カテゴリー: Infectious diseases
China vows to eradicate virus, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, amid frustration among residentsSee all our coronavirus coverageAuthorities in Shanghai have further tightened restrictions on the movement of residents in some districts and warned its 25 …
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…
China’s determination to enforce zero-Covid policies is pushing its vast, bustling financial hub to breaking pointAt about noon last Tuesday, Yu Wenming, an 82-year-old man in Shanghai, called his local residential committee for help. “I’ve used up my …
Scuffles follow complaints of food shortages and over-zealous officials forcing people into quarantineVideos posted on social media have showed residents of Shanghai scuffling with hazmat-suited police who were ordering them to surrender their homes to…
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…
Patients sick with non-Covid related illnesses are being kept away from hospitals as anger grows over failure to control OmicronSee all our coronavirus coverageJia Ruiling’s* father has been enduring severe pain since 17 March. He has late-stage stomac…
Daily case numbers are some of the largest seen in China since the virus was first detected in WuhanCovid-19 cases in China’s largest city of Shanghai have risen again as millions remain isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown.Health officials on Su…
China’s largest city and financial powerhouse is struggling to cope with the country’s worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic in WuhanSee all our coronavirus coverageShanghai has been plunged into an extended lockdown and some residents face an…
China will shut down city in two stages as it sticks to a ‘zero-Covid’ strategy amid growing outbreaksShanghai has begun its phased lockdown as an Omicron-fuelled Covid-19 wave spreads through mainland China’s most significant financial hub, resulting …
Concern about economy leads city to try targeted approach with rolling restrictions of individual neighbourhoodsShanghai has recorded a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, but officials have ruled out a full lockdown over the damage it would do to the econom…
PM Jacinda Ardern, who oversaw some of the toughest restrictions in the world, says rules will relax after Omicron peak in early AprilSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand will do away with vaccine passes and vaccine mandates for some of the work…
Low vaccination rates among the elderly, low rates of prior infection and an overwhelmed healthcare system have contributed to create the perfect stormSee all our coronavirus coverageHong Kong has recorded 5,000 Covid deaths and more than 1 million cas…
Country steps up efforts to control a surge in coronavirus cases as it tries to maintain its zero Covid policy. Major cities such as Shenzhen and Changchun have been locked down as Covid cases hit a two-year high. Nearly 90% of new infections are in Ji…
Authorities adopt a zero tolerance policy in Shenzhen, imposing a lockdown and testing every resident three timesChina’s government has locked down Shenzhen, a city of 17.5 million people, as it tries to contain its worst ever Covid-19 outbreak across …