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China to scrap Covid quarantine rule for inbound travellers
Reuters, Published on 26/12/2022
» BEIJING: China will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine starting from Jan 8, the National Health Commission said on Monday in a major step towards easing curbs on its borders, which have been largely shut since 2020.
Slow lockdown haunts Uganda
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 25/12/2022
» As an outbreak of Ebola swept through central Uganda in late September, government officials were willing to do anything to contain the virus except take one crucial step: impose a lockdown.
Chinese city seeing half a million Covid cases a day
AFP, Published on 24/12/2022
» Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with Covid-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgement that the country's wave of infections is not being reflected in official statistics.
Elderly Covid patients fill hospital wards in China's major cities
AFP, Published on 23/12/2022
» CHONGQING (CHINA) - Elderly patients lined the wards of hospitals in major cities in China Thursday as the country battled a wave of Covid cases.
5,000 Covid deaths a day likely in China
Published on 22/12/2022
» China is likely experiencing 1 million Covid-19 infections and 5,000 virus deaths every day as it grapples with what is expected to be the biggest outbreak the world has ever seen, according to a new analysis.
Shanghai shuts schools as Covid surges
Published on 17/12/2022
» SHANGHAI: Shanghai will shut most schools again from Monday, reverting to an element of China’s old coronavirus playbook as the rapid dismantling of pandemic restrictions spurs an explosion in cases.
Beijing crematoriums strain under Covid wave
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» BEIJING: Workers at Beijing crematoriums said Friday they are overwhelmed as China faces a surge in Covid cases that authorities warn could hit its underdeveloped rural hinterland during upcoming public holidays.
China: Tracking Covid cases now impossible
AFP, Published on 14/12/2022
» BEIJING: China's top health body said Wednesday the true scale of coronavirus infections in the country is now "impossible" to track, with officials warning cases are rising rapidly in Beijing after the government abruptly abandoned its zero-Covid policy last week.
Fresh spike drives up bed needs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/12/2022
» More hospitals have reopened Covid-19 wards as infections are rising, thus prompting the need for more hospital beds, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
Right-wing health myths outlive Covid
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 11/12/2022
» Not long after Randy Watt died of Covid-19, his daughter Danielle sat down at her computer, searching for clues as to why the smart and thoughtful man she knew had refused to get vaccinated. She pulled up Google, typed in a screen name he had used in the past and discovered a secret that stunned her.