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COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in one place — as it happened

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ABC News

Overrun hospitals in Hong Kong forced to leave Covid patients on beds in car parks

Dozens of patients were seen waiting on stretchers outside hospitals in Hong Kong which has recorded an average number of new infections at 2,940 per day

Daily Mirror

Hong Kong's future unclear as leadership election, lacking front-runner, is delayed by COVID

Hong Kong on Friday postponed an election for a new leader until May to battle a raging COVID outbreak, but unlike previous years, there's still no front-runner for the job, adding to uncertainty about the city's future as Beijing imposes its rule.

Reuters

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Hong Kong leader election postponed as city battles COVID surge

The election of Hong Kong's chief executive, scheduled to be held in March, will be postponed to May as the Asian financial hub battles to control an accelerating surge in COVID-19 infections, city leader Carrie Lam said on Friday.

Reuters

Meituan Shares Get Butchered As China Introduces Tougher Laws

Meituan (OTC:MPNGY) shares shed ~15% after China issued new guidelines asking food delivery platforms to cut restaurant fees to reduce business costs, Bloomberg reports. Online food delivery platforms will have to offer preferential fees to restaurants in regions hit by the pandemic, as per the National Development and Reform Commission. Related Content: US Adds…

Benzinga

Hong Kong postpones leader election amid COVID-19 outbreak

Hong Kong will postpone elections for its next leader until May 8 as the city grapples with a worsening coronavirus outbreak with thousands of new infections daily

The Independent UK

Hong Kong plans mandatory Covid tests

Hong Kong is making plans to test every one of its 7.3 million residents for Covid-19 as a surge in Omicron cases threatens to overwhelm its healthcare system.

Bangkok Post

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Hong Kong postpones new leader selection over virus outbreak

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong said Friday it would postpone picking the city's new leader and was preparing to test the entire population for Covid-19 as it struggles to tackle a wave of infections.

AFP

"What's the point?" Hong Kong resident questions quarantine ordeal

Hong Kong accountant May Ng says her family made huge sacrifices last month to comply with the city's COVID-19 policies, but now thinks these were in vain as she does not expect the latest outbreak to be contained.

Reuters

Covid: South Korea reports more than 100,000 new cases for first time – as it happened

Latest updates: south Korean case numbers have risen in recent weeks due to Omicron

The Guardian - UK

'No-COVID' policy drags on Hong Kong economy as cases surge

Once bustling Hong Kong is languishing amid a strict zero-COVID strategy that has closed bank branches and movie theaters

The Independent UK

Markets mixed as Ukraine fears return, oil extends losses

Hong Kong (AFP) - Equity markets were mixed Friday following a steep drop on Wall Street fuelled by renewed fears that Russia will soon invade Ukraine, adding to long-running angst about the Federal Reserve's plans to hike interest rates.

AFP

Hong Kong foreign domestic workers 'abandoned' in virus crisis

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong's foreign domestic workers are being "abandoned" in the current coronavirus wave sweeping the city, with some forced to sleep rough or being denied treatment after testing positive, charities warned Friday.

AFP

Hong Kong parents rush to vaccinate children as COVID surges

Hong Kong parents rushed children as young as 3 years old to vaccination centres this week as the government lowered the age limit for the shots and the deaths of two toddlers exacerbated concerns in a city struggling to cope with a COVID-19 surge.

Reuters

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AFP

Chinese cities offer cash to combat people smuggling in Covid fight

Beijing (AFP) - Several southern Chinese cities are offering cash bounties worth tens of thousands of dollars for leads on smuggling rings that have brought coronavirus carriers from Hong Kong across the mainland border.

AFP

Asian markets mixed as Ukraine fears return, oil extends losses

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets were mixed Friday following a steep drop on Wall Street fuelled by renewed fears that Russia will soon invade Ukraine, adding to long-running angst about the Federal Reserve's plans to hike interest rates.

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.66% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.27%

The Guardian - AU

‘No light at the end’: How Hong Kong’s Covid response went so wrong

A policy of admitting every positive case to hospital means thousands are being added to an already huge backlog every day

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Bangkok Post

Expat exodus but escape is expensive in Hong Kong

After calling Hong Kong home for 30 years, Tina, a self-employed mom, is calling it quits on the city and moving to Portugal. But with 10 of her booked flights to Europe cancelled in the past year, her travails show how Hong Kong’s Covid-Zero policy is making getting out almost…

Reuters

Hong Kong working-class district reels as COVID runs rampant

Lam Foon, 98, sits propped up and swaddled in soggy woollen blankets in a hospital bed just outside the entrance to Hong Kong's Caritas Medical Centre, waiting for tests to confirm her preliminary positive result for COVID-19.

Reuters

Hong Kong to report at least 3,600 new COVID cases on Friday- TVB

Hong Kong health authorities are expected to confirm at least 3,600 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, with another 7,600 showing up positive in preliminary tests, broadcaster TVB reported, citing an unidentified source.

AFP

Asian markets drop as Ukraine fears return, oil extends losses

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets fell Friday following a steep drop on Wall Street fuelled by renewed fears that Russia will soon invade Ukraine, adding to long-running angst about the Federal Reserve's plans to hike interest rates.

Tribune News Service

Hospitals under siege show Hong Kong squandered its COVID edge

HONG KONG — Ting Chan has seen Hong Kong’s pandemic situation lurch from over-the-top caution to outright chaos.

Reuters

Hong Kong 'cannot afford to lose' fight against surging COVID

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday that it would take up to three months to stabilise a worsening COVID-19 pandemic that has overwhelmed health facilities and forced the postponement of an upcoming leadership election.

ABC News

Beijing Winter Olympics official says stories of Chinese human rights abuses are 'lies'

An International Olympic Committee spokesman bats away several sensitive questions regarding human rights, Xinjiang labour camps, Taiwan and Hong Kong – but his counterpart on the Beijing Organising Committee is far more hawkish.

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