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(Reuters) – Australia recorded 43 coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday, as it readies to welcome international tourists on Monday for the first time in nearly two years. The country, which shut its borders in March of 2020, has been gradually reopening since November, allowing first Australians to travel, then international students and workers, and now leisure …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong health authorities are expected to confirm at least 7,000 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, broadcaster TVB reported, setting a fresh record high as the city braces for a long fight to bring a worsening outbreak back under control. City leader Carrie Lam said on Friday that it would take up …

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on Saturday that no new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on Feb. 18. (Reporting by Andrew Galbraith; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong until recently had an enviable record battling COVID-19, but as an Omicron wave now overwhelms the city, the steps that saved lives are making life unbearable for many of its 7.4 million people. Like an immune system overreacting and harming the person it is meant to …

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 137 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Feb. 18, the country’s national health authority said on Saturday, up from 87 a day earlier. Of the new cases, 80 were locally transmitted, the National Health Commission said, compared with 40 a day earlier. These included 46 cases in the northern Chinese …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong accountant May Ng says her family made huge sacrifices last month to comply with the city’s COVID-19 policies, but now thinks these were in vain as she does not expect the latest outbreak to be contained. The global financial hub follows mainland China in deploying a “dynamic zero-COVID” strategy …

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