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Hong Kong leader says no plans to tighten Covid social distancing measures
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Hong Kong has reported more than 700,000 infections and about 4,000 deaths, most of them taking place in the past three weeks.
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Do not help crashed Olympics vehicles, Beijing police warn
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Authorities have closed up the bubble last week meaning thousands of staff, volunteers, cleaners, cooks and coach drivers will be cocooned for weeks with no access to the outside world.
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Thai beauty pageant investigated after Covid cluster
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Thirteen contestants and nine others associated with the Miss Grand Samut Sakhon pageant have tested positive for the virus.
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British hugs allowed soon as lockdown starts to ease
The UK is now recording around 2,000 new coronavirus cases a day, compared with a daily peak of nearly 70,000 in January.
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SOPs a casualty of Raya shopping fever?
Crowds of customers at malls and bazaars are making it difficult to enforce physical distancing rules.
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Masks and social distancing ‘could last several years’
UK scientific advisers are saying maintaining basic policies which reduce transmission will be necessary for some time to come.
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State of emergency declared at Florida beach over uncontrollable crowds
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With approximately 13% of US residents vaccinated, the atmosphere is particularly festive and the illusion that the pandemic is now under control is pervasive.
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Spared the worst of Covid-19, Pakistan’s poor abandon SOPs
While Pakistan managed to avoid the huge numbers of casualties authorities had feared, a social divide is appearing between those who observe SOPs and those who do not.
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Crowds of parents forced to queue for school transfers despite online process
The long lines of parents told to get their documents validated in person trigger concern over virus SOPs.
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Alarm in France after 2,500 mass for illegal rave
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Police are said to have met 'fierce hostility' from many of the partygoers who set one of their cars of fire and threw bottles and stones.
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Orthodox Jewish synagogue fined over secret pandemic wedding
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New York authorities issued a fine after a video of the wedding showing thousands of attendees singing and dancing without masks circulated on social media.
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No ghosts, witches or vampires allowed in LA this year
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is discouraging traditional festivities and recommending socially distant alternatives.