Taipei criticises ‘unfair and unjust’ decision to deny observer status despite support from US, UK, France and other countriesThe World Health Assembly has again rejected Taiwan’s request to join its annual gathering amid routine objections from China …
続きを読むThree cases of H3N8 detected in China since 2022 as World Health Organization says strain doesn’t appear to spread easily between humansA woman has died from H3N8 bird flu in China, the World Health Organization reported – the first known human fatalit…
続きを読むIn 1971, the Pakistan army began a brutal crackdown against Bengalis in which hundreds of thousands of women were detained and repeatedly brutalised. Only now are their stories beginning to be told• Warning: graphic information in this report may upse…
続きを読むAnalysis of gene sequences by international team finds Covid-positive samples rich in raccoon dog DNANewly released genetic data gathered from a live food market in Wuhan has linked Covid-19 with raccoon dogs, adding weight to the theory that infected …
続きを読むAnalysis of gene sequences by international team finds Covid-positive samples rich in raccoon dog DNANewly released genetic data gathered from a live food market in Wuhan has linked Covid-19 with raccoon dogs, adding weight to the theory that infected …
続きを読むChild died and father tested positive for H5N1, prompting fears of possible person-to-person transmissionThe discovery of two cases of bird flu within the same family in Cambodia has highlighted the concern over potential human-to-human spread of the v…
続きを読むDeaths in the Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan due to kidney injury associated with contaminated medicines, the WHO saidThe World Health Organization has called for “immediate and concerted action” to protect children from contaminated medicines after …
続きを読むAnalysis of Chinese data finds no new variants of concern emerging, but world health body says it still does not have ‘complete data’The World Health Organisation has criticised China’s “very narrow” definition of Covid-19 deaths, warning that official…
続きを読むInfectious disease experts believe strategy more effective in slowing virus spread than new travel restrictions, as health data firm says thousands are likely dying daily in ChinaThe United States is considering sampling wastewater taken from internati…
続きを読むOther countries including Italy have taken similar steps after Beijing’s rollback of ‘zero-Covid’ policies led to surge in casesThe US has announced all travellers from China must provide a negative Covid-19 test to enter the country, joining other nat…
続きを読むChina is to drop some of its toughest coronavirus restrictions – including scrapping quarantine for travellers – ending the government’s zero-Covid policy. Experts are watching nervously to see how this may affect variants and their global spread….
続きを読むThe National Health Commission’s decision comes as the country’s health system faces enormous strain after the sudden end to the zero-Covid policyChina’s National Health Commission (NHC) has stopped publishing daily Covid-19 data, amid concerns about t…
続きを読むOfficially there are relatively low numbers of intensive care cases but ‘anecdotally ICUs are filling up’China may be struggling to keep a tally of Covid-19 infections as it experiences a big spike in cases, a senior World Health Organization official …
続きを読むUS offers assistance to China where experts warn there could be a million Covid-19 deaths in 2023It may be too early to declare the global end of the Covid-19 pandemic emergency because of a potentially devastating wave to come in China, according to s…
続きを読むSome Beijing hospitals have as many as 80% of staff infected, according to one doctor, leading to serious staff shortagesChinese doctors and nurses are being told to keep working even when infected with Covid-19, staff and residents reported, as the vi…
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