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'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

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

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.66% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.27%

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‘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

The Guardian - AU

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…

Bangkok Post

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.

Reuters

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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.

Tribune News Service

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.

Reuters

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.

ABC News

Shanghai Pulse Medical Files for HK Listing Despite Weak Vital Stats

Key takeaways: Shanghai Pulse Medical has filed to list in Hong Kong, despite posting a major jump in its net loss in the first nine months of last year The company sees big potential in the market for cardiovascular surgery-related products as Chinese society continues to age By Ken Lo

Benzinga

As ‘Great Firewall’ looms, fears for Hong Kong’s free internet

Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong is casting doubt over the future of the business hub’s open internet.

Al Jazeera

Xi Jinping wants Hong Kong to keep pushing COVID-zero in the face of Omicron, but is that really possible?

Late last year, Hong Kong was one step away from returning to pre-pandemic life. But now the city's strict COVID-zero regime is failing, as Omicron takes hold.

ABC News

China's zero-Covid policy under review as economic pressure mounts

HONG KONG: Multiple teams in China are studying how to improve the country's anti-pandemic policies, as economic pressure from its zero-Covid approach intensifies, according to one of the nation's most prominent epidemiologists.

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The Times of India

Indian men claim 3-2 win over Hong Kong, keep hopes alive at Badminton Asia Team Championships

SHAH ALAM (Malaysia): The Indian men's team, led by world championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen, secured a 3-2 win over Hong Kong in group A to keep its slim hopes alive of making the knockout stage at the Badminton Asia Team Championships here on Thursday.

The Times of India

Overflowing Hong Kong hospitals forced to put Covid beds outside

HONG KONG: Hong Kong hospitals are treating patients outside as a record surge in coronavirus cases pushes facilities beyond capacity and throws the city’s Covid Zero strategy into disarray.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Battlefield Mode': Hong Kong Hospitals Buckle under Omicron Wave

Huddled under blankets and thermal shields, dozens of elderly patients shivered on gurneys outside a hospital serving one of Hong Kong's poorest communities -- a grim tableau for the city as its health system buckles under an Omicron-fueled coronavirus wave. "We call this the fever zone," a nurse in full-body…

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Opinion: Can the Yuan-Dollar Exchange Rate Reach 5?

If China’s economy continues to develop steadily, its currency could strengthen against the greenback by 25% to 30% once per capita GDP reaches $20,000. But world-class industries are needed

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The Independent UK

COVID-19 surge among prisoners fuels Hong Kong's outbreak

Facing an outbreak of COVID-19 among prisoners, Hong Kong is moving infected inmates to an isolation facility as the city struggles to snuff out a record number of cases by implementing China’s “zero tolerance” strategy

The Guardian - UK

Germany and Portugal to cut restrictions – as it happened

Germany and Portugal preparing to axe most curbs as cases stabilise; Israel’s PM says ‘green pass’ system to be suspended as cases decline

Benzinga

Why Alibaba And Tesla Rivals Xpeng, Li Auto Are Slumping In Hong Kong Today

Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese tech companies traded mostly lower in Hong Kong on Thursday, dragging the benchmark Hang Seng Index into negative territory.

Al Jazeera

Omicron-hit Hong Kong seeks out hotel rooms for COVID quarantine

After keeping the coronavirus at bay for much of the past two years, Hong Kong is now struggling to contain the disease.

Reuters

Hong Kong considers mass testing as COVID fight intensifies

Hong Kong's coronavirus battle intensified on Thursday as authorities reported that new cases had multiplied by 60 times so far this month, and the city's leader said city-wide testing was being considered in the global financial hub.

Bangkok Post

Singapore opens to more countries, eases test rules

Singapore will ease Covid travel testing rules and launch new vaccinated travel lanes with the Philippines and Israel as it woos more tourists and seeks to reclaim its status of one of Asia’s major travel hubs. Shares of the city-state’s aviation-related stocks rose.

Evening Standard

Hong Kong: Patients forced to wait in sickbeds outside hospitals as ‘zero Covid’ plan buckles

Patients have been forced to wait outside hospitals due to the high number of cases

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