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Europe hit with big rise in admissions
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/06/2022
» What should you know about the two new Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus?
More contagious subvariants on radar
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/06/2022
» Thailand has recorded 49 new cases of the two new Omicron subvariants -- BA.4 and BA.5 -- which are considered more contagious and can potentially bypass immunity, according to the Centre for Medical Genomics of Ramathibodi Hospital.
K-pop super band BTS says 'devastated' by US hate crimes
AFP, Published on 01/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - South Korean K-pop supergroup BTS used a White House visit Tuesday to call out a growth in anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States.
Will mask-wearing remain a fixture?
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 30/05/2022
» As the Ministry of Public Health plans to ease more Covid-19 measures in June, are we ready to take the masks off?
Waiting for China
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 23/05/2022
» Since China began to open up and reform its economy in 1978, growth has averaged almost 10% a year, and more than 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty. There have also been significant improvements in access to health, education and other services, with the mainland now an upper-middle-income country.
Spraying deemed 'pointless' against Covid
Published on 14/05/2022
» SHANGHAI: Leaving a fine mist of disinfectant in their wake, China’s hazmat-clad health workers are cleaning homes, roads, parcels and even people — but more than two years into the pandemic, experts say it is a futile measure against Covid-19.
China withdraws as Asian Cup host due to pandemic
AFP, Published on 14/05/2022
» China has withdrawn as the 2023 Asian Cup host due to the coronavirus, football officials said Saturday, with Beijing's strict zero-Covid strategy dealing another blow to the country's sporting ambitions.
Asian Games the latest Covid casualty
Published on 06/05/2022
» The Asian Games in September in the Chinese city of Hangzhou have been postponed because of Covid-19 with new dates to be announced “in the near future”, organisers said on Friday.
Gotta bounce: Some spiders catapult away after sex to avoid death
AFP, Published on 26/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: Sometimes there are pretty valid reasons for leaving right after sex.
China's low Covid death toll prompts questions
AFP, Published on 26/04/2022
» BEIJING: Two years into the pandemic, China's resurgent Covid-19 outbreak has revived questions about how the country counts deaths from the virus, with persistently low fatalities despite rising cases.