediately, Arora said.
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China ends COVID-19 travel restrictions for incoming passengers from today
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The easing of restrictions came days after mainland China diluted its harsh COVID zero policy and slightly lifted its restrictions on international travellers.
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China releases new COVID-19 control protocol, calls for monitoring mutated
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The 10th edition of the virus prevention and control protocol has been released in accordance to the decision to downgrade the epidemic management from Class A to Class B.
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Hong Kongers empty pharmacies amidst worry over China reopening border: Re
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kongers are worried about the possible influx of Covid mutant strains from China after its border reopens this Sunday, the US-based Voice of America (VOA) reported, adding that Hong Kong's citizens have emptied pharmacy shelves once stocked with non-prescription drugs for alleviating sy
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