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Lockdown exposes inequality in Hong Kong, deaths cross 1 lakh-mark in UK & other Covid news As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe. Angana Chakrabarti 27 January, 2021 1:29 pm IST Text Size: A+ New Delhi: The novel coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate countries across the world the latest count being over 10 crore cases and more than 21 lakh deaths. Lockdown in Hong Kong has exposed deep-rooted inequality. UK residents toil to cope with grief as deaths cross one lakh-mark. And the German government challenges efficacy report of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. ....
Published Jan. 26, 2021Updated Feb. 5, 2021 HONG KONG When Shirley Leung, 60, woke up enclosed in Hong Kong’s first coronavirus lockdown, she surveyed the tiny room she shares with her adult son, which fits a single bed and cardboard boxes and plastic tubs for storing clothes. She tried to ignore the smell of the ceiling and walls, which were blanketed with mold. She rationed out the fresh vegetables she had at home, dissatisfied with the canned foods and instant noodles the government had provided when it imposed the restrictions on Saturday. She considered the cramped, interconnected nature of her apartment building. “If one room is infected, then how is it possible for cases not to spread among subdivided flats?” Ms. Leung said in a telephone interview. “How can it be safe?” ....
22 Jan 2021 Government authorities in Hong Kong are reportedly planning to lock down thousands of people within the Yau Tsim Mong area of Kowloon district starting January 23 to contain a Chinese coronavirus outbreak in the area. Hong Kong authorities are expected to seal off roughly 150 residential buildings home to 4,000 to 9,000 residents across Yau Tsim Mong starting Saturday morning after a cluster of new Chinese coronavirus cases in the city were traced to the area. “Hong Kong on Friday confirmed 61 new Covid-19 [Chinese coronavirus] cases, 55 of which were locally transmitted. Twenty-four local cases came from Yau Tsim Mong,” the South China Morning Post ( ....