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White House press secretary Jen Psaki said there is "no question" that the Trump administration's rhetoric on the coronavirus pandemic has elevated threats against Asian-Americans. Psaki said at a press conference on March 17, 2021, that former US President Donald Trump, who had called Covid-19 the "Chinese virus", …
A couple who works as medical workers and were off-duty resuscitated a man who suddenly collapsed on a road in northwestern China’s Gansu province. The husband pulled over and the wife, a nurse by profession, rushed to perform CPR and saved the man.
Authorities in the Philippines are reimposing lockdowns in targeted areas from March 17, 2021, as well as a two-week nighttime curfew across Metro Manila starting on March 15. The orders are going into effect after the nation recorded 5,400 cases, the highest single-day number of Covid-19 infections in the country, …
Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, spoke during a Public Vaccination of Clergy event, held at the Washington National Cathedral on March 16, 2021. Fauci addressed a host of myths about Covid-19 vaccines, including claims that the shots can cause sterility or a…
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Italy went back into a partial Covid-19 lockdown on March 15, 2021, as the country battles a third wave of coronavirus infections. Residents in almost half of the country, including Rome and Milan, were told to stay home except for work, health or emergency reasons. The new restrictions are expected to remain in pla…
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha became the first person in Thailand to be inoculated with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on March 16, 2021. Prayuth and his cabinet were initially scheduled to get their shots on March 12. But the country suspended use of the shots developed by British-Swedish firm AstraZeneca…
During the year-long closure of classrooms because of measures taken to curb the spread of Covid-19, classes have gone virtual in the Philippines. But during the pandemic, not all students have access to the internet or even a mobile device to log in to online classes, leaving many teachers worried that students hav…
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China is easing visa application rules for foreigners travelling to the mainland from Hong Kong if they have been inoculated with Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccines. The simplified procedures, which went into effect on March 15, 2021, are meant to “resume people-to-people exchanges between China and other countries in a…
The AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine for Covid-19 is under investigation by the World Health Organization (WHO) after countries suspended its use. But WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on March 12, 2021, that the vaccine can continue to be used while the investigation is under way. A number of countr…
Since it opened in 1966, the classic Star Cafe in Hong Kong has been attracting locals and tourists alike because of a signature dish with a revolting appearance – noodles that look like a pile of vomit. A local version of the traditional bing sutt or “ice room” eateries found in southern China, the normally crowded…
Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and members of his cabinet have cancelled plans to receive the country’s first Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses. Their decision, announced at the last minute on March 12, 2021, came as officials said Thailand would delay its planned roll-out of a vaccine programme…
When India went into a national lockdown to fight a surge in Covid-19 cases in March 2020, dancer and aspiring Bollywood actress Shikha Malhotra decided to join the battle by trading her glamorous sari for white protective gear. A certified nurse, she has been working on the front lines of the pandemic in Mumbai, on…
Perched on soda crates and using dining tables as music stands, a Hong Kong jazz band recently staged an enthusiastic performance at the 47-year-old Yuen Hing Lung noodle restaurant in Hong Kong. The show on a weekday evening in March 2021 was held at the 300 sq ft (28 sq metre) venue in the Sai Wan district because…
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A year ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the outbreak of a novel coronavirus first detected in China had developed into a global pandemic. The deadly virus that causes Covid-19 was first reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 before it spread rapidly a…
China has launched an International Travel Health Certificate for its citizens that Beijing hopes might one day be recognised for use as a “vaccine passport” as countries around the world consider ways to reopen their borders as the coronavirus pandemic eases. The digital certificates, which work on the Chinese mess…
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Visitors from across Thailand have flocked to a cannabis exhibition held in the northeastern province of Buriram. The event called Cannabis 360° held March 5-7, 2021, featured products infused with marijuana. The expo was part of the government’s latest effort to champion commercial use of the crop as a new engine f…
New York City’s Jing Fong restaurant closed its 800-seat dining room in Manhattan’s Chinatown on March 7, 2021, due to struggles during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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One of Hong Kong’s main film theatre chains, UA Cinemas, closed down on March 8, 2021, citing “unavoidable and devastating pressure” as a result of the measures taken to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The company, which had been in business since 1985, became the latest victim of the financial impact of the Cov…
Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa is looking for eight people to join him on a trip to the moon aboard Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship reusable launch vehicle. The week-long expedition called “dearMoon”, described as the world’s first civilian lunar mission, is being planned for 2023. Maezawa, the 45-year-old punk ro…
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Veterinary surgeons in India have found 71kg (157lbs) of garbage in the stomach of a pregnant stray cow. The surgeons tried to remove the trash, including plastic, nails, marbles and other waste, from the animal’s stomach during a four-hour surgery on February 22, 2021. Unfortunately the cow and its unborn calf did …
International Women's Day 2021 is being observed more than a year after the coronavirus started to shake the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) to its core. Speaking before the March 8 observance, women working at NHS hospitals in East Lancashire in northern England discussed what the coronavirus crisis has meant to…
Israel is getting back to businesses and easing some pandemic control measures after hitting a milestone with over 40 per cent of the country being fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with Pfizer-BioNTech shots. On March 7, 2021, a limit on restaurant capacity was eased, and Ben Gurion Airport reopened partially, allo…
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The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, received his first of two doses of the coronavirus vaccine on March 6, 2021. The 85-year-old received the Covishield vaccine, developed by Oxford University and UK-based drug maker AstraZeneca and manufactured by India’s Serum Institute, at a hospital in the north…
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the global aviation industry. With many flights grounded, demand for in-flight meals has dropped significantly leaving companies that supply airlines with meals scrambling to survive. To cope, Hong Kong airline caterer Gate Gourmet has changed its business model to prov…
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A Canadian man celebrated getting his Covid-19 vaccine the best way he knows how – with a traditional Bhangra dance from India’s Punjab state. On March 1, 2021, Gurdeep Pandher used Twitter to post a video of his dance moves on a frozen lake in Whitehorse, the capital of Canada’s Yukon territory. The city is the fir…
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