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Four female panelists and one male colleague share their perspectives on the days top news stories.

Twenty-four hours a day, the latest national and international stories as they break. [S]

Readers discuss the hurdles elderly face in complying with testing demands, the importance of ties with the mainland, and adapting Hong Kong’s pandemic policies.

Co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has defended the government’s decision to terminate the national state of disaster amid fears about a possible fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Readers express their frustration over confusing Covid-19 policies, discuss the merits of a science-based approach as Singapore has adopted, and urge Hong Kong to move on from its pandemic blues.

Refuse buried in Tuen Mun landfill as daily medical waste levels reach twice the capacity of city’s only designated incinerator.

Readers urge health authorities to make it easier for people to visit dying relatives, call for acceptance that mainland border reopening is not Hong Kong’s decision to make, and warn that strict pandemic measures are fuelling a mental health crisis.

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Readers discuss the optimal strategy for handling the pandemic, lawmakers applying critical thinking instead of offering blind support, and why Hong Kong’s leader should not be so easily swayed by netizens’ criticism.

A source says the mass at-home testing will serve as a ‘voluntary and supplementary’ measure, and will not replace an official universal screening exercise.