HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong health authorities are expected to report around 3,000 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, a record for daily infections, broadcaster TVB said, citing an unidentified source. (This story corrects to remove extraneous word from headline) (Reporting By Joyce Zhou, Donny Kwok and Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by Willia Mallard)
(Reuters) – Cook Islands, a small South Pacific nation that has not experienced COVID-19 in its community, is readying for its first coronavirus infections after an infected traveller visited, Prime minister Mark Brown said on Sunday. The traveller from New Zealand spent eight days in the community and tested positive for Omicron upon returning home …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on Sunday that three new COVID-19 cases were detected among Games-related personnel on Feb 12. Two of the cases were found among new airport arrivals, according to a notice on the Beijing 2022 official website. One was among those already in the “closed loop” …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Mainland China reported 67 new COVID-19 cases on Feb. 12, down from 99 cases a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Sunday. The National Health Commission said in a statement 28 cases were locally transmitted, down from 40. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong authorities said on Sunday supplies of vegetables and chilled poultry into the global financial hub may be temporarily disrupted after some mainland goods vehicle drivers preliminarily tested positive for COVID-19. Hong Kong imports 90% of its food, with the mainland its most important source, especially for fresh food. Consumers …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported a daily record high of 56,431 new coronavirus cases for Saturday, bringing its total infections to 1,350,630 with 7,081 deaths among its 52 million people, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Sunday. (Reporting by Joori Roh; Editing by Sandra Maler)
YANQING, China (Reuters) – The second training session for the women’s downhill race at the Beijing Winter Olympics was cancelled on Sunday due to snowfall, the International Ski Federation (FIS) said. Training was due to start at 11:00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT). The race is scheduled to be held on Tuesday. “Due to the …
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KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s central bank on Saturday criticised Washington’s plan to use half the bank’s $7 billion in frozen assets on U.S. soil for humanitarian aid and set aside the rest to possibly satisfy lawsuits over the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. U.S. administration officials said on Friday they would work to ensure access to …
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By Sunil Kataria UDIPI, India (Reuters) – Ayesha Imthiaz, a devout Indian Muslim who considers wearing a hijab an expression of devotion to the Prophet Mohammad, says a move by her college to expel hijab-wearing girls is an insult that will force her to choose between religion and education. “The humiliation of being asked to …
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(Reuters) – The Japanese government is considering easing an entry ban on non-resident foreigners in March, Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday, citing a source familiar with the matter. It said Japan’s current border restrictions, introduced at the end of November, would end on February 28 as scheduled, and the country could also relax the …
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