The longest follow-up study to date on COVID-19 showed that two years after infection, half of the patients who were admitted to the hospital still have at least one symptom. The study published on …
Monthly Archives For May 2022
Beijing streets empty amid more COVID restrictions
STORY: Late on Wednesday (May 11), authorities announced the suspension of taxis and ride-hailing services in parts of Chaoyang district, the epicenter of its COVID-19 outbreak, and two other …
central bank conducts reverse repos to maintain liquidity
BEIJING, — China’s central bank on Thursday conducted 10 billion yuan (1.48 billion U.S. dollars) of reverse repos to maintain liquidity in the banking system. The interest rate for the seven …
China’s share of global economy rises to over 18%
China accounted for over 18% of the global economy in 2021, rising from 11.4% in 2012, an official said Thursday. China has both cemented and improved its status as the world’s second-largest economy …
China scrutiny stymies JD.Com fintech unit’s $2 bln Hong Kong IPO -sources
JD Technology, the fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce company JD.Com, has been forced to delay an up to $2 billion Hong Kong IPO because domestic regulatory approval for the listing has not been …
Shanghai hunts down COVID-19 cases, Beijing curbs taxi services
SHANGHAI: Shanghai authorities combed the city on Thursday (May 12) for its last COVID-19 cases in the hope of clearing the way for an exit from a painful six-week lockdown, while Beijing curbed taxi …
COVID-19 shutdowns in China are delaying medical scans in the US
Residents line up for COVID-19 testing in the Chaoyang district on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Beijing. Shanghai reaffirmed China’s strict “zero-COVID” approach to pandemic control Wednesday, a day …
N.Korea reports first COVID-19 outbreak, orders lockdown in “gravest emergency”
North Korea confirmed its first COVID-19 outbreak on Thursday, calling it the “gravest national emergency” and ordering a national lockdown, with state media reporting an Omicron variant had been …
China Mobile Int’l, China Unicom Global Partner to Build Int’l Cable System
China Mobile International Limited (CMI), China Unicom Global (CUG), Converge ICT Solutions Inc. and PPTEL SEA H2X, reaffirmed their partnership to construct and operate a new submarine cable system …
Didi asks shareholders to approve delisting in New York to satisfy Beijing before going public on another exchange
Beijing’s probe into Didi, launched two days after its US$4.4 billion IPO in New York, has become a cautionary tale for overseas investors about China tech stocks. Didi closed at US$1.53 on Wednesday, …
Shanghai hunts down Covid-19 cases in bid to exit lockdown, Beijing curbs taxi services
New infections raise concern about how long a return to normal life might last under China’s zero infection policy. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
‘Half of COVID-19 survivors show one symptom even two years after infection’
According to a Lancet study, fatigue or muscle weakness were the symptoms most often reported and fell from 52 per cent at six months to 30 per cent at two years …
Study: Eliminating zero-COVID-19 policy in China could cause 1.6 million deaths
Lifting immensely-restrictive zero-COVID-19 policies in China amid the continued presence of the virulent omicron variant would cause a significant rise in new infections and nearly 1.6 million deaths …
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