Thu 22 December 2022: With the surge in Covid cases in China and other countries, one of the most popular tourist attractions of the country Taj Mahal in Agra is put on alert, confirmed the District Health Information Officer in Agra. Domestic and foreign tourists come every day in large numbers to visit the Taj […]
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Thu 22 December 2022: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that amid an ongoing resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic in China, hospitals across the country seem to be filling up. Addressing the media here on Wednesday, Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, said: “In China, what’s been reported is relatively […]
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Sun 18 December 2022: Streets in major Chinese cities were eerily quiet on Sunday as people stayed home to protect themselves from a surge in COVID-19 cases that has hit urban centres from north to south. China is currently in the first of an expected three waves of COVID cases this winter, according to the country’s chief epidemiologist, […]
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Thu 15 December 2022: World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday called on China to share the requested data concerning Covid-19 in a bid to understand the origins of the virus. “We continue to call on China to share the data and conduct the studies that we have requested, to better understand […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: The White House condemned on Monday billionaire Elon Musk’s call for Anthony Fauci, a US infectious disease expert who is reviled by many on the right, to be prosecuted for his role in the Covid-19 pandemic. “These are incredibly dangerous, these personal attacks that we are seeing,” said White House spokeswoman […]
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Mon 25 December 2022: ‘Teacher Li’ has amassed more than 800,000 followers with his posts highlighting COVID-related unrest in China Taipei, Taiwan – As China faced its biggest protests in a generation last month, one Twitter account played an outsized role in taking protesters’ message beyond the Great Firewall to the outside world. “Teacher Li is […]
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Sun 27 November 2022: A tragic fire in the country’s western Xinjiang province that has been linked to severe lockdown regulations has sparked protests against China’s harsh COVID-19 laws in numerous cities, with locals calling for an end to lockdowns and participating in acts of resistance. According to news organisations, the largest of the protests […]
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Sat 26 November 2022: On Saturday, China reported 31,709 new coronavirus infections, while 1,893 patients were discharged from the hospital after making a full recovery over the previous 24 hours. Only 3,474 of the total new cases showed symptoms, according to a written statement from the National Health Commission (NHC), which added that more than […]
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Thu 17 November 2022: South Africa recorded a 16.9% increase in the number of new cases detected in week 45 of 2022, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Thursday. The latest data show that the country now has 4 034 234 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases, 2 938 of which were logged since the […]
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Sat 12 November 2022: A cruise ship carrying around 800 COVID-19 positive passengers docked in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, local media reported. The Majestic Princess, with approximately 4,600 passengers and crew, returned from New Zealand after a 12-day cruise, with about 20% of them suffering from COVID-19 infections, according to Sky News. “800 people are confirmed COVID-19 cases, […]
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