“We pretty dramatically overestimated the strength of the Russian military. I’d be surprised, for one, if China’s military strength proves to be so attenuated,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo …
Monthly Archives For May 2022
Why China won’t relent on its ‘zero COVID’ strategy
In Shanghai, the long near total lockdown has meant empty streets, food insecurity, and rising anger and dissent. So why is China still pursing its iron clad COVID-zero strategy?
Removing China’s Covid controls could result in 1.5 million deaths, study warns
A projection says that an unchecked wave of Omicron could lead to a ‘tsunami’ of cases that infected more than 112 million people This number would overwhelm the country’s health system and the …
FirstFT: China risks ‘tsunami’ of Covid infections
The head of the World Health Organization has warned that China’s zero-Covid strategy is unsustainable, as new modelling showed the country risked unleashing a “tsunami” of coronavirus infections and …
US intelligence officials warn China is ‘working hard’ to be able to take over Taiwan militarily
The US intelligence community believes that China is actively attempting to build a military capable of taking over Taiwan — even in the face of US support for the island, top US intelligence …
Biden opens the door to reversing Trump’s tariffs on China as a way to combat inflation
Biden’s remarks are a sign he’s weighing whether to dismantle at least some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China, which have largely been left in place for the last three years. Those tariffs …
WHO chief: China’s zero Covid-19 strategy to defeat pandemic not sustainable
Geneva – World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday said that China’s “zero-Covid-19” strategy isn’t sustainable given the virus’ ever-evolving nature. Speaking …
BioNTech extends COVID-19 vaccine trial in China to end-October
BEIJING: Vaccine developer BioNTech has extended by six months to October a Phase II clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in China, a registry of such trials showed. The vaccine, based on messenger …
Pandemic getting tougher to track as COVID-19 testing plunges
BEIJING, CHINA – MAY 07: People queue up for COVID-19 nucleic acid tests during the city’s third round of nucleic acid testing amid the COVID-19 resurgence on May 7, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by…
Global tests dip, WHO doubts China policy
World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says China’s zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy will probably need to change.
BioNTech completes mid-stage trial for COVID-19 shot in China
German vaccine developer, BioNTech (BNTX) has completed a Phase 2 study for the company’s blockbuster COVID-19 vaccine in China in January, but has yet to …
BioNTech completes Phase II trial of COVID-19 vaccine in China
BEIJING (Reuters) -Vaccine developer BioNTech completed a Phase II clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in China in January but has yet to release its results, a registry of such trials showed on …
WHO chief says China’s zero-Covid-19 policy not ‘sustainable’
“We don’t think that it is sustainable considering the behaviour of the virus,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
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