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City of 25 million people emerges from prolonged isolation under ruthlessly enforced restrictions See all our coronavirus coverageShanghai has lifted a painful two-month lockdown, to the relief of the city’s 25 million residents, with authorities disma…
Exercise to help COPD hospital patients is being rolled out across Kyrgyzstan and to neighbouring countriesPhotographs by Danil UsmanovEvery day on the respiratory ward at one of Kyrgyzstan’s biggest hospitals, Aidai Temiraly Kyzy, a 24-year-old nurse,…
Covid cases are stabilising in the countries but many may continue to wear face coverings, even if rules changeFor more than two years, the people of Japan and South Korea have been united by their embrace of little white rectangles. While the US and c…
Research on Wuhan patients reveals effects of long Covid, with 11% still not having returned to workMore than half of people hospitalised with Covid-19 still have at least one symptom two years after they were first infected, according to the longest f…
India and Pakistan have experienced their hottest April in 122 years. Temperatures are nearing 50C. Such extreme heat dries up water reservoirs, melts glaciers and damages crops. It’s also deadly. Ian Sample hears from Pakistan reporter Shah Meer Baloc…
Tensions rise again as lockdowns grind on and the city’s population tire of strict zero-Covid policySee all our coronavirus coverageTensions between Shanghai residents and China’s Covid enforcers are on the rise again, amid a new push to end infections…
Chinese capital ramps up efforts to control Omicron outbreak and avoid lockdownsSee all our coronavirus coverageBeijing has reopened a mass isolation centre as authorities seek to contain an outbreak of Covid-19 in the city.The Xiaotangshan Fangcai hos…
Vaccinated visitors from about 60 visa-waiver countries now able to enter as part of pandemic reopening planCoronavirus – latest updatesMāori songs, tearful embraces and a beloved New Zealand chocolate bar awaited international visitors arriving in New…
With 340m people living under lockdown or restrictions, the administration are sticking to their stance. But at what cost?Shanghai’s month under lockdown – in picturesAcross much of the world people are taking international holidays, returning to the o…
Capital to undergo mass testing after 33 new locally transmitted cases as the government stick to zero-Covid strategySee all our coronavirus coverageBeijing has swiftly expanded its Covid-19 mass testing from one district this week to most of the city …
Shaji NM has devoted his life to collecting and farming tubers such as yam, cassava and taro, and promoting them across the countryKnown as “the tuber man of Kerala”, Shaji NM has travelled throughout India over the past two decades, sometimes inspecti…
According to WHO analysis, figure for country is more than 4 million and not official tally of 520,000India has been accused of attempting to delay an effort by the World Health Organization to revise the global death toll from Covid-19 after its calcu…
Operations stopped in Chinese cities of Shanghai and Kunshan as global supply chains feel pinch of Beijing’s zero-Covid measuresKey iPhone maker Pegatron has halted operations at two subsidiaries in the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Kunshan, as global…
Softly-spoken public servant who became a household name says the role had been challenging and complexSee all our coronavirus coverageThe understated doctor who became an unexpected star of New Zealand’s pandemic has resigned after two years leading t…
This pandemic and future pandemic threats will remain challenging – New Zealand needs to build on its achievementsTwo weeks ago marked the two-year anniversary of New Zealand’s adoption of the elimination strategy and a lockdown that successfully stamp…