China’s major financial hub of Shanghai reported more new COVID-19 related deaths on April 22, as residents vented their anger over a harsh lockdown and strict censorship online. Shanghai’s full-city Continue Reading
Stiffening resolve after three weeks of strict lockdown, authorities warned Shanghai’s 25 million frazzled residents on Friday that their purgatory would go on until the COVID-19 virus was eradicated neighborhood Continue Reading
The latest round of measures includes mass disinfection of homes and preventing those infected from leaving their residences Authorities in Shanghai have said they will tighten the enforcement of lockdown Continue Reading
Shanghai authorities said on Thursday that tough restrictions would remain in place for now even in districts that managed to cut COVID-19 transmission to zero, prolonging the agony for many Continue Reading
Lu Muying died on April 1 in a government quarantine facility in Shanghai, with her family on the phone as doctors tried to resuscitate her. She had tested positive for Continue Reading
China’s commercial capital of Shanghai reported no new COVID-19 infections outside quarantine areas in two districts on Wednesday, fanning hopes that the tide is turning in its pandemic battle, as Continue Reading
Shanghai allowed 4 million more people out of their homes Wednesday as anti-virus controls that shut down China’s biggest city eased, while the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast of Continue Reading
The way China classifies coronavirus cases and reports deaths is obscuring the true impact of the Omicron wave and complicating its public health response more than two years into the Continue Reading
Judging by the numbers, China appears to be experiencing a far different pandemic than the rest of the world. In the latest surge in Shanghai, its largest city with a population of Continue Reading
Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China imposed restrictions as the country kept up its “dynamic clearance” approach that aims to Continue Reading
The agency has calculated that 15 million people have died as a result of the pandemic, far more than earlier estimates, but has yet to release those numbers. A mass Continue Reading
Anti-virus controls that have shut down some of China’s biggest cities and fueled public irritation are spreading as infections rise, hurting a weak economy and prompting warnings of possible global Continue Reading
As grocery delivery is thrown into disarray, one neighbor gets three oranges in return for lending out his cat One man in Shanghai said he worked out a deal for Continue Reading
Viral videos show anger and desperation in Shanghai Dozens of elderly patients at a hospital in Shanghai have died after contracting Covid-19, but official government figures claim no deaths in Continue Reading
China’s financial hub Shanghai reported over 27,000 coronavirus cases on Thursday, a new high, a day after President Xi Jinping said that the country must continue with its strict “dynamic Continue Reading
The Chinese commercial capital of Shanghai warned on Wednesday that anyone who violates COVID-19 lockdown rules will be dealt with strictly, while also rallying citizens to defend their city as Continue Reading
Long before the “zero Covid” policy, China had a “zero sparrow” policy. In the spring of 1958, the Chinese government mobilized the entire nation to exterminate sparrows, which Mao declared Continue Reading
2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad. The main reason for the increase in Continue Reading
Some residents of Shanghai were allowed out of their homes as the city of 25 million eased a two-week-old shutdown Tuesday after videos posted online showed what was said to Continue Reading
Shanghai eased a lockdown for 43% of its housing complexes, a sign the financial hub is tentatively exiting an unprecedented disruption that strained the economy and wrought havoc on residents’ Continue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine probably sabotaged any further aspirations for the Sputnik coronavirus vaccine, the first injection approved by any country. Manufacturing of the vaccine has slowed, further Continue Reading
Covid cases in Shanghai hit their highest level yet as authorities in the locked-down city stepped up their battle to suppress China’s worst outbreak in two years. Shanghai, which is Continue Reading
A series of deaths at a hospital for elderly patients in Shanghai is underscoring the dangerous consequences of China’s stubborn pursuit of a zero-COVID approach amid an escalating outbreak in Continue Reading
After two years of relying on broad, hard-edged lockdowns to control Covid-19, Chinese leader Xi Jinping tried something new in Shanghai. Mindful of the economic toll and public anger from Continue Reading
Nearly a week into a citywide lockdown to combat a Covid-19 outbreak , many of Shanghai’s 25 million residents turned to social media for help to get food, medicine or, Continue Reading
A spate of lockdowns in Shanghai and other Chinese cities is piling severe pressure on transport and logistics across the country, exacerbating the economic fallout of the government’s commitment to Continue Reading
The government has been under pressure to quickly deliver food supplies to residents Some residents under lockdown in Shanghai say they are running out of food, amid the city’s biggest-ever Continue Reading
Traditional wooden coffins are running short in Hong Kong as authorities scramble to add mortuary space in the global financial hub’s battle on COVID-19, which is swamping funeral parlours. “I Continue Reading
Shanghai on Wednesday made some concessions on a widely unpopular child separation COVID policy, in a nod to growing public frustration as it extends a citywide lockdown that has left Continue Reading
The elderly woman slouched in a chair in Shanghai’s cool spring weather as her three companions squabbled with police and others clad in white biohazard suits, the only people visible Continue Reading
Shanghai Reports Over 17,000 Covid Cases on Tuesday . China’s services sector took a massive knock in March from the nation’s worst Covid outbreak since the start of the pandemic, Continue Reading
The volunteers in full protective gear — called big whites here in China — have packed up and moved on for the day; the apartment complex where I live is Continue Reading
Chinese authorities have extended their lockdown of Shanghai to cover all its 25 million people after a fresh surge in Covid cases. Until now, there had been separate measures for Continue Reading
Western diplomats have expressed concern about separating children from their parents as part of COVID curbs – a situation that has arisen in Shanghai as the government tries to stamp Continue Reading
China has sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for all of its 26 million residents as cases continued to rise Continue Reading
In late March, as Shanghai residents began to worry that rising coronavirus infections would lead the city into its first mass lockdown, authorities turned to social media to calm the Continue Reading
Shortages of food and medicine have left residents in China’s biggest city desperate and frustrated as authorities struggle to gain control of a Covid-19 outbreak. Shanghai, which has been forced Continue Reading
A coronavirus outbreak is ravaging a hospital in Shanghai for older adults, underscoring the difficulties officials have had in containing infections even as the city imposed a 10-day staggered lockdown. Continue Reading
COVID-19 hospitalization numbers have plunged to their lowest levels since the early days of the pandemic, offering a much-needed break to health care workers and patients alike following the omicron Continue Reading
March 30 (Reuters) – Coronavirus infections in Asia passed 100 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the region records a resurgence in cases, dominated by the BA.2 Continue Reading
Lockdown restrictions in Shanghai have resulted in residents thronging supermarkets to stock up on essential supplies. Residents in Shanghai are scrambling to stock up on supplies while thousands quarantine in Continue Reading
More than 20,000 bankers, traders, and other workers are bedding down in office towers in Shanghai’s Lujiazui district as they bid to keep China’s giant financial hub ticking over through Continue Reading
As coronavirus outbreaks spread across China , Shanghai is introducing new rounds of lockdowns to be rolled out sequentially across the city’s neighborhoods, the city government announced on Sunday night, Continue Reading
China began its most extensive lockdown in two years Monday to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about the economic toll of Continue Reading
Moderna Inc. Covid-19 vaccine booster shots. Hong Kong’s leader has deflected blame for the failure to get the elderly vaccinated against Covid-19, while a new survey found that nearly half Continue Reading
China is fighting the worst Covid outbreak since 2020, and analysts are considering a revision of their oil demand forecasts as refineries reduce run rates and lockdowns hurt consumption. According Continue Reading
As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U.S. — and wondering how long it will take Continue Reading
A Covid-19 testing facility set up at a community center in Shanghai.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Bloomberg News China reported its first Covid-19 deaths since January 2021 as the omicron variant continued Continue Reading
The Chinese commercial hub of Shanghai is pushing ahead with a mass testing initiative as it tries to curb a new spike in COVID-19 infections, but some districts were easing Continue Reading
Only half of Chinese aged 80 and older are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, highlighting the risks as President Xi Jinping’s government tries to contain omicron outbreaks nationwide. About 51% of Continue Reading
