Health & Medicine
Chinese researchers found that exposure to human breast milk helps kill the virus that causes Covid-19.
One colleague at Kai Tak construction site has tested preliminary positive, while another was feeling ill when approached by health officials.
Many poor families from mainland do not qualify for one-off HK$10,000 government allowance.
A vaccine by early 2021, a steady decline in cases by next fall and back to normal in a few years – 11 top experts look into the future.
Fatalities could double or worse without concerted action to curb pandemic, says head of UN agency’s emergencies programme.
The UK government considers studies that would deliberately expose healthy people to accelerate the development of a vaccine.
The infection occurred in late February after exposure to a visitor from Italy but the family suffering symptoms was not tested at the time.
Beijing has already promised access and loans for potential shots and that may be seen as a better bet for its diplomatic agenda than joining the COVAX facility, observers say.
Survey was based on 400,000 posts on social media, more than 4.7 million online comments, and interactions among internet users between May 16 and September 6.
The coronavirus pandemic appears to be accelerating worldwide, with new cases soaring last week to a new seven-day high of almost 2 million.
State of calamity allows officials to draw emergency funds quickly anywhere in the country, and to control the prices of basic commodities like rice and cooking oil.
Conventional UV rays cannot be used in spaces where there are people as they cause skin cancer and eye problems. But Ushio’s light is safe for humans.
Trump administration has already secured supplies through bilateral deals, prompting accusations of selfish behaviour to the detriment of poor countries.
In India, about 100,000 new infections and more than 1,000 deaths have been reported daily. Indonesia recorded 4,200 new Covid-19 cases on Monday.
Hours before city confirms six new cases, Peiris tells Post infection timeline suggests infected researcher ‘certainly acquired it in the community’.
A big additional workload, no stress-relieving exercise with gyms shut, and three children of her own to help with remote learning – Hong Kong teacher Miranda Wong is sleeping a lot less amid the pandemic and her mood is affected.
Dancers, musicians, Cantonese opera performers keep in shape, waiting for shows to resume.
US president claims ‘historic progress’ on potential Covid-19 shots, contradicting timeline given by top health official.
The idea that there’s going to be a vaccine and everything’s gonna be fine tomorrow is not reasonable, Biden told a town hall.