The advice comes after an undetermined pneumonia outbreak in China is hitting children hard, with media reports describing overwhelmed children's hospitals in multiple locations.
Thakur said that more than 350 proposals from athletes training under the TOPS scheme have been approved. The 2022 Asian Games will be held from September 23-October 8, 2023 in China. It was supposed to be held last year but was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak in China.
China's reversal of its Covid-19 restrictions in early December was meant to help places like Guangzhou. But the chaotic approach has contributed to a tsunami of infections that has swept across the nation, overwhelming hospitals and funeral parlours.
In a statement, WHO said that the Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) held a meeting with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday and said, "The China CDC analysis showed a predominance of Omicron lineages BA.5.2 and BF.7 among locally acquired in
Chinese city Guangzhou recorded 2,637 local infections on Tuesday, which is nearly one-third of the new cases across China. Currently, China is witnessing a six-month high in infections nationwide.
Beijing [China], August 30 (ANI): Despite the arduous efforts of the Chinese government to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the outbreak of rampant infection speaks of the failure of Xi Jinping's so-called "zero-COVID policy" which has upended daily life and dealt a heavy blow to th
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI): The new COVID-19 outbreak in Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region raises grave concern across the region amid the lack of medical personnel and nucleic acid testing sample collectors, as well as a shortage of oxygen for treating severe cases du
Beijing [China], July 20 (ANI): With over 400 cases every day, China is witnessing a new outbreak of COVID-19. More than 20 provincial-level regions in the Chinese mainland have reported locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, and daily caseloads have begun to flare up in recent days.
Beijing [China], July 18 (ANI): Around 500 people were found infected with COVID-19 over five days at a tourist resort in China's Guangxi region, according to local media.
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Union Sports and Youth affairs minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday said a decision on Indian player's participation at this year's Asian Games will be taken after receiving information from host country China, as the COVID cases rapidly increased in Shanghai
Hong Kong, April 11 (ANI): The other shoe has dropped for China, as it battles COVID-19 outbreaks in various locations, including Shanghai. In the past, Chinese netizens spent considerable energy mocking foreign countries as the pandemic swept unchecked, but now China's government is stru