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Taiwan eyeing earlier end to Covid quarantine for arrivals

Taiwan eyeing earlier end to Covid quarantine for arrivals

Taiwan is eyeing an earlier end to its mandatory quarantine for all arrivals and has been making relevant preparations, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Friday, as the government continues to ease controls put in place to contain the spread of Covid. Taiwan has kept its entry and quarantine rules in …

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China reports first imported monkeypox case

China reports first imported monkeypox case

China’s southwestern municipality of Chongqing reported one case of the monkeypox virus infection on Friday in one individual who arrived in the country from abroad, marking the country’s first known monkeypox infection. The transmission risk of the case is low as the individual was put in quarantine upon arrival in …

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WHO ‘strongly advises against’ use of two Covid treatments

WHO 'strongly advises against' use of two Covid treatments

Two Covid antibody therapies are no longer recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), on the basis that Omicron and the variant’s latest offshoots have likely rendered them obsolete. The two therapies – which are designed to work by binding to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 to neutralize the virus’ …

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Karaoke bar owner arrested after deadly fire

Owner of a karaoke parlor in the southern Binh Duong Province was arrested Friday night, held responsible for a fire that killed 32 people last week. Le Anh Xuan, 42, owner of the An Phu parlor, is facing charges of violating fire safety regulations. Police have been conducting searches at …

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Vietnam hands over remains of US soldier

Vietnam returned the remains of an American soldier to U.S. representatives at a handover ceremony in Hanoi Friday. The remains handed over were found during the 148th search operation carried out from August to September 2022. They were examined by Vietnamese and American forensic experts in Hanoi, who concluded that …

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Fire engulfs office tower in southern Chinese city

A massive fire engulfed a high-rise office building in downtown Changsha, capital of China’s southern province of Hunan, on Friday afternoon, state media reported. Dozens of storeys of the more than 200-metre tall (656-foot) China Telecom building “burned with great intensity”, sending thick smoke into the sky, state broadcaster CCTV …

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Gambling giant Macau opens bids from seven casinos, Genting a wildcard

Gambling giant Macau opens bids from seven casinos, Genting a wildcard

Macau’s government opened bids on Friday from seven companies, including a wildcard from Malaysian operator Genting, for licenses to operate casinos in the world’s biggest gambling hub. Macau’s top officials including the city’s Economy and Finance secretary Lei Wai Nong and Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong attended the …

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