Chinese study suggests Omicron reinfection risk
According to recent research published in the Nature journal, people who were infected with the variant of the Covid-19 omicron virus are susceptible to re-infection by subsequently mutated sub-variants, especially BA-4, BA-5, and the BA-2-12-1 variants. The researchers cautioned that vaccination boosters centered on the original omicron variant might not provide broad spectrum safety against...
Read moreChina launches campaign to boost psychological aid for the elderly
According to the Chinese National Health Commission (NHC), the country is preparing to launch a countrywide effort to provide and enhance psychological wellbeing for the elderly. The campaign, that will launch from 2022 and go on to 2025, intends to evaluate the elderly’s requirements and help enhance their psychological...
Read moreChina Fears Wind Is Blowing Covid Virus in From North Korea
Officials in a Chinese border city where new Covid-19 infections are occurring on a regular basis believe the wind blowing in from their secretive neighbour is to blame. The city of Dandong (population 2.19 million), which has been under lockdown since April 30, has seen an increase in daily cases....
Read more21 new local COVID-19 cases in China
In the past 24 hours, China reported 21 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 11 in Inner Mongolia and 5 each in Beijing and Shanghai. Shanghai reported five locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and nine asymptomatic cases on Friday. The National Health Commission said Saturday that 304 COVID-19 patients were discharged from mainland...
Read moreShanghai lockdown: China eases Covid restrictions after two months
Shanghai, China’s commercial centre and global trade hub, has removed Covid restrictions after two months. At midnight local time, most individuals were free to travel throughout the 25 million-person city. At least 650,000 people will stay home. People who catch Covid in China are quarantined or hospitalized. Their close contacts face quarantine and...
Read moreShanghai moves toward ending 2-month COVID-19 lockdown
Shanghai officials say they will take significant moves to re-opening China’s main metropolis on Wednesday, following a two-month COVID-19 shutdown that has slowed the country’s economy and trapped millions of people in their homes. On a nice Tuesday night, a constant stream of people strolled around the Bund, the city’s...
Read moreChina’s covid outbreak wanes as curbs eased to boost economy
China has reported the fewest new cases of Covid-19 in three months, allowing authorities to relax some of the pandemic’s most stringent viral controls and boost the economy. In Beijing, there were 12 infections on Sunday, down from 21 on Saturday. Movement restrictions were lifted in certain places when officials...
Read moreCameroonians in China are in distress as COVID-19 hits Shanghai, Beijing, and other cities
Shanghai, China’s greatest metropolis by economic output, has been damaged by the COVID-19 lockdown, which was imposed in early April. As COVID testing has increased, residents have stayed at home. Cameroonians in various Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, said the ban has harmed them disproportionately. “Our current situation in Shanghai is...
Read more12 COVID cases identified in Liaoning
On Tuesday, the relevant authorities in Liaoning province recorded a total of 11 local infected patients as well as one case of COVID-19 that had been imported. This information was made public by the relevant authorities on Wednesday. The city of Dandong, which can be found in the southeastern part...
Read moreChina Sticks To Zero Covid Policy As Residents Decry Uneven Rules
Beijing stepped up quarantine efforts to contain a month-old COVID outbreak, while Shanghai expressed dissatisfaction with unjust restrictions. In just over a week, the city of 25 million people will be free of a long-term curfew. Despite China’s “zero-COVID” plan for COVID eradication, new infection rates in China remain...
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