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Covid's back: Here's what to know this fall and winter
AFP, Published on 13/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - As colder weather sets in, Covid rates are once more rising across the Northern Hemisphere, with several new variants on the scene.
Global Covid cases up 80% as new subvariant rises
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» PARIS: The number of new Covid-19 cases reported worldwide rose by 80% in the last month, the World Health Organization said on Friday, days after designating a new "variant of interest".
Airline websites swamped as HK ticket giveaway starts
AFP, Published on 01/03/2023
» People hoping to take advantage of a Hong Kong scheme to give away half a million free airline tickets faced hours-long online queues on Wednesday, as the city bids to woo tourists back.
Covid infection gives similar immunity to vaccination: study
AFP, Published on 17/02/2023
» PARIS - The protection against Covid-19 from being previously infected lasts at least as long as that offered by vaccination, one of the largest studies conducted on the subject said on Friday.
No new variants in weeks after China ended zero-Covid: study
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» PARIS - No new variants of Covid-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-Covid policy late last year, a new study said on Wednesday.
Hong Kong offers 500,000 free flights
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» Hong Kong is ready to welcome the world back, its leader said on Thursday, as he pitched an offer of 500,000 free flights and positive publicity to resurrect the once-vibrant global hub after three years of Covid-enforced isolation.
Montrealers shrug off the cold to dance and party at Igloofest
AFP, Published on 29/01/2023
» MONTREAL: Snow may have been falling on Montreal's Old Port, with temperatures in the bone-chilling category, but that didn't stop the exuberant dancers during the city's first Igloofest after a Covid pause.
China’s hospital Covid death data ‘just a tenth’ of total toll
Bloomberg, Published on 16/01/2023
» The nearly 60,000 Covid-related deaths China reported for the first five weeks of its current outbreak, the largest the world has ever seen, may underestimate the true toll by hundreds of thousands of fatalities, experts said.
WHO seeks more China Covid data, praises US 'transparency'
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» GENEVA - The WHO reiterated Wednesday the need for China to share more data on its explosive Covid outbreak, while praising Washington's "radical transparency" in its efforts to battle a new sub-variant.
Covid surge exposes China's healthcare gap
AFP, Published on 06/01/2023
» TANGSHAN, China: Understaffed and underfunded clinics stand half-empty in parts of the Chinese countryside even as hospitals in major cities heave under an unprecedented Covid wave — an illustration of the stark disparities in the country's healthcare system.