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Why China’s Covid wave is stirring fear

By Laurie Chen China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month. A growing number of countries are...

Xi urges steps to ‘protect’ lives amid virus wave

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged officials on Monday to take steps to protect lives in his first public remarks on COVID-19 since Beijing dramatically...

China says tracking Covid cases now ‘impossible’ as infections soar

The true scale of Covid-19 infections in China is now "impossible" to track, the country's top health body said Wednesday, as officials warned of...

China retires major Covid tracking app as virus rules ease

China said Monday it would retire an app used to track Covid-19 contacts, a milestone in the country's rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance...

Annual, 2x year jabs eyed vs. virus

A health expert said Thursday that an annual or bi-annual vaccination is a possible option to maintain protection against more severe COVID-19 variants. Infectious diseases...

Monkeypox mostly spreads before symptoms appear, study suggests

People with monkeypox can spread the virus up to four days before symptoms appear, with more than half of transmissions potentially taking place during...

Hong Kong leader cancels China trip over virus flareup

Hong Kong leader John Lee on Wednesday cancelled a trip to the Chinese mainland to discuss reopening travel as the coronavirus situation worsened on...

COVID may surge 17k daily

Due to waning immunity, low booster uptake, lax protocol observance COVID-19 cases may surge to 17,105 daily by the end of July on the back...

Fresh Covid outbreaks put millions under lockdown in China

Tens of millions of people were under lockdown in China on Wednesday as businesses in a major tourist city were forced to shut their...

COVID tally hits highest mark since Feb. 25

The Philippines recorded 1,323 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the highest daily tally since February 25, or in over four months, data from the...

France monkeypox count rises to 277, one woman infected

France has detected 277 cases of monkeypox, health authorities said Tuesday, including the first case in the country of a woman contracting the virus. The case...

Beijing to reopen schools, workplaces as virus curbs ease

Beijing will gradually lift COVID-19 restrictions this week, city officials said Sunday. After some easing in recent days, the Chinese capital – which reported 19...

COVID cases in provinces, cities up but PH keeps low-risk status

About 70 percent of provinces, highly urbanized cities, and independent component cities showed an increase in cases, but the Philippines remains at a low-risk...

Hospital group allays concerns on rising COVID, dengue cases

The Private Hospitals Associations of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) on Sunday played down concerns about the reported rise in dengue and COVID-19 infections, saying...
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