COVID-19 deaths down 95% in 2023: WHO
GENEVA: The WHO said Wednesday (Apr 26) that COVID-19 deaths had dropped by 95 per cent since the start of the year - but warned...
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Taiwan offers China help again to deal with Covid surge
TAIPEI: Taiwan has again offered to provide China with assistance to help it deal with a surge in Covid-19 cases but Chinese authorities have not...
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China urges ‘final victory’ over Covid as global concern mounts over spread
BEIJING: Global health officials tried to determine the facts of China’s raging Covid-19 outbreak and how to prevent a further spread as the government’s mouthpiece...
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Covid travel curbs against Chinese visitors ‘discriminatory’, says state media
BEIJING: Chinese state-media said Covid testing requirements imposed by several places around the world in response to a surging wave of infections were “discriminatory”, in...
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China ends Covid quarantine for travellers in January
China will scrap quarantine for travellers from 8 January, officials said, marking the last major shift from the country's zero-Covid policy. Travellers wait with their...
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Beijing, Shanghai residents back to work as China eases into living with COVID-19
BEIJING: Mask-wearing Beijing and Shanghai commuters crowded subway trains on Monday (Dec 26), with China's two biggest cities moving closer to living with COVID-19,...
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In Covid-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up
BEIJING: Funeral homes across China’s Covid-hit capital Beijing, a city of 22 million, scrambled today to keep up with calls for funeral and cremation services...
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New Covid model predicts over one million deaths in China through 2023
CHICAGO: China’s abrupt lifting of stringent Covid-19 restrictions could result in an explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023, according to new...
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New Zealand announces review of its handling of Covid-19 pandemic
WELLINGTON: The New Zealand government said on Monday it would launch an inquiry into the country’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic so future governments could...
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Covid confusion in China as authorities row back curbs
BEIJING: A patchwork easing of the world’s toughest Covid-19 curbs sowed confusion across China on Monday, spurring hopes for more clarity as officials shift tone...