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Philippines to tighten coronavirus curbs after domestic Omicron detection

31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2021

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines will impose tighter coronavirus curbs on Jan. 3 to 15 after the confirmation of three domestic cases of the Omicron variant, the acting presidential spokesperson said on Friday. “In the coming days, we might see an increase in active cases,” Karlo Nograles said. (Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by …

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Hong Kong says Omicron has breached its strict COVID-19 restrictions

31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2021

By Marius Zaharia and Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s health officials said on Friday the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has made its way past some of the world’s toughest COVID 19 restrictions, with the city reporting its first cases outside its strict quarantine system. The findings raise risks that the global …

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Chinese cities on COVID alert as New Year holiday looms

31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2021

BEIJING (Reuters) – China is on high alert against COVID-19 as the New Year holiday looms, with the city of Xian under lockdown while several New Year’s Eve events in other cities have been cancelled and some provinces urged restraint in travel during the festive season. China reported 166 locally transmitted infections with confirmed symptoms …

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S.Korea’s disgraced ex-president Park freed after nearly 5 years in prison

31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2021

(Corrects to Park remains in hospital and has not left it, paragraphs 5-6) By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was released from prison on Friday nearly five years after being convicted of corruption, fuelling debate over whether she would play any role ahead of a March presidential election. Park, …

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Stricken boat with over 100 Rohingya allowed to dock in Indonesia

31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2021

By Hidayatullah Tahjuddin KRUENG GEUKUH, Indonesia (Reuters) – More than 100 Rohingya refugees who had been adrift on a sinking boat off the western coast of Indonesia were allowed to disembark early on Friday, after authorities relented following international pressure to give them refuge. In a video seen by Reuters, the group, consisting of mainly …

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Philippine death toll from its strongest typhoon of year tops 400

31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2021

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine death toll from Typhoon Rai has crossed the 400 mark, the disaster agency said on Friday, as officials in some hard-hit provinces appealed for more supplies of food, water and shelter materials about two weeks after the storm struck. Rai was the 15th and deadliest typhoon to hit the Southeast …

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South Korea to extend curbs amid Omicron surge, serious COVID-19 cases

31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2021

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Friday it will extend stricter social distancing rules for two weeks amid a persistent surge in serious coronavirus infections and concerns over the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant. The government reinstated the curbs on Dec. 18, six weeks after easing them under a …

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Hong Kong Stand News arrests ‘beyond reproach’ – Chinese embassy

31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2021

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The police raid on Hong Kong media organisation Stand News this week was “completely lawful and beyond reproach”, said a spokesperson with the Chinese embassy in Britain, hitting back at foreign criticism of the move. The embassy spokesperson was responding to comments by Amanda Milling, British minister of state for Asia, who …

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COVID-19 hospitalization surge among U.S. children spurs new Omicron concerns

30 Dec 2021 30 Dec 2021

By Carl O’Donnell and Ahmed Aboulenein NEW YORK (Reuters) – Within weeks, the Omicron variant has fueled thousands of new COVID-19 hospitalizations among U.S. children, raising new concerns about how the many unvaccinated Americans under the age of 18 will fare in the new surge. The seven-day-average number of daily hospitalizations for children between Dec. …

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Suspect in Japan clinic fire that killed 25 has died, NHK says

30 Dec 2021 30 Dec 2021

TOKYO (Reuters) -A 61-year-old man suspected of setting fire to a psychiatry clinic that killed 25 people in the Japanese city of Osaka this month died in hospital on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said. The man, identified as Morio Tanimoto by NHK and other Japanese media, had been in critical condition due to carbon monoxide …

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