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  2. Posts tagged: Pandemic (Page 74)

Pandemic

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Hong Kong to distribute 180,000 RAT kits as virus detected in sewage

The test kits will be distributed to residents, cleaning workers, and property management staff working in areas with positive sewage testing results showing relatively high viral…

  • Published: May 26, 20226:50 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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North Korea says Covid-19 situation ‘under control’

South Korea and the US have proposed to help fight the pandemic but Pyongyang has not responded to the offer, stating it was witnessing a “stable” downward trend in the…

  • Published: May 24, 20225:57 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Medical workers leave for home as case numbers fall

After undergoing days of closed-loop management and quarantine to comply with prevention and control regulations, medics will soon be reunited with their families.

  • Published: May 24, 20225:56 am
  • Author Cao Chen
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No mask needed indoors if social distancing maintained: Japan

However, wearing a mask is recommended in enclosed spaces where people cannot keep their distance, such as on commuter trains, regardless of whether they converse.

  • Published: May 23, 20222:04 pm
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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South Korea to accept rapid antigen test results for international arrivals

The RAT results, however, must have been conducted under professional supervision. Results from self-test kits will not be accepted, the government noted.

  • Published: May 23, 20222:00 pm
  • Author Shim Woo-hyun
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Indonesia drops mask rule as experts urge ‘proceeding with caution’

President Jokowi stressed that vulnerable people, including the elderly and those with comorbidities, should still wear a mask in public.

  • Published: May 20, 202212:45 pm
  • Author Aob Admin
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North Korea’s omicron surge: Kim Jong-un’s ‘double-masking’ and other peculiarities

The low number of deaths in North Korea is “not proportional” to the caseloads being reported, experts say.

  • Published: May 20, 202212:44 pm
  • Author Kim Arin
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Large amount of Japan’s Moderna vaccine stock to be discarded due to expiry

A great deal has been left unused, partly because fewer people are getting a booster shot, and because many prefer the Pfizer vaccine.

  • Published: May 20, 202212:40 pm
  • Author Tatsuya Tanoue
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All S’pore Covid-19 cases in April were of the Omicron variant

The Ministry of Health said of the local cases, 99 per cent were the sub-variant BA.2 strain and its lineages, which include BA.2.12.1.

  • Published: May 20, 202212:38 pm
  • Author Wallace Woon
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Fatigue sets in as China’s zero-Covid policy grinds on

China's controversial Covid-19 response has been facing a pushback from its citizens not seen since the early days of the Wuhan outbreak.

  • Published: May 20, 202212:30 pm
  • Author Ann Asianews Network

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