COVID-19 Archives - Softs Geek

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Hong Kong will give away half a million plane tickets. Here’s who can get them first

Sources February 3, 2023

Hong Kong’s new global promotional campaign will “kickstart” the city’s reopening to international travelers, the Hong Kong Tourism Board told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Friday. As part of the “Hello Hong Kong” campaign,...

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Tourism is roaring back in China. But the $6 trillion consumer market is digging itself out of a deep slump

Sources January 30, 2023

BEIJING — China’s consumption recovery from zero-Covid is getting off to a solid start – after a depressing fourth quarter. When Michelin-starred restaurant Rêver reopened Thursday from a Lunar New Year break, it was...

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CDC urges people with weak immune systems to take extra precautions after Covid subvariants knock out Evusheld

Sources January 27, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday urged people with weak immune systems to take extra precautions to avoid Covid after the dominant omicron subvariants knocked out a key antibody treatment. These...

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China looks past Covid as tourist bookings surge for the Lunar New Year

Sources January 27, 2023

BEIJING — People in China are moving past the pandemic and going out to travel, preliminary data for the Lunar New Year holiday show. “Pent-up demand is being released as many people rush to...

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Here’s where mainland Chinese traveled overseas for the Lunar New Year

Sources January 27, 2023

BEIJING — Travelers from mainland China stuck close to home in Asia during the Lunar New Year, the first holiday after Beijing relaxed its Covid-related border controls. Hong Kong and Macao were the most...

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How China’s economic reopening could affect the Fed’s rate decisions

Sources January 25, 2023

China’s reopening could be “too much of a good thing” as it may push inflation in the U.S. higher. CNBC’s Ted Kemp reports. Source link...

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China Reports 60,000 COVID-related Deaths, Says Peak Passed

Sources January 14, 2023

BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints it was failing to release data, and said the “emergency peak” of its latest...

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Why Singapore isn’t imposing new travel rules on visitors from China

Sources January 13, 2023

Singapore’s Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung told Parliament Monday that the government is not imposing new restrictions on travelers from China because limited flight capacity, combined with its current border policies, have resulted...

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Omicron XBB.1.5 does not have mutations known to make people sicker, WHO says

Sources January 11, 2023

A man is getting a Covid-19 test at a Covid-19 mobile testing site as people lined up at the Times Square in New York City, on Dec 6, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency...

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South Korea shares eye-opening Covid statistics to defend its new rules for travelers from China

Sources January 11, 2023

South Korea on Tuesday hit back at claims that its Covid rules for Chinese travelers are “discriminatory,” saying more than half of its imported cases are coming from China. In a response to CNBC,...