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Hong Kong health authorities reported 29,272 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, up from 27,765 on Tuesday and 217 deaths, compared with 228 in the previous 24 hours.

When the COVID-19 pandemic finally ends, our most glaring failure, and our greatest source of shame, will unquestionably be our unwillingness to protect society’s most vulnerable group: the elderly.

Dos días después de mi cumpleaños número 40, mi esposo y yo asistimos a la boda de un amigo en Palm Springs, California. Sentados entre desconocidos, mantuvimos una pequeña charla acerca de moda y novedades mundiales que llenaba el tiempo en lugar de estimular la mente. Fue entonces cuando un…

China reports 5,280 new infections — more than double the previous day's tally — as the highly transmissible Omicron variant forces lockdowns and spreads across a country that has stuck tightly to a zero-COVID-19 strategy.

Since the pandemic began, 19 species of animals across 35 countries have contracted COVID-19.

‘I’m not sure people appreciate quite how bad the Covid situation is in Hong Kong, nor what might be around the corner’

Stock markets in China and Hong Kong have been hit by sell-offs as concerns about new lockdowns intensify

Key takeaways: •      Leading Sichuan-style hotpot chain Yang Guofu has filed for a Hong Kong IPO, extending a recent series of restaurant listing applications •      Company has expanded rapidly using a franchise model, but poses investor risk due to its nature as a family-run business

Stock markets in Shanghai and Hong Kong slumped on Tuesday, as investors fear the impact of the latest Covid-19 lockdowns on China's economy. Nearly 30 million people are now living under restrictions in the country, including in the technology manufacturing hub of Shenzen. Also today, Volkswagen has suspended production of…