The increasing cases of corona in China have put the world in tension. The Union Health Ministry is holding important meetings to keep the situation under control in India. Meanwhile, Health Minister …
Monthly Archives For December 2022
China Covid Outbreak Live Updates: Long waits, high fees for cremation services in Beijing as Covid cases surge
Some residents in Beijing face waiting days to cremate relatives or paying steep fees to secure timely services, funeral home workers said, indicatin …
China Covid infection surge puts end of global emergency in doubt
Experts warn China could see a million Covid deaths in 2023 as the US offers assistance …
China is on the brink of its first major Covid surge. How it copes will affect us all
With relatively low vaccination rates and a lack of reliable data, 60% of the population may soon be infected, says global public health professor Devi Sridhar …
China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Obsession Is Gone, but the Trauma Lingers
And then, suddenly, China’s cumbersome “zero Covid” system and alarmist propaganda was gone. Almost overnight, a government that had only recently pledged to “unwaveringly stick” to its no-tolerance …
Hearses line up at Beijing crematorium, even as China reports no new Covid deaths
China uses a narrow definition of Covid deaths, reporting no new fatalities for Tuesday and even crossing one off its overall tally since the pandemic began.
China To Correct Past ‘Mistaken’ Housing Policies: Top Economist
China will roll out supportive measures for the property market in order to correct past, “mistaken” policies aimed at curbing the sector’s growth, according to the head of a top economic think tank …
CGTN: ‘New Approaches’: How China stepped up its COVID-19 treatments
China has been racing against the clock in developing COVID-19 drugs while promoting vaccination – one for saving lives and the other for providing broad protection. While the stringent COVID-19 containment measures of the past…
Even China admits its Covid-19 crisis – Cover ups begin as peak deaths expected in a fortnight
A top Chinese epidemiologist has acknowledged that China is in the grip of a serious Covid wave and needs to ramp up ICU facilities to combat the rising infections. As the bamboo curtain falls, the…
Russia’s Medvedev meets China’s Xi in Beijing, says Ukraine conflict discussed
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has undertaken a surprise trip to Beijing and held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during which he said they discussed the Ukraine conflict. Medvedev,
Xiaomi layoffs: Thousands of tech jobs cut as China’s unemployment crisis deepens
Xiaomi, one of the world’s largest smartphone makers, has begun layoffs in China at a time when the world’s second largest economy is grappling with an enormous unemployment crisis.
China’s Covid ‘chaos’: How a shortage of fever drugs is sparking a global run on medicines
An unprecedented wave of Covid infections in China has triggered widespread drug shortages, as people scramble to buy fever medicines and painkillers to alleviate flu-like symptoms.
China wants Covid patients to go to work. The public isn’t so sure
Just weeks ago, catching Covid in China meant being taken to government quarantine for an indeterminate stay and your entire residential building being locked down, trapping neighbors in their homes …
