Ignoring Health Warnings, Some US States Relax COVID Restrictions
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· Mariama Diallo
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From First Ladies’ Gloves to Face Masks – How Small US Business Survives the Pandemic
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· Nina Vishneva
‘Red phase’ alert declared in São Paulo state as Brazil’s Covid-19 deaths hit all-time high | South China Morning Post
Brazil’s São Paulo state declared a “red phase” alert on March 3, 2021, as the country saw its highest number of daily Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. At least 1,910 deaths were reported nationwide on March 3. São Paulo Governor João Doria announced that from March 6-19, bars and restaurants will on…
VOA60 Africa- Kenya received just over one million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in the first batch from the global COVAX initiative
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‘Covid generation’: students make Paris Fashion Week debut with virtual show | South China Morning Post
Paris Fashion Week opened on March 1, 2021 with a virtual show featuring collections made by 48 student designers from the French Institute of Fashion. The online presentation aimed to pay tribute to the “Covid generation” including many young people who face a tough job market amid the coronavirus pandemic. Social-…
Hate crimes targeting Asian-Americans in California reflect rise in many US states | South China Morning Post
More than 3,000 incidents of verbal harassment and physical assault have been reported in the United States since March 2020 around the time of the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a concern group. The figures were gathered by Stop AAPI Hate, a reporting center for Asian-American Pacific Islanders bas…
Travel may resume slowly ‘in 3-6 months’ with pandemic limits, says Hong Kong tourism chief | South China Morning Post
Though Hong Kong only recently started its vaccination programme and has seen signs of an easing in its outbreak of Covid-19, the city could be able to allow restricted or conditional travel in the next three to six months. Hong Kong Tourism Board Executive Director Dane Cheng offered that prediction in an interview…
China-made coronavirus vaccines widely distributed despite efficacy concerns | South China Morning Post
Coronavirus jabs manufactured in China have been widely distributed globally despite worries over a lack of public data about their efficacy rate. Beijing has pledged about half a billion doses of its vaccines to governments around the world, about 10 times more jabs than China has distributed within its own borders…
Hong Kong opposition activists rushed to hospital after marathon bail hearing | South China Morning Post
Four Hong Kong opposition activists charged with subversion were sent to hospital on March 2, 2021, after a marathon bail hearing. They were among the 47 people arrested on February 28 under the national security law imposed on the city by Beijing in June 2020. Many of those arrested were former lawmakers from the p…
Freezing waterfall meditation helps relieve pandemic stress in Japan | South China Morning Post
A group of Buddhist devotees in Japan subjected themselves to a freezing tradition known as waterfall meditation or Takigyo on February 28, 2021. The annual ritual that has been carried out for centuries at a temple in Nakano city is seen as a way to purify the body and mind. This year it has even served as a way fo…
Philippines starts long-delayed Covid-19 vaccination programme using free Chinese Sinovac jabs | South China Morning Post
The Philippines rolled out its long-stalled coronavirus vaccination programme on March 1, 2021, the day after Manila took delivery of its first batch of free jabs from China. Health care workers, police and military personnel were the first to receive the Sinovac shots, prompting thanks from Philippine President Rod…
‘Unrealistic’ to expect Covid-19 crisis to be over in 2021, WHO official says | South China Morning Post
A World Health Organization (WHO) official has warned that it is unrealistic to think that the world will be done with the Covid-19 pandemic by the end of 2021. But Michael Ryan, the WHO's emergencies director, said in a March 1 press briefing that global efforts to get people around the world immunised may take som…
In the Shadow of COVID-19, Drug Overdose Epidemic Rages On
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· Veronica Balderas Iglesias
Mask up and enjoy the show! Opera performances go on in Bulgaria despite the Covid-19 pandemic | South China Morning Post
Bulgaria has kept some of its opera houses open despite the coronavirus pandemic, by imposing strict measures to try and prevent the spread of Covid-19. At the Sofia Opera and Ballet in the nation’s capital, people have been only permitted to view performances from the balconies. Bulgaria first eased pandemic restri…
Cancer Survivor Launches Head-Scarf Business to Help Women Undergoing Treatment
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· Maxim Moskalkov
Pokemon celebrates 25th anniversary as rare cards fetch six figures amid pandemic | South China Morning Post
Pokemon is celebrating its 25th anniversary on February 27, 2021. Debuting as a video game on Japan’s Nintendo Game Boy in 1996, the franchise now includes a card game, movies, toys and a mobile augmented-reality game. Now some rare Pokemon cards are fetching up to six figures at auctions. The price surge comes as m…
Japan embraces robot ‘pets’ as companions to ease pandemic isolation | South China Morning Post
Whenever Nami Hamaura feels lonely, all she has to do is talk to her singing companion: a robot named “Charlie”, who will respond with some calming music. Charlie is part of a new generation of cute and clever robotic “pets” being developed in Japan, where sales of automatons have boomed during the Covid-19 pandemic…
Deadly shootout ‘misencounter’ involving undercover police and anti-drug agents in Philippines | South China Morning Post
Two policemen were killed and one was severely injured during a shootout between members of the Philippine National Police and the nation’s Drug Enforcement Agency following a drug raid on February 24, 2021. Police described the gunfight near a popular mall in Quezon City as a "misencounter” between undercover offic…
Africa Kicks Off Inoculation Campaign with Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine
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· Mariama Diallo
Beijing insists on ‘1992 consensus’ in response to first remarks by Taiwan’s new mainland chief | South China Morning Post
The Chinese mainland’s central government is insisting that the “1992 consensus” is key to easing cross-strait tensions with Taiwan. A spokesman with Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Ma Xiaoguang, made the remarks on February 25, 2022, the day after the first statement by Taipei’s new head of th…
First Covax delivery completed as Ghana receives 600,000 doses of vaccine under WHO-led scheme | South China Morning Post
The World Health Organization has started the global roll-out of the Covax Facility vaccine-sharing scheme with the delivery of Covid-19 shots to Ghana, the first nation outside India to get the jabs. The WHO is leading the international effort meant to ensure the world’s poorer countries receive fair and equitable …
Return of the apes: Indonesia releases first group of rescued orangutans since start of pandemic | South China Morning Post
Ten orangutans were airlifted back to their natural habitat on Indonesia's Borneo island in early February 2021, the first group to be released in a year since such rehabilitation programme operations were suspended because of fears of Covid-19 infections. Poaching and habitat loss have been decimating the Southeast…
One-shot coronavirus vaccine by Johnson & Johnson is safe and effective, US FDA finds | South China Morning Post
The one-shot vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson is effective at preventing moderate to severe Covid-19 across all geographic areas, according to analyses released by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 24, 2021. J&J’s shot could be the third vaccine available to Americans as the FDA’s advisory panel…
Singapore start-up says app can read vital signs via face scan in 45 seconds | South China Morning Post
A Singaporean start-up, Nervotec, has developed a smartphone app that it claims can scan a user’s heart rate, oxygen level, respiration rate and even stress level within 45 seconds. The app is undergoing reviews at Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority. However, some private companies in the city state are already u…
What Hong Kong’s 2021-22 budget means for residents of the city | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan unveiled the city’s 2021-22 financial year budget on February 24, 2021. The budget largely focused on reviving the Hong Kong economy which has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s how the plan is expected to directly affect the wallets of city residents.
Golf legend Tiger Woods suffers severe leg injuries after rollover car crash in California | South China Morning Post
Golf legend Tiger Woods was taken to hospital after suffering multiple serious injuries in a rollover car crash south of Los Angeles on February 23, 2021. Police said he was on his own in the car when the incident happened in the US state of California. Reports said the golfer’s injuries were not life threatening an…
Pfizer, Moderna Promise Major Boosts in Vaccine Supply
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· Steve Baragona
Tiger Woods in surgery after rollover car crash | South China Morning Post
Golfer Tiger Woods is in surgery at a Southern California hospital after suffering multiple leg injuries in a single-car rollover crash on February 23, 2021. Helicopter footage of the scene shows Woods' car flipped on its side.
Japanese emperor’s birthday wish is for a brighter future after year of Covid-19 pandemic | South China Morning Post
Japanese Emperor Naruhito said his birthday wishes include hopes for a “bright future” as the country’s coronavirus inoculation programme gets under way. Speaking to reporters four days before his 61st birthday on February 23, 2021, the emperor also expressed condolences to those who have lost family members and fri…
Israel Starts to Reopen as Study Shows Pfizer Vaccine Works
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· Linda Gradstein
Japanese dance show allows audience to watch performance through peephole | South China Morning Post
A dance group in Nagoya, Japan created a stage that allows the audience to watch the performance through peepholes. Each spectator has their own isolated cubicle to ensure social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan embraces outdoor tent saunas as safer alternative during Covid-19 pandemic | South China Morning Post
Visitors in Japan have been enjoying an outdoor sauna tent camp near the Atago River in Hamamatsu, a coastal city on Japan’s main island. Operating once a week, the outdoor sauna welcomes about 20 to 30 people each week according to its operator who says it was intended to be a safer alternative to indoor facilities…
Electoral system needs to change so patriots rule Hong Kong, Carrie Lam says | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that there is a need to change the electoral system in order to make sure that patriots rule the city. Speaking at an afternoon event on February 22, 2021, after she publicly took the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, Lam said Beijing’s requirement that people who govern t…
Israel’s Covid-19 vaccination ‘green pass’ launched as country eases restrictions | South China Morning Post
Israel has been rolling out “Covid-19 vaccine passports” since the country began easing coronavirus restrictions on February 21, 2021. Shops are allowed to resume business to welcome the general public, but some leisure facilities including swimming pools, gyms and theatres can only reopen to people who have a “gree…
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam receives city’s first Covid-19 vaccine | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and some of her top officials became the first to receive Covid-19 vaccines on February 22, 2021. The city took delivery of its first 1 million doses of vaccines supplied by the Chinese mainland pharmaceutical company Sinovac on February 19, 2021. Lam said Hong Ko…
‘We want to be treated equally’: Actress Olivia Munn speaks about crimes against Asian-Americans | South China Morning Post
Hollywood actress Olivia Munn has spoken out about violence against Asian-Americans across the country during the Covid-19 pandemic. The daughter of a mother from Vietnam of Chinese descent, Munn spent her formative years living in Japan where her father was in military service. Munn said the community in the US has…
To Help American Spotlight Rare Disease, Australian Man Runs 880 Kilometers
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· Maxim Moskalkov
Biden Pledges $4B to WHO’s COVAX Vaccine Cooperative
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· Patsy Widakuswara
Coronavirus Hong Kong: first Covid-19 vaccines land in city | South China Morning Post
One million doses of one of the Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Hong Kong on February 19, 2021. The first batch of Sinovac’s CoronaVac jabs touched down on Cathay Pacific flight CX391 at about 5.30pm local time. Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip Tak-kuen and Secretary for Food and Heath Professor Sophia Chan …
First Covid-19 vaccines land in Hong Kong | South China Morning Post
The first 1 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Hong Kong on February 19, 2021. Cathay Pacific flight CX391 from Beijing touched down at about 5.30pm, officials said Hong Kong will launch its mass vaccination drive with the Sinovac jabs by the end of the month.
Experts Try to Debunk Damaging Myths About COVID Vaccine
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· Carol Pearson
US secretary of state urges transparency in Covid-19 data at UN talks | South China Morning Post
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on February 18, 2021, called for transparency in pandemic data at a UN Security Council meeting on global Covid-19 vaccine access. Blinken urged countries to “make available all data from the earliest days of any outbreak” to better understand the pandemic and prepare for the nex…