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Hong Kong said Sunday it would magnification tests at border checkpoints in an attempt to verify a new wave of coronavirus infections. Truck drivers and students, as well as aircrews and shipping personnel, would be subject to increased scrutiny, authorities said. A government spokesman said exemptions from the entry ban were needed to “maintain … the functioning of society and the economy, and to ensure an uninterrupted supply of all daily needs.”
Singapore continues to record hundreds of positive coronavirus cases daily in foreign workers dormitories, even when few Covid-29 infections are found in other parts of the city-state. The Health Ministry reported 257 additional cases Sunday, with all but eight found among migrant workers living in group accommodation.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson contradicts his own chief scientist Sunday downplaying the idea of another national blockade due to the coronavirus. Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph, the prime minister said he did not believe the UK would be in the same position as it was in March, when the first shutdown was imposed. Patrick Vallance, the UK’s chief scientific adviser, said Friday that another national shutdown was possible.
Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama said Sunday that he had positive for coronavirus. He said he underwent his fourth Covid-19 test on Saturday “at the first sign of a sore throat.” Onyeama, 64, wrote on Twitter: “Unfortunately, this time it was positive. That’s life! Win something lose something. Go to isolation in a health center and pray for the best. “He has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2015.
A legal fight It has exploded between EssilorLuxottica, eyewear maker Ray-Ban and Oakley, and retailer GrandVision, its € 7 billion Dutch acquisition target. EssilorLuxottica said Saturday that it had initiated legal proceedings in the Netherlands to access information that allows it to “assess how GrandVision has handled the course of its business during the Covid-19 crisis, claiming that it had breached its obligations under of the merger agreement. “
The fate of thousands of small businesses in the uk affected by the coronavirus will be up for grabs this week when regulators take on the insurance industry in High Court in a legal battle that could fetch billions of pounds. Judges will be asked to make decisions on the thorny issue of how much insurers will have to pay companies under their business interruption policies to comply with claims for losses related to Covid-19.
The head of The largest bank in India He said the growing coronavirus outbreak in the country risks jeopardizing a clean-up of the financial system that will last for years if authorities and lenders are not ready to support struggling sectors like aviation or hotels. Rajnish Kumar, president of the State Bank of India, India’s largest lender with more than $ 500 billion in assets, said public sector banks may require further capitalization by the government.
Seven more plaintiffs have joined a lawsuit against the decision of the United States Department of Education to compel state schools to share Covid-19 aid funds with private schools. The school districts of New York City, Hawaii, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Chicago, and Cleveland and San Francisco are plaintiffs joining a lawsuit filed by California and Michigan attorneys general. Maine, New Mexico, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia previously joined.
