Hong Kong authorities sealed off a residential block in Yau Ma Tei between Pitt Street and Tung On Street on Tuesday evening to conduct Covid-19 tests
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
More than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK
More than 100,000 people have died with Covid-19 in the UK, after 1,631 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were recorded in the daily figures.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he took "full responsibility" for the government's actions, saying: "We truly did everything we could."
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Hong Kong covid-19 UK flight suspension necessary
Chief Executive Carrie Lam today said it is necessary to ban flights from the United Kingdom, where the new virus variant was found, to avoid putting Hong Kong at risk.
Source: https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2021/01/20210105/20210105_103350_715.html?type=category&name=covid19
HONG KONG Covid-19: Schools to stay closed until Lunar New Year
Students will not go back to school for face-to-face teaching until after the Lunar New Year holiday, the government has announced.
Covid: New lockdowns for England and Scotland ahead of 'hardest weeks'
Everyone in England must stay at home except for permitted reasons during a new coronavirus lockdown expected to last until mid-February, the PM says.
All schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning from Tuesday.
Boris Johnson warned the coming weeks would be the "hardest yet" amid surging cases and patient numbers. a
Hong Kong's social distancing
With the fourth wave showing no signs of subsiding in Hong Kong, the government has announced extension of social distancing measures until January 20, 2021. Ban on dining services after 6pm will remain, and all other facilities that have been required to shut their doors temporarily – like bars, gyms, sports venues, beauty salons, cinemas, and massage parlours – will remain closed to the public. In addition, suspension of face-to-face classes for schools will continue until the end of the Lunar New Year holiday.
Monday, January 4, 2021
Brexit: UK and EU new era
The UK stopped following EU rules as replacement arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation came into force. Boris Johnson said the UK had "freedom in our hands" and the ability to do things "differently and better" now the long Brexit process was over. But opponents of leaving the EU maintain the country will be worse off.
More UK lockdown Covid-19
The new, more contagious strain of Covid-19 that first emerged in the southeast of England was already spreading rapidly even during the nation’s second lockdown in November, according to a report published Thursday by scientists at Imperial College London
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