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Covid surge continues in Pakistan, alert issued
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
With a 3.58 per cent increase in Covid-19 cases in the Pakistan, the country has issued a countrywide alert for the infection.
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China to cease criminal charges for breaching COVID-19 response measures
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This comes as a major outbreak has ripped through China's urban centers in the wake of an abrupt relaxation of disease control last month, CNN reported. The World Health Organization (WHO) officials have become increasingly vocal in their calls for reliable information.
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40 pc of Chinese people infected with Covid in last month, say experts
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to an internal document of the Chinese CDC, 248 million people were infected by the coronavirus between December 1 and 20. As of now, the total number of Covid infections has reached 665 million globally while 6.69 million people have died, Asia Times reported.
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COVID-19: China infection surge on agenda at WHO coronavirus meeting
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to UN News, the 30-strong expert group was formed in June 2020 to advise the UN health agency and Member States on coronavirus mutations and variants. The group's last meeting was in October.
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Australia to introduce Covid test for Chinese visitors
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Australian Health Minister Mark Butler said the nation has decided to follow the position of countries across Asia, North America and Europe to introduce measures amid the "absence of comprehensive information about the situation in China".
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China clearly not being transparent about covid case or deaths, says Briti
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
British virologist and biologist Jonathan Latham, Executive Director of the Bioscience Resource Project, a non-profit based in New York said that Beijing is clearly not being open and transparent about case numbers or deaths and that only accurate data can lead to good decisions in China
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Multiple regions across China face blood shortage amid rise in COVID-19 ca
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the Shandong blood center, the stock of blood group A and O have been kept at red alert level for several days.
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India's objective is to hold G20 meetings in "physical format": MEA
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Our expectation and our objective is to have these meetings in physical format. Whether, as and when if we have to change these guidelines or this plan, we will let you know," said MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi
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China orders Covid lockdown in Zhengzhou city after iPhone factory protest
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
While addressing the presser on Wednesday evening, the city authority asked its residents in the downtown area to stay at home from Friday till next Tuesday as the new cases found at the community level remain high, Global Times reported.
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China to persist with "zero-Covid" policy despite growing backlash
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
These remarks came in response to the problem of excessive and one-size-fits-all epidemic prevention and control measures in some parts of the country amid the recent flare-up of COVID cases, state media outlet Global Times reported.
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China introduces lockdown in Chengdu city due to COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 1 (ANI): China has introduced a lockdown in the 21-million population city of Chengdu, the capital of southwestern Sichuan province, to conduct PCR testing among residents, local authorities said on Thursday amid the spike in COVID-19 infections.
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We cannot pretend COVID-19 is not here, says WHO Chief
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): With a surge in deaths due to coronavirus, World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on said "we cannot pretend it's not there."
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