China Fears Wind Is Blowing Covid Virus in From North Korea
Officials in a Chinese city on the border with North Korea say they can’t figure out where persistent new Covid-19 infections are coming from — and suspect the wind blowing Continue Reading
China offers Covid vaccine insurance to win over sceptics of the jab
China has devised a new incentive to boost elderly vaccinations to levels that could finally allow the country to relax its zero-Covid strategy and revive the economy: insurance packages for Continue Reading
Covid-weary Americans enter Memorial Day with little effort to contain a still-raging pandemic
For the third year, Americans are greeting the unofficial start of summer shadowed by the specter of the coronavirus amid rising covid-19 cases and hospitalizations across the country. The United States is Continue Reading
Covid-weary Americans enter Memorial Day with little effort to contain a still-raging pandemic
For the third year, Americans are greeting the unofficial start of summer shadowed by the specter of the coronavirus amid rising covid-19 cases and hospitalizations across the country. The United States is Continue Reading
How Will China’s Covid Containment Policy Affect Emerging Markets?
China’s strict Covid-19 containment strategy is suppressing the country’s consumer demand and manufacturing output. The economic slowdown caused by this containment strategy poses a challenge for emerging economies that export Continue Reading
Pfizer warns of ‘constant waves’ of Covid as complacency grows
Growing complacency about Covid-19 and politicisation of the pandemic response will cost lives as the world is hit by new waves of the virus in the coming months, Pfizer’s chief Continue Reading
China’s bet on homegrown mRNA vaccines holds back nation
China is trying to navigate its biggest coronavirus outbreak without a tool it could have adopted many months ago, the kind of vaccines that have proven to offer the best Continue Reading
Latest Covid-19 Wave Expands to More of U.S.
“We’ve got to do what we can to prevent infections,” said Ashish Jha, the White House Covid-19 response coordinator. “We’ve got to do what we can to ensure that infections Continue Reading
China diverts anti-poverty funds to Covid testing as crisis deepens
China’s cash-strapped local governments have been forced to divert funds from poverty alleviation and infrastructure to finance mass coronavirus testing as President Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy causes growing financial strains. Continue Reading
N.Korea mobilises army, steps up tracing amid COVID wave
North Korea has mobilized its military to distribute COVID medications and deployed more than 10,000 health workers to help trace potential patients, as it fights a sweeping coronavirus wave, state Continue Reading