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South China Morning Post Posted at Apr 28 2021 07:03 AM Hong Kong's struggling restaurants and bars stand to benefit from the relaxation of social-distancing measures from Thursday, but only if they can comply with a complicated new set of rules, with vaccination as a key condition. Secretary for Food and Health Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee announced on Tuesday a series of coming rule changes for the pandemic-battered food and beverage industry under the new bubble, with the measures subject to review after two weeks. "This vaccine bubble is a very important public health measure so that on one hand, we can have a safe relaxation (of rules), and on the other hand, we can also mitigate the risks associated with the relaxation," she said Under the bubble, bars and nightclubs without restaurant licenses - which have been closed entirely since late November - will be allowed to reopen at half capacity until 2am, with seating capped at two patrons per table. However, tha...

ABS-CBN News Posted at Apr 28 2021 07:25 AM BEIJING—China's foreign ministry on Tuesday said it had lodged solemn representations to Japan over its annual diplomacy report, which expressed grave concerns on China's military capabilities and maritime activities. China urged Japan to redress its mistake, and build stable relations between the two countries with concrete actions, ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a regular news briefing. Meanwhile, Beijing urged Philippine authorities to "respect" its supposed sovereignty over South China Sea, as Manila ramped up maritime drills and patrols in the area amid growing tensions. In a public briefing on Monday, Wang told Philippine officials to "stop actions complicating the situation and escalating disputes." Chance of China, Taiwan conflict should not be discounted, says Australian minister Wang said China has sovereignty over what it calls the Nansha Islands or the Spratlys, which includes Zhongye Islan...

Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Rupam Jain, and Sanjeev Miglani, ReutersNEW DELHI - Vital medical supplies poured into India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, while a surge in infections pushed the death toll towards 200,000. A shipment from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in Delhi, said Reuters partner ANI, while France is sending oxygen generators able to provide 250 patients with a year's worth of the gas, its embassy said. The first "Oxygen Express" train pulled into the capital, New Delhi, laden with about 70 tonnes of oxygen from an eastern state, but the crisis has not abated in the city of 20 million at the epicenter of the latest wave of infections. "For seven days, most of us haven't slept," said Dr K. Preetham, an administrator at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, adding that the shortage of oxygen was a crucial worry. "Because of the scarcity, we...

"If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing many things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic," the CDC said in a statement. Masks are still considered necessary for vaccinated people if they are at concerts, parades or large sporting events, even when outdoors, the CDC said. Indoor activities also remain under a masks recommendation. This includes movie theaters and even "uncrowded" indoor shopping centers and museums, the CDC said. Fully-vaccinated people can gather without masks: CDC More than half of all US adults have now received at least one of two vaccine doses. The surging rate of people seeking out vaccines has begun to taper, but new Covid-19 cases are also falling. Biden said the change signified a shift in the way people can enjoy life as the summer approaches. "Beginning today, gathering with a group of friends in a park, going for a picnic -- as long as you are vaccinated and outdoors, you can do it without a mask," h...

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse Posted at Apr 28 2021 07:34 AM Biden told the nation in televised remarks from the leafy North Lawn that "stunning progress" has been made in getting vaccines administered and that stringent mask recommendations can now be relaxed. "For those who haven't gotten their vaccination yet, especially if you're younger, or thinking you don't need it, this is another great reason to go get vaccinated. Now. Now," Biden said. He was speaking shortly after the Centers for Disease Control, the top government health agency, notified fully vaccinated Americans that they can go mask-free most of the time outdoors.

Published April 27, 2021 11:29pm Filipinos in India are desperate to return home as the coronavirus disease pandemic killed over 200,000 people in the South Asian country. In Dano Tingcungco's Tuesday report on State of the Nation, Fatima Sharma, a Filipino living in India, said her fellow Filipinos were "anxious" to go home because India was overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases. "Ang situation in India is worse. I think. This is worse than last year," said Sharma. Anabelle Villamarin, a school principal living in Haryana state, said she received reports that wives are performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on their husbands, who are having difficulty breathing. She said she spotted some people leaving their parents in driveways because they could no longer take care of them. Villamarin also said most of her Filipino friends wanted to return to the Philippines because the COVID-19 situation in India was "very dire." "Siyempre kailangan ...

By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday said he has recommended that the Philippine government impose a temporary ban on travelers from India. advertisement “I have suggested to the IATF that a travel ban be imposed on all our good friends in the entire Indian subcontinent,” he said on Twitter, referring to the government’s inter-agency task force for COVID-19. “It’s not personal; it’s for everyone’s safety for now; we’ll be able to be together again,” he added. The Department of Health earlier said it spoke with the DFA to discuss a possible ban on travelers from India, which is battling a surge in COVID-19 cases that has severely strained its healthcare system. Experts said the surge in India was largely driven by a new coronavirus variant described as a “double mutant” due to its mutations. Philippine health authorities said this variant has not been detected locally yet. The country has so far recorded 659...