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Shanghai Lays Out Covid-19 Reopening Plan as China Cancels 2023 Soccer
HONG KONG—Shanghai officials outlined plans for a phased reopening of shopping malls, supermarkets and other businesses, even as many residents in China’s financial hub remained confined to their locked-down homes.Chen Tong, Shanghai’s…
‘Failure of an American ideology’: why Covid has an outsized impact on the US |
David Rosner continually talks to colleagues who are distraught about the American response to the Covid-19 pandemic.“When you are in a school of public health and a public health environment, people really feel when they are failing,”…
North Korea’s Covid outbreak: What we know and don’t know
North Korea reported 15 more deaths and 296,180 new "fever cases" between Friday and Saturday evening, according to state media KCNA, though it did not specify how many of the deaths and cases were linked to Covid, likely due to the…
Masks urged indoors in Lehigh and Northampton counties with ‘high’ COVID level
Lehigh and Northampton counties are experiencing “high” community levels of COVID-19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, based on calculations released Thursday.That means the CDC recommends:Wear a mask indoors in…
COVID surge in South Africa driven by omicron sub-variants, experts say
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A surge of new COVID-19 cases is threatening South Africa. Health experts say infections are driven by two sub-variants of omicron. NORTH KOREA REPORTS 21 NEW DEATHS AMID EFFORTS TO MITIGATE…
North Korea’s Kim says COVID ‘great turmoil’, 21 new deaths reported
Reports 21 new deaths among people with fevers for FridayAbout 280,810 people being treated with symptoms -KCNAKim offers to donate medical suppliesOutbreak could deepen an already dire food situationSEOUL, May 14 (Reuters) - North…
With eye on China’s zero-Covid chaos, Taiwan seizes chance to open up
The tables at his diner in the Taiwanese capital are buzzing with customers, waiters bustle with dishes of squid soup and rice noodles, and talk and laughter fills the air.Chen considers himself lucky. Taiwan is allowing restaurants like…
Biden urges cities to spend Covid relief money on police, crime prevention
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday urged states and cities to use unspent money from last year’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief package to fund crime prevention programs and hire police officers.The president stressed the need for…
COVID-19 Vaccines May Only Be Available to High-Risk Americans: Report
The next generation of COVID-19 vaccines may only be available to high-risk Americans as funding dries up, Politico reported.
"There's a great deal of concern…
Xi Jinping’s zero covid causing discontent in China
Placeholder while article actions loadIn a surreal scene on the front steps of a locked-down Shanghai apartment complex, a resident in a bright red rain jacket, mask and face visor lectured a team of hazmat-clad Chinese officials about…