The World Health Organization is concerned about a spike in COVID-19 infections in China and is supporting the government to focus its efforts on vaccinating people at the highest risk across the country, the head of the UN agency said on Wednesday (Dec 21).
Cities across China scrambled to install hospital beds and build fever screening clinics on Tuesday as authorities reported five more deaths and international concern grew about Beijing’s surprise decision to let the virus run free.
Sri Lanka has eased a Covid regulation by lifting the mandatory requirement of producing a Covid-19 Vaccination Certificate to enter the country.
Anti-virus controls that are confining millions of Chinese families to their homes and shut shops and offices are spurring fears of further damage to already weak global business and trade.
Indian vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) has said it had to dump 100 million doses of their Covid-19 vaccine after they expired.
Shanghai Disney has become the latest high-profile venue to shut its gates thanks to China's strict zero-Covid policy, trapping visitors inside.
The number of newly reported COVID-19 cases has dropped dramatically, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday (Sep 14), urging the world to seize the opportunity to end the pandemic.
More than five million people have been ordered to undergo Covid-19 testing in the coastal Chinese city of Xiamen this week, after some 40 cases of the virus were detected.
Covid-19 deaths and cases update in Sri Lanka.
The Delhi government on Thursday reintroduced a Rs 500 fine for not wearing masks in public places amid a surge in Covid cases.
The Director-General of Health Services says, considering the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the country, he strongly recommends the general public to wear face masks while they are indoors, travelling in public transport or at public gatherings.
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