38 COVER CONCEPT & DESIGN: RAJ SHRESTHA 26 How Safe are We? By Biswas Baral Nepal is poorly prepared for the next major earthquake. The opinions expressed are her own.5 REPORTS 18 Passion for Peace By John Narayan Parajuli Those behind peace rallies believe they have generated pressure on both the Maoists and the government. (The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. Hong Kong Health Secretary Sophia Chan stressed at a news conference that there was no evidence domestic animals can pass the disease to humans, but authorities were acting out of caution to ban imports and sales of pet rodents. The outbreak of Delta variant cases in humans linked to the shop worker prompted tests on hundreds of animals, with 11 hamsters testing positive. 18 ordered a cull of 2,000 hamsters and warned pet owners not to kiss animals after a new cluster of Covid-19 cases was traced to a pet shop. Until there is a shift, Greater China will be playing a lonely, and harmful, game of whack-a-hamster. Border controls also have decimated tourism and retail, while crimped air cargo capacity threatens to drive up prices of food and medicine.īeijing’s interest rate cut on Monday is one sign of the wider economic strain, and its Covid-19 approach is almost certainly a contributing factor. They’re out of step with a world slowly reopening and jeopardise Hong Kong’s future as Asia’s self-proclaimed “World City.” More than 40% of executives and a quarter of the companies surveyed by the local American Chamber of Commerce said they are more likely to leave the city because of draconian travel restrictions, according to results published on Wednesday.

And although China has administered nearly 3 billion doses, enough for 105% of the population to be double-jabbed, some studies cast doubt on the effectiveness of the locally developed vaccination.Īs Omicron spreads, however, a hamster on a wheel provides an apt metaphor for the containment efforts.

In Hong Kong, only about 70% of the population has received two shots and the figure is as low as 20% for the elderly.

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