COVID-19 News Updates June Archive

Explore a collection of articles and other resources on the Coronavirus (Covid–19) outbreak and living in Shenzhen.

Tuesday June 30th

• Check how at risk of COVID your family is up to the county level in USA with Covid Act Now America’s COVID warning system
• HK to launch health code for people traveling to GD, Macao
• Guangzhou-Shenzhen ferry line (Shenzhen Airport & Guangzhou Nansha Ferry Port Ferry Schedules ) opens

Tuesday June 23th

• Apple is overhauling the iPhone homescreen and upgrading AirPods
• Coronavirus: worldwide cases top 9 million as WHO warns pandemic is accelerating

Friday June 19th

• China Visa Update
• Updated | China Southern Airline released international flight schedule for July

Thursday June 18th

• These people coming to Guangdong need to undergo a 14-day quarantine
• Post Covid-19 Travel: Hong Kong-based Unicorn Klook Launches Home, A Portal For Virtual Workshops, Tours & Classes
• Ditch Factory Farms: Health Experts Say Pandemic Is Telling Humanity To End Animal Agriculture
• Thousands of Hong Kong restaurants to offer 30 per cent off in massive discount campaign to revive ailing economy

Wednesday June 17th

• Cross-border families urge Hong Kong government to include them in quarantine exemption scheme
• Sanlitun bars got shut down last night

Tuesday June 16th

• Futian Checkpoint opens for cross-border students
• Coronavirus: Hong Kong to let groups of 50 people meet in public as government dramatically reduces social-distancing measures
• Re-open EU - find out where you can travel in the EU and to what extent things are open

Monday June 15th

• Guangdong confirms 14 new cases from the same flight
• Covid-19’s $9 Trillion Global Price Tag Is Just The Beginning

Saturday June 13th

• Hong Kong expected to cancel border control measures, compulsory quarantine in phases: HKSAR chief executive
• China eyes shared opportunity ahead of upcoming online Canton Fair

Friday June 12th

• Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker By Jonathan Corum and Carl Zimme
• Shenzhen: No need for students, teachers to wear masks on campus
• Travellers from outside Europe could visit the continent as early as 1 July
• The paradise islands of French Polynesia are opening up to visitors again

Tuesday June 9th

• Rainstorms sweep across Guangdong, classes suspended
• Facilitation of cross-border settlement in RMB extended in Shenzhen
• The Cloud 100: Submissions For Cloud Computing’s Best Private Companies In 2020 Are Now Open

Monday June 8th

• Ocean Park, Disneyland to reopen soon as commerce secretary pledges reboot for Hong Kong’s economy on back of tourism, trade
• After The Covid-19 Panic: Three Lessons For Business
• Live-streaming event in August to boost sales
• How To Invest Safely During Covid-19
• Hong Kong to relax quarantine rules for largest listed firms such as Tencent and Alibaba

Saturday June 6th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCwrJP2Rf8s

Australian scientists hope to mass-produce COVID-19 vaccines by end of 2021 | ABC News

• Coronavirus and the global economy
• This traveler recreated the entire experience of flying in one amazing video
• HKDSE exam results tools launched
• Coronavirus: AstraZeneca to begin making potential vaccine

Friday June 5th

• Online French culture festival launched on Tencent video
• Shenzhen to stimulate tourism sector
• Hong Kong airport brings in cleaning robots and disinfection booth
• It’s Time to Admit the Economy Won’t See a V-Shaped Recovery

Thursday June 4th

• 【 News】China Pledges Massive Rescue Package for Jobs
• Love across the miles: Guangdong reaches out to international friends
• Hong Kong extends social-distancing curbs including gathering ban, compulsory quarantine as four new cluster cases raise ‘super spreader’ fears
• Dow Jumps 500 Points As Investors Focus On Reopening The Economy
• No Quarantine Required In Portugal For Summer 2020 Holidays
• U.S. to Curb Chinese Airlines’ Access, Stoking Trade Tension

Wednesday June 3rd

• Hong Kong to Extend Restrictions on Foreign Visitors by Three Months
• New virus cluster spurs Hong Kong to extend border curbs and limit on gatherings
• Notice on Online Appointment System for Chinese Visa Application

Tuesday June 2nd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_IrYyhufDwI

• Guangdong venues kick off 2020 performance season on and offline
• Operation Warp Speed selects billionaire scientist’s COVID-19 vaccine for monkey tests

Monday June 1st

• [Podcast] Just how much tech is in China’s health code?
• Hong Kong to get its own health code system for travels to Guangdong, Macau
• Conservationists In The Dark About Vietnam’s Proposed Wildlife Ban As Coronavirus Eases
• Q&A w/ Life Solutions: “In 90% Of Cases, The Post Filtered Water Is Dirtier Than Before Due To Poor Maintenance”
• China’s Travel Restrictions-Special Visa Applications
• Long-haul freighter to Chicago in service