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HONG Kong is scrapping its mask mandate from Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee announced, ending the financial hub’s last major Covid curb as it seeks to emerge from the pandemic.

HONG Kong might scrap its mask mandate as soon as early March, a major step as one of the world’s last Covid-19 holdouts works to return to normal and reclaim its status as a global business hub.

The Biden administration will no longer enforce a US mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, overturning a...

SINGAPORE’S nightlife businesses have no plans to impose separate requirements once masks become optional in most indoor settings from Aug 29, though it is less clear what other venue operators may ch...

TRAVELLERS to Singapore who are not fully vaccinated will no longer need to stay home for the first 7 days after their arrival, the multi-ministry taskforce (MTF) on Covid-19 said in a Wednesday (Aug ...

NORTH Korea has dropped a face mask mandate and other social distancing rules as leader Kim Jong Un declared victory over Covid-19 this week, state media said on Saturday (Aug 13), 3 months after its ...

THE Biden administration will no longer enforce a US mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday (Apr 18) ruled that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, over...

South Korea plans to phase out virtually all of its coronavirus restrictions, except for a mask mandate, starting next week, ending the curbs on business and social life that it has maintained in some...

HAD IT not been for the Covid-19 pandemic, there would have been no need for Clothing the Pandemic: A Virtual Exhibition of Covid-19 Face Masks from Around the World. Since 2020, people around the wor...