Infectious diseases
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China places millions into Covid lockdown again as economy continues to struggle
Key cities of Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dalian are under curbs again, amid protests and data showing factory slo…
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Chinese city’s residents made to queue for Covid tests in heat above 40C
Chongqing authorities criticised for move as area faces heatwave, wildfires, severe drought and power outagesR…
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Tomato flu outbreak in India spreads to two more states
New viral infection detected in dozens of children in Kerala, and now also in Tamil Nadu and OdishaAn outbreak…
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‘Patients are falling through the cracks’: drug costs hinder India’s response to TB
The country has the world’s largest number of multi-drug-resistant cases – but doctors and activists warn pati…
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New hope for children at risk of New Zealand’s most iniquitous disease
Potentially deadly, rheumatic fever has been eradicated in most of the developed world. Fresh research may hel…
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New Zealand unable to say when monkeypox vaccines will arrive
As global demand for monkeypox vaccine surges, health officials say they are stuck in the queue and don’t know…
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Japan may rethink reporting of Covid cases as subvariant hits hard
Tokyo considers measures to ease pressure on hospitals as country struggles to contain outbreakJapan could soo…
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Thai researchers test wastewater to track spread of monkeypox
Monitoring sewage thought to be a quicker, more cost-effective way to understand the spread of the virusResear…
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Japan urges ‘highest level of vigilance’ as Omicron subvariant drives record Covid surge
People in Okinawa asked to avoid non-essential outings amid new wave of infections driven by highly transmissi…
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New Zealand reports second monkeypox case, unrelated to first
Authorities say the case is in a returned traveller who is now isolating, and is not linked to the first New Z…
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China imposes Covid lockdown in Xi’an after handful of cases
Zero-Covid strategy shuts down north-central city of 13 million following 18 reported cases of OmicronBusiness…
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Alarm in Beijing after announcement zero-Covid policy may last five years
Communist party official posts notice saying mass mandatory testing and travel curbs will continueAuthorities …
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Heaven Supermarket: the Beijing bar at centre of Covid outbreak
Self-service bar popular with locals and foreigners has been shut down after being linked to hundreds of cases…
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Beijing in ‘race against time’ to tackle serious Covid outbreak
Latest batch of at least 287 cases has raised new worries about outlook for Chinese economyAuthorities in Beij…
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‘Ferocious’ Covid outbreak in Beijing traced to raucous bar
Cluster comes week after city eased restrictions, raising fresh concerns over ‘zero Covid’ policy and economy …