New York City’s Famous Tour Bus Industry Loses Billions During Pandemic
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High-tech greenhouse boom in China after food shortages during Covid-19 lockdowns | South China Morning Post
China experienced food-security issues when lockdowns were imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic. The situation spurred the rise of greenhouse-grown foods after Chinese policymakers called on local authorities to build massive networks of greenhouses to supply critical staples. Dutch-run company FoodVentures is one o…
London’s Heathrow airport opens dedicated terminal for arrivals from high-risk Covid-19 countries | South China Morning Post
London Heathrow airport has converted an existing terminal into a dedicated facility for 'red-list' passengers. Stricter disease-control measures are imposed on Terminal 3 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 and its variants.
Tiananmen vigil organisers close Hong Kong’s June 4 museum after government launches licensing probe | South China Morning Post
Organisers of Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil have shut down their June 4 museum commemorating the 1989 crackdown, a day after the government launched an investigation into a licensing complaint. Earlier, police banned the annual candlelight vigil at Victoria Park for the second year in a row, citing social-dista…
Vietnam braces itself from discovery of new hybrid Covid-19 variant fuelling its worst outbreak | South China Morning Post
Vietnam has detected a new coronavirus mutation that is a combination of the Delta and Alpha variants, first found in India and the UK respectively. Vietnam’s health minister Nguyen Thanh Long, who revealed the findings on May 29, 2021, described the hybrid variant as “very dangerous”, with laboratory results showin…
WHO approves Sinovac Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use | South China Morning Post
A Covid-19 vaccine by China’s Sinovac Biotech was approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization (WHO) on June 1, 2021. It is the second vaccine from a Chinese drug maker to receive the listing in less than a month. The move has the potential to help the dose-strapped Covax vaccine distribution programm…
Inside a plant in China producing the WHO-approved Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine | South China Morning Post
The WHO approval of Sinovac Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use on June 1, 2021, will help ease the global vaccine shortage. Sinovac Biotech has already distributed more than 600 million doses of its CoronaVac vaccine to nearly 40 countries, as of May 31, 2021. It uses an inactivated virus to trigger a p…
China’s wedding industry recovers thanks to rising demand | South China Morning Post
China’s wedding industry is on the road to financial recovery. Pent-up demand for weddings caused by the coronavirus pandemic, combined with the country’s traditional peak wedding season, led to an increase in people tying the knot in May 2021. Chinese state media reported that more than 400,000 couples were married…
Malaysia goes into total lockdown amid worsening Covid-19 outbreak | South China Morning Post
Malaysia began a two-week nationwide lockdown on June 1, 2021, to battle a surge in Covid-19 infections in the country. Only essential businesses such as banks, supermarkets and medical clinics are allowed to open, while travelling across the country remains banned. As of May 31, Malaysia had reported 12 consecutive…
June 4 vigil potent signal that Hong Kong’s freedoms remain intact | South China Morning Post
The annual June 4 gathering has been banned for the second consecutive year, with police citing the event as a potential public health threat. But amid heightened concerns from the introduction of Hong Kong’s national security law, SCMP Special Projects Editor Cliff Buddle argues that allowing for the return of the …
China’s southern Guangdong province in high gear to quash Covid-19 outbreak | South China Morning Post
China’s southern Guangdong province has expanded mass-testing campaigns to five districts, following an outbreak that began on May 21, 2021. The latest infection cases have been linked to variants first detected in India and the UK. On May 30, the province reported 20 new coronavirus cases, 16 of which were asymptom…
Around the World, Vaccine Hesitancy Threatens to Prolong Pandemic
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· Steve Baragona
Cross-strait politics get in the way of Taiwan’s desperate need for Covid-19 vaccines | South China Morning Post
Taiwan is racing to acquire additional vaccines amid the first major Covid-19 outbreak on the island. Taipei has rejected vaccine offers from Beijing, accusing the mainland of blocking a deal with German manufacturer BioNTech. The self-ruled island’s President Tsai Ing-wen has said that a locally developed vaccine w…
Hong Kong’s biggest opposition alliance, the Civil Human Rights Front, faces government ban | South China Morning Post
The Hong Kong government is considering banning the city’s biggest opposition alliance, the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF). Set up 19 years ago to oppose a proposed anti-subversion law in 2002, the cross-political group organised many of the pro-democracy demonstrations in the city, including the 2019 mass protests…
A Desirable Side Effect? Brazilians Discover Stock Trading During Pandemic
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· Edgar Maciel
Rural India struggles to vaccinate villagers despite Covid-19 surge | South China Morning Post
In contrast to the long queues for Covid-19 jabs and tests in India’s urban areas, vaccine hesitancy is rife in rural India. In the town of Palghar in the western state of Maharashtra, a doctor at the vaccination centre said he had not seen “a single person” from among the 100,000 some people living in nearby villag…
‘Silent emergency’: children in India facing Covid-19 crisis, says Unicef | South China Morning Post
After more than 26.9 million cases and 307,00 deaths, India’s infection rate is showing signs of easing. But the country still has a long battle ahead to contain this second wave. Unicef India representative Dr Yasmin Ali Haque says that Covid-19 is posing a child-rights crisis that risks having a lasting impact. Ac…
Gender-Based Violence Cases Quintuple in Kenya During Pandemic
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· Victoria Amunga
Thailand tightens Covid-19 measures on southern border after South African variant detected | South China Morning Post
Nine villages in a district near the Malaysian border were sealed off by Thai authorities on May 22, 2021, after health officials confirmed new Covid-19 outbreaks of the South African variant. The mutated strain, which is considered more contagious, was detected in eight patients from southern Thailand’s Tak Bai dis…
Computer 'Screenlife’ Films Gain Traction During Pandemic
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· Penelope Poulou
Are the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics going ahead? | South China Morning Post
The controversy surrounding the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, rescheduled to this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, continues to escalate as the Games draw near. The International Olympic Committee and Japanese officials have presented a largely unified front that the Games will go on. But coronavirus cases have again …
Uganda Refugees Battle Suicidal Thoughts During Pandemic
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· Halima Athumani
COVID Fears, Anxiety Mark Mental Health Awareness Month
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· Esha Sarai, Veronica Balderas Iglesias, Jacquelyn dePhillips
Large crowds in China bid farewell to Yuan Longping, father of hybrid rice, dead at 90 | South China Morning Post
Huge crowds in Changsha, Hunan Province were seen bidding a final farewell to Yuan Longping, father of hybrid rice on May 22. Known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s, Yuan is seen as a national hero in China for research that boosted grain harvests, helping to feed the world’s most populous…
Pharmaceutical Firms Accused of Making 'Obscene Profits' Amid Global Vaccine Shortage
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· Henry Ridgwell
Biden Announces US-South Korea Vaccine Partnership
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· Patsy Widakuswara
Hong Kong-based Indians pitch in to help fight Covid-19 outbreak back home | South China Morning Post
As India fights to contain the world’s deadliest surge in Covid-19 cases, Hong Kong-based Indians are pitching in to help ease the plight of their compatriots. Indian artist Urmila Menon, who moved to Hong Kong in 2017, organised a fundraiser by selling her artwork on Instagram. She plans to donate all proceeds rais…
Everest climbers ‘camp’ at home ahead of expedition to shorten stay in Covid-19 stricken Nepal | South China Morning Post
Mountaineers are using oxygen-deprivation tents ahead of their expeditions to the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest. As Covid-19 infections surge in Nepal, a growing number of climbers are pre-acclimatising at home. They hope to lower the risk of exposure to the virus by reducing the amount of time they would norm…
‘Nepal will be the weakest link’ without Covid-19 vaccines, says public health scientist | South China Morning Post
Nepal has become the next frontier in the Covid-19 fight, with the daily caseload in the country surging from 300 daily cases in April 2021, to more than 8,000 cases a day one month since. Public health scientist Dr Sameer M Dixit says India and Nepal face similar challenges tackling their coronavirus crises. And wi…
Biden committed to stop violence against Asian-Americans, signs Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act | South China Morning Post
US President Joe Biden signed a bill to combat attacks against Asian-Americans into law on May 20, 2021, forcefully condemning what he said was the “silence” that has “let hate flourish”. The Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act addresses hate crimes against Asian-Americans in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and received wide…
Somalia Recovering From Twin Threats of Civil War, Pandemic
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· Mohamed Sheikh Nor
Trending in China: Woman demands attendant carry her off plane | South China Morning Post
A woman was filmed demanding that flight crew carry her off a plane that was due to depart from southern China’s Guangxi province. She was asked to leave the plane due to a health issue. However, she vented her anger at the flight crew. That, and more trending videos from China this week.
Somalia Recovering From Twin Threats of Civil War, Pandemic
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· VOA
Language Barriers, Fear Keep Spain's Migrants from Getting COVID Vaccine
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· Alfonso Beato
‘Almost impossible’ to send doctors, nurses to Olympics, says Japanese medical association | South China Morning Post
Kenyu Sumie, Chairman of the Japanese Medical And Dental Practitioners Association, said on May 19, 2021 that it is ‘almost impossible’ to send 200 doctors and 500 nurses to the Olympic Games as requested by the International Olympic Committee. Less than 30% of medical workers in Tokyo are fully vaccinated and only …
Boy band Mirror with idol Keung To lead Hong Kong Canto-pop revival after protests and pandemic | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong was Asia’s music entertainment leader during the 1980s and 1990s, only to see its influence wane over the years due to competition from South Korean, Taiwan and Chinese mainland artists. But following Hong Kong’s civil unrest in 2019 and the Covid-19 pandemic, new Canto-pop stars have emerged, including Ke…
Taiwan deploys military to disinfect subway station after Covid-19 cases surge | South China Morning Post
Taiwan reported 267 domestic Covid-19 cases on May 19, 2021. The new infections bring the number of locally transmitted cases to 1,291. All are from the previous nine days. Before this latest outbreak, there had been only 95 locally transmitted cases in total since the beginning of the pandemic. The self-governed is…
Nepal’s Covid-19 crisis threatens to overtake India’s coronavirus catastrophe | South China Morning Post
As global attention remains focused on India’s runaway Covid-19 infections, Nepal is in the midst of battling its own second coronavirus wave, pushing its health care system to the brink. Oxygen is in such short supply in Nepal that it has asked climbers on Mount Everest to return canisters to be refilled for medica…
China’s e-commerce and live-streaming booms are opportunities for private equity, Carlyle Group says | South China Morning Post
E-commerce and live-streaming are fuelling growth in Chinese consumer brands as well as for multinational retailers, and in turn creating opportunities for savvy investors to turn a profit. That is according to Carlyle Group executives Patrick Siewert and Nina Gong, who spoke with the South China Morning Post in an …
Chinese officials urge citizens to get the Covid-19 vaccine with rap song ‘Get Jabbed Quick’ | South China Morning Post
China’s Sichuan Provincial Commission of Health released Get Jabbed Quick on May 18, 2021.The rap song urges Chinese citizens to get their Covid-19 shots. China’s government aims to vaccinate 40 per cent of the population by June as the country boosts its vaccination drive with promotions and incentives.
China's Sichuan province releases rap song to encourage Covid-19 vaccinations | South China Morning Post
China’s Sichuan Provincial Commission of Health released a rap song on May 18, 2021 to encourage Covid-19 vaccinations as the country ramps up its nationwide vaccine campaign. Beijing has set a goal of vaccinating 40 per cent of the population by June, a figure more than double current vaccination rates.