South East Asian countries are experiencing their deadliest Covid waves to date despite the milder Omicron variant being dominant and high vaccination rates. This was not part of anyone's plan.
We're publishing another dispatch from our anonymous Hong Kong correspondent on the Daily Sceptic about the catastrophic consequences of the Chinese Communist Party's Zero Covid policy.
Two days ago on the Daily Sceptic, we asked why Hong Kong's hospitals are under so much pressure, given low infection rates? A reader and Hong Kong resident has provided the answer – the city's 'Dynamic Covid Policy'.
It's being reported that Hong Kong's hospitals are at capacity and overflowing with patients during the current Omicron wave. But why, when reported cases and deaths are so low?
The Hong Kong Government has given the green light to China's Covid vaccine being administered to those aged between three and 17 years-old.
Jamie Dimon, the Chief Executive of JP Morgan, was given legal permission to enter Hong Kong without having to abide by the territory's 21-day hotel quarantine law.
Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong face being forced to take Covid vaccines. Non-compliance could result in work contracts not being renewed under plans being drawn up by Carrie Lam’s Government.
Hong Kong is moving ahead with a vaccine passport scheme under which only those who have been vaccinated against Covid and who use a Government mobile phone app will be able to go to bars and nightclubs when they reopen.
