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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Nearly 1.5 million working-age people in Japan are social recluses, according to a new government survey, with a fifth citing the Covid-19 pandemic as the main reason for their withdrawal. The poll is Japan’s first official comprehensive probe into the prevalence of “hikikomori”, or “shut-ins” — a phenomenon affecting a broad swathe of society, from teens to the elderly. Reasons for retreating from the country’s notoriously conformist and work-focused society range […]
But Health USec Vega says health care facilities in Metro Manila still “manageable” (Eagle News) – Over 3,000 of the 26,000 government health care workers in the country were under isolation as of Wednesday, January 12, affecting manpower of health facilities especially in Metro Manila. Health Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega said that 3,114 health care workers in isolation were mostly in Metro Manila, representing 11 percent of the total health care workers in government instutions […]
SINGAPORE (AFP) — The boss of Asia-focused lending giant HSBC backed Hong Kong’s decision to mirror China’s zero-Covid strategy on Thursday despite rising concern within the finance industry over the business hub’s international isolation. Hong Kong has maintained some of the world’s harshest quarantine measures and travel restrictions during the pandemic. The strategy has kept infections low but ensured a business hub that dubs itself “Asia’s World City” has been cut off internationally for the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A new study examining air samples from hospital wards with COVID-19 patients has found the virus can travel up to 13 feet (four meters) — twice the distance current guidelines say people should leave between themselves in public. The preliminary results of the investigation by Chinese researchers were published Friday in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They add to […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Gamers breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday after the end of a network outage that affected Nintendo’s online games, with internet-based systems under increasing pressure from people staying home over coronavirus. “The issue with our network services has now been fixed. Thank you for your patience!” tweeted Nintendo on its European Twitter account, with similar messages posted on its other accounts. The hours-long outage affected its online games but also […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday slammed the economic and political isolation of Qatar as inhumane and contrary to Islamic values after key Gulf states broke off ties with Ankara’s ally. “Taking action to isolate a country in all areas is inhumane and un-Islamic,” Erdogan said in televised comments to his party in Ankara, after Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain broke off relations with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of […]
