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The pandemic through the eyes of artists | COVID-19 Special
May 28, 2022 DW News
Art allows us to pause and reflect on our experiences during the coronavirus pandemic. How are artists exploring their experiences in their work? And how does their art affect people?
In Beijing to cover the Olympics, a Journal reporter was isolated under aggressive policies now being used across the country.
More offspring of anonymous donors are demanding information about whose genes they carry. Not all donors—or parents—want to share.
Whistleblower report on baby formula didn’t reach top FDA food safety official
Goat’s milk from Australia: Infant formula is being corralled from all parts of the globe
By Laura Reiley
The short-term prospects are good. But can Vietnam sustain long-term growth?
After years of disruption to theater operations and filmmaking, the country’s movie industry is nearing the brink
- Movie Ticket Sales Suffer Second-Worst Qingming Holiday Performance in a Decade
- China Ramps Up Support for Small Businesses Hit by Covid
Authorities issue a raft of measures to boost consumer spending and support businesses hit hard by persistent Covid controls
- Local Governments Again Break Out the Coupons to Boost Consumer Spending
- In Depth: Who Really Benefits From Consumption Vouchers?
Overly diluted samples led to positive cases going undetected, prompting tightened supervision over testing facilities
May 28, 2022 06:12 PM
Shanghai vows to boost economy as daily Covid cases continue to drop
Shanghai pledged to boost local business after Premier Li Keqiang called for renewed efforts to stabilise the economy, as cases in the city continue to drop ahead of a planned end to the two-month lockdown on June 1.
As tourism restarts, what are the dos and don’ts of post-pandemic travel?
28 May 2022 - 10:30AM
Hong Kong logs 270 new Covid cases as Central nightclub cluster emerges
‘Hunger catastrophe looming’, Zelensky warns Jakarta town hall meeting
28 May 2022 - 9:30AM
Japan to welcome small tour groups after scrapping travel curbs on international visitors
May 27, 2022 South China Morning Post
Japan’s government announced on May 26, 2022, that it will welcome tour groups from about 100 counties and regions without requiring travellers to undergo Covid-19 tests upon arrival or quarantines. Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan are among the places that will enjoy preferential treatment according to a list released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also told an international conference in Tokyo attended by several Asian leaders that his country would reopen its borders to international tourists on June 10, starting with groups on guided tours.
By Ariana Eunjung Cha(The Post)
We’re remembering one person for each week of the pandemic.
By Alyssa Fowers and Leslie Shapiro
The Best and Worst Places to Be as Covid Flare-Ups Break Records
Ukraine Latest: US Slams Putin’s Food-for-Sanctions Relief Plan
Disinformation on Covid vaccines has had a devastating impact during the pandemic, pair tell Caixin event
- Cover Story: How Bill Gates Sees China Expanding Its Role in Global Health
- Davos 2021: Global Covid Vaccine Rollout Will Require Fighting Misinformation
Eateries look for new ways to serve customers, including street stalls, with mixed results
May 27, 2022 08:48 PM
The trio were responsible for supervising a lab where testing irregularities were found in an investigation launched earlier
May 27, 2022 08:12 PM
Funeral home gets ridiculed online for demanding negative virus test results from the deceased; logistics companies grapple with lockdowns; and property giants ask for more time to pay back bonds
May 27, 2022 05:48 PM
Prices plunge 14% from April highs and stockpiles at steelmakers skyrocket, reflecting the crash in construction as well as weakness in manufacturing
May 27, 2022 05:25 AM
Can China find zero-Covid wriggle room to beat GDP slowdown?
Months of lockdowns and frequent mass testing are depleting local coffers but there are no signs of a shift from pandemic controls.
Japan begins reopening to foreign tourists from June 10
‘Big shock to production’: China’s industrial profits slump as virus curbs hit
Shanghai orders tests, tests and more tests in countdown to June 1
To the public, the monkeypox outbreak has echoes of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. But scientists say it’s not the same at all.
Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox in more than 20 countries, WHO says
As monkeypox cases grow, so do fears of a return of gay blame and stigma
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Lights out but operating: eateries, supermarkets ‘open’ in Beijing malls amid Covid restrictions
May 25, 2022 South China Morning Post
Parts of Beijing are under lockdown to control the Chinese capital’s recent outbreaks of Covid-19. The city has confirmed 1,729 cases since April 22, 2022. Many shopping centres have turned off most of their lights and closed the majority of the shops inside in response to citywide orders to restrict activities in a bid to stop the spread of the virus. The only venues allowed to remain open are supermarkets and restaurants that can provide home delivery. Both production and consumption in China have been hit hard by the stringent rules meant to fight the disease.
By Linda Searing
CVS Health will stop filling prescriptions for controlled substances ordered by clinicians working for Cerebral and Done Health, the broadest curbs by a major pharmacy chain against the telehealth companies following scrutiny of their prescription practices.
The arrangement means that some of the drugs that carry list prices of tens of thousands of dollars a year in the U.S. would be substantially less for the low-income countries to buy, according to Pfizer.
The British prime minister urged lawmakers to draw a line under the “partygate” scandal, apologizing after a report said he should bear responsibility for parties held in Downing Street during Covid-19 lockdowns.
Countries have put restrictions and bans on products such as wheat, corn and edible oils since the start of the Ukraine war.
Many Hongkongers show signs of PTSD from Covid-19 pandemic, study finds
Online sales plunge in China as Covid-19 lockdowns freeze spend
The Ministry of Trade and Industry kept its 3% to 5% growth expectations for 2022, though it said the external demand outlook has ‘weakened compared to three months ago’
May 25, 2022 02:48 PM
COVID travel restrictions: Germany
US Long Covid 20% of cases
May 25, 2022 Dr. John Campbell
Which is way higher than the UK figure CDC, Long covid Latest UK figures https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati... 2.8% of the population, self-reported Of those, 73% symptoms at least 12 weeks 44% symptoms at least one year Post–COVID Conditions Among Adult COVID-19 Survivors Aged 18–64 and ≥65 Years — United States, March 2020–November 2021 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/w...
Previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, reported persistent symptoms ≥4 weeks after acute COVID-19 March 2020–November 2021 United States, aged ≥18 Incidence of 26 conditions often / previously attributable to post-COVID Among all patients aged ≥18 years 38% of case-patients experienced an incident condition 16% of controls 18–64 years 35.4% of case-patients experienced at least one incident condition 14.6% of controls experienced at least one incident condition Aged ≥65 years 45.4% of case-patients experienced at least one incident condition 18.5% of controls experienced at least one incident condition. Survivors aged 18–64 One in 5 Survivors aged ≥65 One in 4 experiencing an incident condition that might be attributable to previous COVID-19 Conditions affected multiple systems cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, renal, endocrine, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, neurologic, and psychiatric signs and symptoms Highest risk ratios (RRs) Acute pulmonary embolism 18 to 64, RR = 2.1 ≥65, RR = 2.1 RR = 2.1 and 2.2 among persons aged 18–64 and ≥65 years, respectively) and Respiratory signs and symptoms RR = 2.1 in both age groups Critical to reducing the incidence and impact of post-COVID Implementation of COVID-19 prevention strategies Routine assessment for post-COVID conditions is critical to reducing the incidence and impact of post-COVID The research study A retrospective matched cohort design March 2020–November 2021 63.4 million unique adult records 110 data contributors in the 50 states Case-patients, 353,164 Control patients, 1,640,776 Case-patients or control patients with a previous history of one of the included conditions were excluded No significant difference Cerebrovascular disease Mental health conditions Substance-related disorders Differences by age group were noted RR for cardiac dysrhythmia 18 to 64, RR = 1.7 ≥65, RR = 1.5 Musculoskeletal pain 18–64, RR = 1.6 ≥65, RR = 1.4 RRs for 10 incident conditions, significantly higher among those aged ≥65 Renal failure, thromboembolic events, cerebrovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, muscle disorders, neurologic conditions, and mental health conditions (including mood disorders, anxiety, other mental conditions, and substance-related disorders Limitations Patients infected with recent variants Acute COVID-19 infection might be biased toward a population that is seeking care COVID-19 vaccination status was not considered in this analysis
Coronavirus updates: In China, concerns are growing over the economic impact of “zero Covid” policies.
A Weary Europe Greets Monkeypox With a Touch of Fatalism
A report alleging safety failures at a plant took four months to reach Frank Yiannas, the agency's top food safety official.
By Kimberly Kindy and Laura Reiley
By Amy B Wang, Felicia Sonmez, Caroline Kitchener and Mariana Alfaro
Covid-19 Deaths Hover Near Lows, but Older Americans Still at Risk
Residents Fled Cities as Pandemic Raged
New Study Shows Vaccination Reduces Long Covid Risk, But Modestly
By Sumathi Reddy
Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed the toughest abortion ban in effect in the U.S., outlawing the procedure at any stage of pregnancy and and delegating enforcement to private citizens.
North Korea Fights Covid With Painkillers, Lockdowns and TV Health Segments
Japan begins reopening to foreign tourists from June 10
Cup cancer is one of the least survivable cancers – but what is it?
National Healthcare Security Administration says local medical insurance funds shouldn’t be used for large-scale programs
- Cover Story: China Moves to Alter Medical Coverage of 300 Million
- China Forces Drugmakers to Slash Prices 51% to Get on Insurance List
Shenzhen business has attracted online scorn for saying a negative result is needed for cremation to go ahead
May 26, 2022 07:48 PM
The mainland financial hub handled fewer currency deals than Beijing in April, putting it second among China’s regions
May 26, 2022 04:53 PM
Tencent-backed G7 Connect imposes restrictions on access to widely used real-time information on logistics, making it hard to assess damage to economy
May 26, 2022 04:24 AM
Driving cost down from $18 two years ago, authorities move to ‘normalize’ large-scale testing in Chinese cities for pandemic control
May 26, 2022 04:12 AM
US making COVID antiviral drug more available at test sites
By ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP)
https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-new-york-city-medication-3d59f62083db3f5646ac140009e33427
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COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise in US
May 22, 2022 ABC News
Cities such as Philadelphia are reinstating mask mandates at schools.
Beating Monkeypox Will Be Easier Than Covid, Health Experts Say
Russia Is Winning From the Global Food Crisis It Helped Create
- The European Commission president denounced Moscow for targeting Ukrainian grain warehouses and other key infrastructure.
- Russian forces pushed toward a key eastern city, where at least four people were killed in an artillery attack. Here’s the latest.
Merck, J&J and some other drugmakers are dialing back sales estimates now that supplies are ample and many people are vaccinated.
Monkeypox outbreak is ‘containable,’ WHO says as it confirms more cases
Karen Gilchrist
CDC sounds alarm for gay and bisexual men as monkeypox spreads in community
Spencer Kimball MON, MAY 23RD 2022
Monkeypox outbreak is primarily spreading through sex, WHO officials say
Dawn Kopecki MON, MAY 23RD 2022
By Damon Young
Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan calls for quicker isolation of the infected and their close contacts as outbreak enters second month
- Gallery: Covid Curbs in China’s Capital Get Tougher
- China’s Capital Logs Most Covid-19 Cases of Current Outbreak, Reviving Lockdown Angst
Singapore civil servant jailed for sharing Covid-19 measures with WhatsApp group
China’s online maps now dotted with Covid-testing booths
Another reason for men to lose weight – it could help prevent prostate cancer
How concerned should we be about monkeypox?
China is trying to tackle its biggest coronavirus outbreak without a tool it could have adopted months ago: Western-developed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
#WEF2022 #WorldEconomicForum #FoodCrisis
How to avert a global food crisis? | World Economic Forum 2022
The world may be facing the worst food crisis in decades, driven by the compounded effects of COVID-19, climate change and conflicts such as the war in Ukraine, exacerbating already skyrocketing food and energy prices and severe hunger. What global priorities and business action are imperative to mitigate these global shocks and address the interrelated risks threatening food systems everywhere? - Speakers: Syngenta CEO J. Erik Fyrwald, WFP Executive Director David Beasley, UAE Climate and Environment Minister Mariam Mohammed Saeed Al Mheiri, Vietnam Vice Prime Minister Le Minh Khai, Tanzania Vice President Philip Isdor Mpango
The latest surge comes as most school systems have already relaxed covid mitigation policies, and school leaders say they don’t intend to restore them.
By Perry Stein, Hannah Natanson and Nicole Asbury
The three shots were found effective in preventing symptomatic Covid-19 in children 6 months to 5 years, an early analysis of study data found.
JAY K. VARMA
The Answer to Covid Fatigue Is Creativity, Not Surrender
Pfizer Says Three Doses of Its Vaccine Produce Strong Response in Children Under 5
China ‘missing out’ with small Davos delegation due to zero-Covid
- The Chinese delegation at Davos this year is unusually small, with representation in only four of more than 200 discussions
- China’s strict Covid-19 quarantine rules have been blamed, a situation that will limit its chance to outline global policy goals
China’s economic slowdown casts a shadow over Southeast Asia Topic | World Economic Forum
Beijing mulls relaxing quarantine policy amid investor anger, sources say
Beijing has extended Covid-19 control measures again in parts of the capital. In Haidian district, residents identified as close contacts of infection cases were taken to centralized quarantine sites over the weekend. In Fengtai district, the local government has suspended most bus and subway services. Nearly 100 new local cases were reported in the city Sunday
May 23, 2022 05:29 PM
Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Demonstrates Strong Immune Response, High Efficacy and Favorable Safety in Children 6 Months to Under 5 Years of Age Following Third Dose
Monday, May 23, 2022 - 06:45am
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PUBLISHED 23 May 2022
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Pandemic inequality: job loss and new opportunities | COVID-19 Special
May 21, 2022 DW News
The coronavirus pandemic caused massive job loss and financial ruin for many. In Zimbabwe, for example, many businesses went under. But some people who lost jobs have launched new businesses in the pandemic. We profile two, in South Africa and Colombia.
Hong Kong Reports 228 New Covid Cases as It Slowly Relaxes Curbs
Here’s what we know about long Covid.
The mandate to test for Covid before flying to the U.S. is widely unpopular. The government shows no sign of dropping it
I’m a Pro-Life Doctor. This Is the Story of the Abortion I Performed. MATTHEW LOFTUS
Coronavirus: North Korea reports fifth day of over 200,000 ‘fever’ cases
Shanghai faces talent exodus as lockdown dashes workers hopes for a better life
CORONAVIRUS: VACCINATION STATISTICSPercentage of population that has received at least one vaccine dose
Beijing orders millions more to work from home in Covid containment drive
‘Breaking point’: soaring inflation drives cuts to hunger-relief programmes
Industrial output plummets 61.6%; consumer goods sales plunge 48.3%; fixed-asset investment declines; and new lending shrinks
- Shanghai Prepares to Partially Reopen Starting Sunday
- Relaxing Lockdowns in Shanghai Doesn’t Mean End to Shipping Snarls
Fresh Monkeypox Cases Appear in U.S., Europe and Australia
Spread of potentially deadly pathogen may reflect eradication of its cousin smallpox, resulting in less immunity to such viruses
May 21, 2022 03:19 AM
The WIC program and regulations tamp down competition, resulting in Similac and Enfamil controlling the bulk of an inflexible, $4 billion U.S. formula market. It cracked when a major factory halted production.
Stomach bugs, Covid-19 and a normally harmless virus are among the suspects researchers have identified as possible drivers of a mysterious rash of hepatitis cases among children.
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations spiking nationwide
May 21, 2022 CBS Evening News
The U.S. is experiencing yet another surge in COVID-19 cases, with more than 100,000 infections recorded daily. Health officials say the actual case count could be much higher as many are using at-home test kits or not getting tested at all. Lilia Luciano has more.
By Perry Stein, Hannah Natanson and Nicole Asbury
Robert Ford, Abbott’s chief executive, explained in an op-ed what led to the voluntary recall of baby formula and detailed the company’s plan to avoid a similar shortage in the future.
How the Baby-Formula Industry Broke
The U.S. is facing a massive shortage of baby formula. WSJ’s Jesse Newman explains the roots of the crisis, and a mother in Kentucky shares her desperate search. Read Transcript
US Gets First 70,000 Pounds of Baby Formula to Counter Shortage
Dangerous DIY Baby Formula Recipes Go Viral as Parents Get Desperate
US Should Follow the EU Model for Baby Formula
What You Need to Know About the Baby Formula Shortage
Covid Hits Apple Again, Disrupting Office Plans and Supply Chain
Both Shanghai and Taiwan Covid strategies ‘a nightmare’ for citizens 22 May 2022 - 3:25PM
Resume quarantine-free travel with foreign countries first: Hong Kong business leader
Traditional Chinese medicine effective in mild Covid-19 cases: study
Industrial output plummets 61.6%; consumer goods sales plunge 48.3%; fixed-asset investment declines; and new lending shrinks
- Shanghai Prepares to Partially Reopen Starting Sunday
- Relaxing Lockdowns in Shanghai Doesn’t Mean End to Shipping Snarls
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Taiwan’s coronavirus cases reach new record as island moves away from zero-Covid policy
May 19, 2022 South China Morning Post
Taiwan posted a new daily record of Covid-19 cases on May 18, 2022, as the island undergoes its second coronavirus wave that started in early April, sparked by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. The island’s health ministry records 225 deaths in the past week and acknowledges the virus is spreading rapidly among some communities. Once one of the world’s last zero-Covid policy holdouts, Taiwan has since reversed its strategy to living with the virus and has been gradually relaxing Covid restrictions even as daily cases continue to rise. The self-ruled island said it aims to coexist with Covid, highlighting a pandemic policy difference with mainland China.
U.S. health officials have sounded the alarm on a substantial increase in Covid cases.
The Pandemic Still Isn’t Over. So What Now? SPENCER BOKAT-LINDELL
We’re remembering one person for each week of the pandemic.
By Alyssa Fowers and Leslie Shapiro
By Carolyn Y. Johnson and Laurie McGinley
Cases fueled by highly contagious versions of the Omicron variant are prompting more calls for precautions but not mandates in hot spots like New York City.
- CDC Advisers Consider Covid-19 Boosters for 5- to 11-Year-Olds
- Sick With Covid, Americans Feel the Pressure to Power Through at Work
Taiwan hit by record coronavirus cases as island abandons zero-Covid
‘We’ve learned to adapt’: Singapore to stay open even if new variant hits
CORONAVIRUS: VACCINATION STATISTICS
Percentage of population that has received at least one vaccine dose
Hong Kong 93.6% Mainland China89.1% United States77.4% Singapore91.9%
Vaccine doses administered 11,743,587,853
Sources: Our World in Data, health authorities | *Hong Kong figure based on eligible population
Covid-19 could be cause of mysterious hepatitis cases that killed children
North Korea reports nearly 2 million suspected Covid-19 infections
Shanghai adds Covid-19 test data to bus passes ahead of reopening
The requirements were updated to reflect the ‘current pandemic situation,’ the embassies say
- China Loosens Covid Testing Rules for Travelers From U.S.
- China Now Accepts U.S. Travelers Who Have Received American-Made Vaccines
Drug developed by Shanghai Junshi Biosciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows good results in safety, tolerability and effectiveness in reducing viral shedding
- In Depth: Could Pfizer’s Drug Paxlovid Change China’s Covid Policy?
- China Approves Pfizer’s Covid-19 Treatment for Vulnerable Patients
Shortages of rail, port and trucking workers in China and the U.S. are delaying ships at the world’s major ports, head of a shipping company says
May 19, 2022 02:09 PM
Concern grows as more countries detect monkeypox | DW News
May 20, 2022 DW News
The UK and other European countries have reported a small number of human monkeypox infections, a virus rarely seen in Europe. The US, Canada and Australia are also investigating cases. Health services remain puzzled over how the virus is transmitted. Human monkeypox leads to skin irritations with pustules and blisters that eventually burst and then scab over, though they rarely leave scars. The infection is similar to normal pox (smallpox or variola). The cases registered in the United Kingdom have been reported as the West African strain, which is relatively mild compared to the Central African variant. The illness generally runs its course within three to four weeks. The West African strain is seldom deadly — and when it is, it's mostly in small children. As a precaution, Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has issued a warning for Germany, urging citizens to be vigilant.
Decades of market consolidation mean that four companies control 90% of the country’s supply.
Amanda Little
The Big Take
To Save Humanity, Listen to the Microbes
Shanghai Finds First Covid-19 Outside Quarantine in Six Days
My History With Scoliosis Made Me Seek a Better Treatment for My Son
The back brace has barely advanced since the 1970s. My journey through the latest gear—and surgical options—showed me how far is left to go.
May 19, 202212:34 PM EDT Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
U.S. CDC says COVID vaccine-related myocarditis much lower for children than teens
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COVID-19 vaccines: authorised
- Authorised COVID-19 vaccines
- Safety updates for authorised COVID-19 vaccines
- Increasing manufacturing capacity
Vaccines authorised in the European Union (EU) to prevent COVID-19, following evaluation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Opinion by Michael Gerson
Stomach bugs, Covid-19 and a normally harmless virus are among the suspects researchers have identified as possible drivers of a mysterious rash of hepatitis cases among children.
The recommendation of Pfizer’s extra dose paves the way for many pharmacies, doctors and other vaccination sites begin making the shots available.
By The Editorial Board | Review & Outlook
China loosens Covid-19 entry curbs for more than 12 nations after US
Negative PCR result from a week ago and antibody test no longer required, multiple embassies say, days after similar notice for US flights.
Indonesia doctors urge parents to be ‘alert’ amid hepatitis outbreak review
According to the World Health Organization, there are around 450 probable cases of the mysterious illness globally spanning 20 countries.
CanSino makes it three for Chinese Covid-19 vaccines to get WHO nod
20 May 2022 - 2:13AM
Coronavirus infection can lead to severe bone loss, Hong Kong researchers warn
Japan to ease Covid border controls in June allowing for more overseas arrivals
Thailand to lift curbs on nightlife from June to woo back tourists
Covid Helps Cut Tencent’s Profits in Half
Economic Woes Drag Down Smartphone Shipments in First Quarter
The exam is important for tens of thousands of local students who want to get a place in college
Deaths reach 63 as 7.7% of the population is sickened in a reclusive nation that rejected Covid vaccines as World Health Organization voices concern
- China’s Rail Trade With North Korea Resumes
- North Korea Reports ‘Fever Cases’ in Almost 5% of Population
Sellers flock to the city’s roadsides after a local outbreak closed many stores. Since early May, the capital has shut down retail centers and banned dining in at restaurants in an effort to control the pandemic. More than 60 new local cases were reported in Beijing on Thursday
May 20, 2022 06:35 PM
Tianjin-based company’s stock closes up 12.14% in Shanghai and 9.78% in Hong Kong
May 20, 2022 05:49 PM
Speedy approval procedures cover imported jabs and other products for fighting the pandemic; President Xi says China’s commitment to opening up remains unchanged; and North Korea reports 2 million “fever cases”
May 20, 2022 03:53 PM
As Covid spreads in North Korea, state media urges the use of traditional medicine against the virus.
Shanghai residents allowed out to shop for groceries for first time in over 50 days
May 20, 2022 South China Morning Post
Shanghai residents in certain districts have been allowed to venture out to supermarkets again from May 17, 2022, after more than a month of strict lockdowns. Only one designated person per household is allowed to go on a one-hour shopping trip to stock up on no more than 500 yuan (US$74) worth of food. On May 20, Shanghai reported 719 new Covid cases, the lowest case load in two months. The city is gradually resuming normal activity, with the aim of ending the lockdowns on June 1.
Shanghai begins first phase of lifting lockdown as more areas classified as 'low-risk'
May 18, 2022 CNA
Nearly 20 million residents in Shanghai -- or 80% of the city's population -- are now classified as living in low-risk areas. This paves the way for them to move within their sub-district soon. Shanghai is beginning the first of three phases of lifting its citywide lockdown.
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Beijing students protest Covid-19 curbs on campus in rare act of defiance
May 16, 2022 South China Morning Post
Hundreds of students at an elite Beijing university protested against strict Covid-19 curbs on campus, in a rare show of defiance. Anger mounted over the weekend at Peking University after the school tried to erect a wall and banned food deliveries. Across Beijing, most restaurants and public spaces have temporarily closed and millions of residents must work from home and face daily testing. China is the only major country still adhering to a rigid zero-Covid policy.
Cases fueled by highly contagious versions of the Omicron variant are prompting more calls for precautions but not mandates in hot spots like New York City.
How Will We Know When the Pandemic's Over?
We speak with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky about eroding trust in public health, vaccine approvals for kids under 5 and the one million Americans who have died from Covid-19.Read Transcript
By Fenit Nirappil, Katie Shepherd and Dan Keating
One million Americans have died of covid-19. So we’re remembering one person for each week of the pandemic.
By Alyssa Fowers and Leslie Shapiro
The increase in new infections — nearing 100,000 a day — comes as the nation approaches the Memorial Day weekend with its large gatherings and travel.
By Tony Romm
Are Rising Hepatitis Cases in Kids Linked to Covid? Therese Raphael
- Officials said people in those areas should consider wearing masks indoors, and urged local leaders to encourage prevention strategies.
- Federal data showed the U.S. seven-day average of Covid hospital admissions rose about 20 percent over the previous week, officials said. Here’s the latest.
Scientists and federal health officials are debating plans to pair coronavirus and flu vaccinations in the fall.
Over 75 percent of long Covid patients were not hospitalized after their initial infection, a study found.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/18/health/long-covid-hospitalization.html
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Beijing to add ID info to transport passes to speed up Covid-19 checks18 May 2022 - 7:00PM
China faces zero-Covid lockdown brain drain with visa inquiry spike
Covid-19 could be cause of mysterious hepatitis cases that killed children
China told ‘stabilise economy to protect lives’ as zero-Covid debate rages
China’s biomedical R&D center creates ‘green channel’ to accelerate work on advanced coronavirus treatments and inoculations
- Opinion: China’s Covid-19 mRNA Vaccine Challenge
- China Clears Two More Homegrown mRNA Vaccines for Clinical Trials
Investment bank also slashes second-quarter estimate to 1.5% from 4%, reflecting widespread lockdowns amid omicron surge
May 19, 2022 05:38 AM
Passengers only need to take nucleic acid tests closer to departure date, no longer require antibody test results
May 18, 2022 09:27 PM
Dealerships struggled to pay wages and rent last month amid a suspension of operations due to the Covid-19 lockdowns, an industry association says
May 18, 2022 07:51 PM
Eli Lilly says COVID therapy bebtelovimab effective against dominant U.S. COVID strain
May 18, 2022 2:37 PM ET Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) By: Jonathan Block, SA News Editor2 Comments
- Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) said that testing has confirmed that its monoclonal antibody bebtelovimab is effective against all COVID-19 variants of concern, including BA.2, which is currently the dominant strain in the U.S.
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mRNA vaccines superior to others in COVID variant antibody response, study finds
May 17, 2022 3:20 PM ET BioNTech SE (BNTX), AZN, PFE, MRNA
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- mRNA COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) and Pfizer (NYSE:PFE)/BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX) are more effective in producing neutralizing antibodies to variants than other types, according to a new study.
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Antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants induced by four different SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in health care workers in the Netherlands: A prospective cohort study
Covid-19 Kills One Million in the U.S. Why Were Some Groups Hit Harder?
May 16, 2022 Wall Street Journal
More than one million Americans were killed by Covid-19 in just over two years, the CDC reports. But the disease has hit some segments of the U.S. population far more than others.
The government will renew the declaration last extended in April.
NYC Nears High Covid-Alert Level, May Consider Requiring Masks
China’s Economic Activity Collapses Under Xi’s Covid Zero Policy
By Fenit Nirappil, Katie Shepherd and Dan Keating
The action by the Food and Drug Administration is expected to come as soon as Tuesday.
By Laurie McGinley and Carolyn Y. Johnson
The country has become a model for living with Covid-19 in the long term. Life continues as normal for most South Africans, while behind the scenes, dozens of scientists closely track the virus’s every move.6 min read
Kim blasts North Korea’s pandemic response as outbreak surges
While neighboring South Korea and China have offered to send medical supplies and other help, experts say it’s too late to inoculate the North’s 26 million people.
The mutation of Covid-19, which has already appeared in the U.S. and Hong Kong, can be up to 27% more infectious than its predecessor on the Chinese mainland, reports say
- Update: Shanghai Lays Out Plan to End Lockdown and Reopen Business by June
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Some stores reopened and transportation services resumed Monday in Shanghai as the city began lifting its strictest Covid-19 restrictions in stages, giving millions of residents hope for a return to normality after spending more than a month under lockdown. The city reported one additional death and 823 new local cases for the day
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The milestone fulfills a key condition for completely lifting a weeks-long lockdown that has sparked public anger, battered business
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Shanghai reaches milestone, keeping community infections at zero
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CNBC's Eunice Yoon joins 'Squawk on the Street' from Beijing with a look at the economic impact of China's stringent Covid policy.
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Nearing a Grim Milestone: One Million U.S. Covid Deaths
The World Tries to Move Beyond Covid. China May Stand in the Way.
China pulls out of hosting next year’s AFC Asian Cup over Covid-19 concerns
Shanghai closes half of its quarantine sites as Covid-19 cases decline
The city’s Covid struggles reflect the indispensable role of market economy — rather than central planning — in safeguarding people’s livelihoods
- Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
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Government now expects economy to expand 1%–2% this year rather than the previously projected 2%–3.5% as pressures also include rising interest rates
May 14, 2022 06:15 AM
The milestone, which officials define as three consecutive days of zero cases found among of people who are not already in quarantine, has so far eluded the Chinese financial center
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It's the highest total in the world - but the WHO thinks the true death toll may be higher elsewhere.
North Korea has rejected any kind of vaccine, with Kim Jong-un now ordering "maximum emergency" controls.
But scientists say any short-term protection against infection is likely to fall away quickly.
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine authorised in Switzerland for children aged 6 to 11 years
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North Korea COVID crisis set to worsen | DW News
May 16, 2022 DW News
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blasted health officials over the country's coronavirus response and ordered the army to help distribute medicine, state media said on Monday. Kim "strongly criticized" officials for what he called a botched response to epidemic prevention, mainly a failure to keep pharmacies open round the clock to distribute medicine. Kim said medicine supplies were not being distributed to pharmacies in time because of "irresponsible work attitude'' and lack of organization, state media reported. He told the military commission to act "on immediately stabilizing the supply of medicines in Pyongyang City by involving the powerful forces of the military medical field of the People's Army," state media said.
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More than two years after recording its first Covid-19 death, the U.S. has crossed a once-unthinkable threshold. The pandemic’s overall toll has been concentrated among the elderly, especially those in nursing homes. Black and Hispanic populations also have experienced disproportionate mortality rates.
China’s economy descended deeper into a Covid-induced doldrums last month, raising questions about whether Beijing’s planned stimulus measures can prevent a prolonged downturn.5 min read
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Authorities say that more than a million people have fallen ill with "fever" and experts fear tens of thousands could die.
By Min Joo Kim
China to throw more resources at zero-Covid policy, health chief says
NHC head writes in party publication that permanent quarantine facilities will be built and dedicated teams set up for testing.
Zero-Covid ‘uncertainty’ plagues China job market with swift rebound unlikely
Strict coronavirus controls, including lockdowns, have disrupted production and dealt a heavy blow to private firms and the service sector, both major sources of job creation in China.
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China’s slowing economy ‘the biggest elephant in the room’, Kevin Rudd says
- Former Australian prime minister says China is dealing with ‘self-inflicted’ problems, including ‘poor policy choices’
- Rudd also says Beijing appears to have pulled a U-turn in its ‘common prosperity’ drive, saying the term has all but vanished as part of an economic course correction
China’s risks ‘tilted to downside’, economic slowdown ‘most severe’ since 2020 Topic | China's economic recovery
Surveyed urban unemployment rate came in at 6.1% in April, while the figure for 16- to 24-year-olds hit the highest ever recorded
- China’s Economic Data Falls Far Short of Expectations as ‘Zero Covid’ Hurts Output
- Small Businesses Suffer as Lockdowns Cut Revenue, Cash Flow
The city will embark on a three-phase plan this week that will gradually lift restrictions that have kept residents under strict lockdown for nearly two months
- In Depth: The Troubling Balancing Act Facing Shanghai’s ER Doctors
- Shanghai Aims to Stop Community Spread, Ease Rules by May 20
The Chinese economy is slowing down markedly, as strict lockdowns send big cities into hibernation.
Reaching 1 million COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. is an indelible reminder of the awful toll that the disease has taken and continues to take.
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After less than 2½ years, U.S. COVID-19 death toll surpasses 1 million
'Nobody's allowed to leave': Inside Shanghai's brutal COVID lockdown
May 11, 2022 Sky News Australia
Shanghai resident and Dutch journalist Jaap Grolleman says it is hard to tell when the city's strict lockdown will end as the authorities are "very set" on achieving a COVID zero target. The populous Chinese city of Shanghai has had its lockdown tightened just as restrictions were set to be eased in some regions. Multiple districts in the city were issued notices ordering residents not to leave their homes or receive deliveries for at least a week. Terrifying footage has also emerged showing suspected COVID-19 positive residents being forced from their homes to be taken to quarantine facilities. The videos which circulated through Chinese social media have since been removed from some platforms. Mr Grolleman told Sky News host Andrew Bolt the lockdown has curtailed people's freedoms – with some more unlucky than others. He said the current policy in China requires positive cases and close contacts to isolate in a government quarantine facility. "The two top rules are like if you get infected you have to go to the quarantine camp and also nobody's allowed to leave your compound or apartment," he said. "The rules are absolutely not flexible and sometimes there's no place for any feelings in this."
Biden marks "tragic milestone" of 1 million American lives lost to COVID-19
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UPDATED ON: MAY 12, 2022 / 9:22 AM / CBS NEWS
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The country’s censors were defeated, for a while, as citizens kept uploading a “Voices of April” protest video gone viral.By Lily Kuo
- Shanghai’s covid siege: Food shortages, talking robots, starving animals
- China tries to cover lockdown strains on Shanghai’s front-line workers
The disruption reveals once again how overseas, poorly diversified supply chains are vulnerable to a global health crisis. Shortages have crippled the U.S. health system again and again during the pandemic.By Christopher Rowland
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By Adam Taylor
For decades, the world has depended on China as a massive factory floor and market. Now, as the country’s economic growth crumbles, the pain is spreading globally.
Virtual global Covid-19 summit yields US$3 billion in new funding
US President Joe Biden warns other nations there’s ‘still so much left to do’, as US marks 1 million coronavirus deaths.
EU dropping Covid-19 mask mandate for planes and airports
12 May 2022 - 3:05PM
Ending China’s Covid controls could lead to 1.5 million deaths, study says
Lockdowns have disrupted manufacturing and hurt consumer confidence, while surging material costs have taken a bite out of margins
- Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
- Chinese EV-Makers’ Deliveries Plunge as Lockdowns Hit Dealers, Plants
City is grappling with a flood of cancer patients and seniors for whom Covid is just one problem of many
- In Depth: The Troubling Balancing Act Facing Shanghai’s ER Doctors
- Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
China Says It Will ‘Strictly Restrict’ People From Entering or Leaving the Country
One million US deaths
May 10, 2022 Dr. John Campbell
1 million deaths this week, 100 million cases this fall and winter 1918 / 1919 At least 50 million worldwide 675,000 in the United States (Population 105 million) Mortality was high in Younger than 5 years old 20-40 years old 65 years and older
National Center for Health Statistics https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/index.htm
More than 1 million deaths Higher death rate than in any other major industrialized country https://www.medrxiv.org/content/medrx... Life expectancy, biggest drop since 1918 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/w...
Overwhelmingly unvaccinated Mostly old, low income, Black, Hispanic 2020 Heart disease, cancer, Covid Tracking the reach of COVID-19 kin loss with a bereavement multiplier applied to the United States (Pen State) https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas... 9 million who have lost a close relative Grandparent, parent, sibling, spouse, child US cases / infections Probably start to go down from late May BA.2.12.1 subvariant set to overtake BA.2 Cases may increase in the South over summer Biden administration 100 million infections fall and winter 2022 Waning immunity, vaccines and infections Variant immune escape Loosened restrictions Projections assume omicron and subvariants will continue to dominate community spread No dramatically different strain of the virus Seroprevalence of Infection-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies — United States, September 2021–February 2022 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/w... Convenience sample of blood specimens, for anti-N antibodies As of February 2022 18 to 49 years, 63.7% 50 to 64 years, 49.8% Over 65s, 33.2% Children and adolescents 75% of had serologic evidence of previous infection High infection rate for Omicron, especially among children. Should not be interpreted as protection from future infection Vaccination remains the safest strategy for preventing complications from SARS-CoV-2 infection COVID-19 Results Briefing, United States of America, April 7, 2022 https://www.healthdata.org/sites/defa... 76% of people in the US have been infected at least once as of April 4 Do not suggest a substantial BA.2 surge in the US But if we do, last for 3 weeks There is not sufficient evidence at this time that BA.2 spread warrants a broader push on a fourth booster, except in those at high risk. Pfizer and Moderna Working on new booster shots Combine different variants of the virus
Many of the city’s newly homeless are food-delivery workers facing a difficult choice: locked in without income or locked out with a job.
The rebound cases haven’t resulted in severe disease so far, but authorities are trying to determine why they happen, how often and how to handle.
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BioNTech completes Phase II trial of COVID-19 vaccine in China
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German developer’s mRNA-based Comirnaty shot is one of the most widely used worldwide, with data already showing its high efficacy
- China Clears Two More Homegrown mRNA Vaccines for Clinical Trials
- China Needs Better Home-Grown Vaccines to Beat Omicron, Expert Says
The lab has been accused of contributing to the spread of Covid-19 after a wrongly quarantined patient later developed the disease
- Omicron Drives Strong Profits for China’s Covid Testing Companies
- Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
Vietnam and Indonesia are reopening their economies, giving local manufacturers the edge as foreign companies diversify their supply chains
- Economists Explain Why Foreign Investment in China’s Manufacturing Hasn’t Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels
- Cover Story: Why Is China’s Powerful Export Engine Losing Steam?
Strict Covid rules leave the city’s emergency physicians weighing how to prevent infections while still saving lives
- Shanghai Reports Steep Rebound in Covid Cases as Citywide Testing Intensifies
- Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
Shanghai, Beijing tighten curbs over unrelenting COVID-19 outbreaks
May 9, 2022 CNA
Growing frustration in China as two of its largest cities tighten curbs over unrelenting COVID-19 outbreaks. On May 9, Shanghai saw a rebound in symptomatic infections, with over 300 recorded. Hundreds of sub-districts now face harsher restrictions, as authorities implement what they call "static management". Under this new measure, a standstill order is implemented even for areas that have achieved China's so-called "societal zero-COVID" goal. Meanwhile, downtown Beijing is also at a standstill, with all public transport services halted in the capital's most populous Chaoyang district.
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The shift away from mask mandates in blue cities and states has been months in the making, and they are not coming back even as cases of the highly transmissible BA. 2 coronavirus variant rise. By Fenit Nirappil
Economic toll of China’s latest virus outbreak ‘10 times’ worse than Wuhan
Coronavirus-driven disruptions to economic activity have affected 160 million people this year and cost 18 trillion yuan (US$2.68 trillion), a top economist says, more than 10 times the toll of the Wuhan outbreak in 2020.
Travellers trickle into Hong Kong, a crowd returns to Singapore
Compulsory hotel quarantine the main disincentive, sudden airline route bans ‘a nightmare’.
10 May 2022 - 8:10AM
Scientists in some countries question costly Covid-19 mass testing
Two years into the pandemic, health officials are questioning the merits of repeated, mass testing when it comes to containing infections, particularly considering the billions it costs.
Omicron less likely to result in long Covid among double-jabbed
The chance of twice-vaccinated adults infected with Omicron BA.1 strain having long Covid 4 to 8 weeks later was 50 per cent lower than those who had Delta.
10 May 2022 - 1:39AM
Another delay to BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine study in China
Phase 2 trial now not expected to end until October, according to clinical trial database.
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China’s big city plan for Covid testing just a 15-minute walk away
Local governments to provide loan discounts and subsidies for rent, utility bills and epidemic prevention costs as well as electricity and broadband discounts
- China’s Covid Outbreaks Take Bite Out of Local Economic Growth
- China Manufacturing Slump Deepens as Covid Curbs Bite, Caixin PMI Shows
American Chamber of Commerce survey finds widespread concern that ‘zero-Covid’ policies are damaging business and will lead to lower investment
May 10, 2022 05:20 AM
Cases down, long covid concerns
May 8, 2022 Dr. John Campbell
Symptomatic cases, UK https://covid.joinzoe.com/data https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jqds... https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/covid-... Down 27 % on the week Government figures 10 times lower UK R-value = 0.8 England, 0.8 Wales, 0.9 Scotland, 0.9. One in 27 people in the UK currently symptomatic BA.1 BA.2 symptoms BA.2 probably generate more mild symptoms BA.2 lower severity XE, not currently a big concern ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati... https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati... Cumulative percentage, tested positive, survey N = 535,116 27th April 2020 to 11th February 2022 70.7% in England (38.5 million people) 56.0% in Wales (1.7 million people) 72.2% in Northern Ireland (1.3 million people) 51.5% in Scotland (2.7 million people) Risk of reinfection 10 times higher in Omicron times (20 December 2021 to 20 March 2022) Compared with the period when the Delta variant was most common (17 May to 19 December 2021). Risk of death Risk of death involving Omicron variant was 67% lower than the Delta variant of COVID-19 Antibodies Self-reported long COVID 1.8 million people (2.8% of the population) As of 3 April 2022 73% symptoms at least 12 weeks 44% at least one year Features Fatigue, 51% Shortness of breath, 33% Loss of sense of smell, 26% Difficulty concentrating, 23% Symptoms adversely affected the day-to-day activities, 67%) In double-vaccinated people Self-reported long COVID was almost twice as common after Delta than after Omicron BA.1 infections Antibody levels https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/04/28/an... At or above the 179 ng/ml (16 and older) 98.8% in England 98.7% in Wales 99.0% in Northern Ireland 98.9% in Scotland Antibody level of 800 ng/ml 95.4% in England 95.6% in Wales 94.4% in Northern Ireland 94.7% in Scotland
Areas that previously fared better than much of the country are now under some of the most pressure.4 min read
China’s trade with the rest of the world withered in April as Covid-19 lockdowns shut factories and crippled supply chains, adding to signs of a broad slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy.
Hospitals Look to Raise Treatment Costs as Nurses’ Salaries Increase
Health insurers and employers are pushing back against requests to increase hospital prices by as much as 15%
By Melanie Evans May. 8, 2022 7:00 am ET
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Scientists are turning their attention to finding the rare individuals who have not yet contracted the coronavirus.
By Katie Shepherd and Joe Heim
By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Joel Achenbach
By Marc Fisher, Lizzie Johnson, Christine Spolar and Nick Aspinwall
Taiwan invited to Biden’s second virtual Global Covid-19 Summit
Technical changes to the way profits are booked and a shift in the sales model are also hitting earnings
- In Depth: China’s Tightening of Online Insurance Sales Starts to Bite
- China Life Misses Profit Estimates as Economy Drags on Sales
The suspension will apply only to a type of bond that requires buyers to be physically present at purchase, sources say
- China’s Top Leaders Reiterate Support for ‘Zero-Covid’ Strategy
- China’s Services Sector Slumps Further as Covid Battle Intensifies, Caixin PMI Shows
Widespread pandemic lockdowns disrupt production and logistics, threatening global supply chain restructuring away from China
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How traditional Chinese medicine is being used in the fight against Covid-19
May 7, 2022 South China Morning Post
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is being implemented by China as part of its Covid-19 response. Among various treatments based on TCM is Lianhua Qingwen, a capsule-based medicine originally developed in 2003 to treat severe acute respiratory syndrome, or Sars. Now, it is being used in Hong Kong and mainland China, handed out to local residents as a remedy for the coronavirus. But what is actually inside the capsules of Lianhua Qingwen and what does it do? The SCMP speaks to TCM practitioner Wendy Mak to find out.
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By Marc Fisher, Lizzie Johnson, Christine Spolar and Nick Aspinwall
By Eva Dou, Christian Shepherd and Lyric Li
Survey results of foreign companies at odds with city government claims that more than 70% of industrial firms had resumed operations
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Viral video of Shanghai mortuary workers’ discovery stirs outrage and allegations of negligence as authorities punish local officials
The government has been trying to get shots specifically into the arms of people over 60 for more than a year, yet the vaccination rate of this most vulnerable group has remained consistently low
- China Needs Better Home-Grown Vaccines to Beat Omicron, Expert Says
- Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
#RiskGroup #Diabetic #ZeroCovid
US: Over 1 million have died of Covid, 40% were diabetics | COVID-19 Special
May 6, 2022 DW News
For many countries the pandemic seems to be over, no pandemic regulations and life has gone back to "normal". China's zero-Covid policy on the other hand has left whole cities under strict lockdown, millions are stuck at home. In other parts of the world, like the US, at-risk groups are fearing for their lives. Almost 40% of Covid casualties were diabetics. In UK, the pregnant are advised to get the immunization shot.
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By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Joel Achenbach
China’s vaccination strategy initially prioritized the young, and now the elderly are the most unvaccinated segment of society, jeopardizing any effort to relax restrictions.
By Eva Dou, Christian Shepherd and Lyric Li
The rate of complaints about badly behaved airline passengers dropped to its lowest level in over a year the week after a judge voided the federal mask mandate, according to government data.
By Ian Duncan
China Briefing | China may never abandon zero-Covid publicly, but an easing is inevitable
Beijing eventually relented on its Big Tech crackdown and is likely to do the same with its virus suppression strategy. Just don’t expect a sudden change – too much political capital is at stake.
SCMP Columnist Wang Xiangwei 7 May 2022 - 10:45AM
Shanghai’s fine reputation in tackling Covid reduced to lesson on what not to do
Another Beijing district works from home to stop Covid spread
Technical changes to the way profits are booked and a shift in the sales model are also hitting earnings
- In Depth: China’s Tightening of Online Insurance Sales Starts to Bite
- China Life Misses Profit Estimates as Economy Drags on Sales
Economists disagree on cost of mandatory free testing as Nomura predicts 1.8% of GDP and a drag on growth while Goldman puts it at 0.2% and calls it stimulative
May 07, 2022 04:25 AM
Sales in the country boosted Andon Health’s profits by 375 times to $2.1 billion in the first quarter
May 06, 2022 08:28 PM
A million Americans have died from Covid-19 with more than half cremated
May 6, 2022 South China Morning Post
As the US surpasses 1 million deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic, its citizens are increasingly turning to cremation to handle funerals for the victims. Roughly 55 per cent of those dead were cremated, a process that has long been a more cost-effective way for managing death than burial. The average cost for cremation comes to just under US$7,000, or about US$1,000 less than a burial, according to the US National Funeral Directors Association.
World’s true Covid pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO – BBC News
May 5, 2022 BBC News
The Covid pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates. That is 13% more deaths than normally expected over two years. The WHO believes many countries undercounted the numbers who died from Covid - only 5.4 million were reported.
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How a Beijing residential compound lives through an Omicron lockdown
May 6, 2022 South China Morning Post
Beijing has been hit by a new wave of Covid-19 outbreak, with nearly 500 cases confirmed since April 23. One residential compound in eastern Beijing has been under lockdown since April 29 after someone tested positive for Covid-19. More than 3,000 households and over 10,000 people live in the compound. The community centre and volunteers have worked to ensure packages and groceries are sent to residents’ homes on time.
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The F.D.A. placed further restrictions on the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid vaccine, citing safety concerns.
Scientists are examining a possible link to an unexpected consequence of the coronavirus: impotence.
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Omicron Shows Challenge of Maintaining Immune Defenses
Recurring run-ins with a changing virus demonstrate the challenge of maintaining long-lasting defenses, even as Covid-19 vaccines and exposures build up protection against the virus’s worst outcomes.5 min read
That number is more than double the official toll because it includes excess deaths from other causes largely attributable to overburdened health systems.
By Katie Shepherd and Niha Masih
Coronavirus can develop resistance to drug remdesivir, lab tests show
The Olympic Council of Asia announces the event won’t take place as scheduled this September in the eastern city of Hangzhou
May 06, 2022 08:07 PM
Beijing vows to fight any speech that questions its virus strategy; European businesses cut China revenue projections for 2022; and U.S. regulators take aim at JD.com and Bilibili
May 06, 2022 06:13 PM
Can China preserve both its economy and its zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy?
It’s unclear how long China’s leaders can maintain their zero-COVID strategy without sacrificing the economic growth that is a bedrock of their rule.
Nearly 15 million deaths in the last two years were associated with COVID-19, WHO says
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Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, visits an L.A. vaccination site and discussed the next phase of getting Americans to get the COVID-19 shot.
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15 million excess deaths
May 6, 2022 Dr. John Campbell
Official reported deaths https://covid19.who.int Cases, 513,384,685 Deaths, 6,246,828 Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Mortality Assessment https://www.who.int/data/technical-ad...
Five working groups e.g. group one https://www.who.int/data/technical-ad...
Convened jointly by the WHO and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Methods used https://www.who.int/publications/m/it... https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/defaul... 14.9 million excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 https://www.who.int/news/item/05-05-2... Full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the pandemic That is, excess mortality 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 Range 13.3 million to 16.6 million Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General These sobering data not only point to the impact of the pandemic but also to the need for all countries to invest in more resilient health systems that can sustain essential health services during crises, including stronger health information systems Generate better data for better decisions and better outcomes Excess mortality Number of deaths that have occurred and the number expected (in the absence of the pandemic) Direct and indirect deaths (due to the pandemic’s impact on health systems and society) Health care systems overburdened Deaths averted during the pandemic Motor-vehicle accidents, occupational injuries Most of the excess deaths (84%) South-East Asia, Europe, the Americas High-income and low-income countries, 15% of total 14.9 m Low income countries, 4% of total 14.9 m Sex Male, 57% of total 14.9 m Female, 43% of total 14.9 m Dr Samira Asma, Assistant Director-General for Data, Analytics and Delivery, WHO Measurement of excess mortality is an essential component to understand the impact of the pandemic. Shifts in mortality trends provide decision-makers information to guide policies to reduce mortality and effectively prevent future crises. Because of limited investments in data systems in many countries, the true extent of excess mortality often remains hidden These new estimates use the best available data and have been produced using a robust methodology and a completely transparent approach Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall, Assistant Director-General for Emergency Response Data is the foundation of our work every day to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable. Need to track outbreaks in real-time, everywhere We know where the data gaps are Mr Liu Zhenmin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs The United Nations system is working together to deliver an authoritative assessment of the global toll of lives lost from the pandemic. This work is an important part of UN DESA’s ongoing collaboration with WHO and other partners to improve global mortality estimates Mr Stefan Schweinfest, Director of the Statistics Division of UN DESA Data deficiencies make it difficult to assess the true scope of a crisis, with serious consequences for people’s lives. The pandemic has been a stark reminder of the need for better coordination of data systems within countries and for increased international support for building better systems, including for the registration of deaths and other vital events.
New Covid-19 subvariants can reinfect Omicron-recovered patients, early studies find
May 6, 2022 South China Morning Post
A sudden rise in coronavirus cases in South Africa has scientists warning that two new subvariants can reinfect those who have recovered from a previous Omicron strain. The new variants, labelled BA.4 and BA.5, appear to be more transmissible than the already highly infectious parent strain of Omicron. But so far, these new variants do not appear to cause higher rates of serious illness.
COVID cases in Beijing prompt new restrictions | DW News
May 4, 2022 DW News
Beijing fears the same lockdown fate as Shanghai, with COVID cases cropping up across the Chinese capital. Meanwhile in Taiwan, the government is keen to serve as a contrast to its authoritarian neighbor.
Covid Killed About 1 Out of Every 500 People, WHO Report Shows
Despite a judge’s ruling that ended a federal mask mandate, officials continue to recommend that masks be worn on public transportation settings where large numbers of people congregate. By Lori Aratani
Activity in China’s services sector fell in April to its weakest level since the early days of the pandemic, according to one indicator, as Covid-19 lockdowns shut restaurants and stores and kept millions of people at home.
Exclusive | Covid-19 in China: University Games ‘set to be postponed for second time’
- The event, originally due to take place last year, had already been put back to late June
- Sources in Chengdu say promotional work has been stopped and volunteers stood down
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Shanghai children’s study finds shorter Covid-19 fever, fewer symptoms
Fudan University hospital researchers also say asymptomatic children may have contributed to the city’s widespread transmission.
Strict measures remain as new cases persist outside Shanghai quarantine zones
Shanghai recorded 34 new Covid-19 cases in non-quarantined areas, prompting a health official to reiterate the importance of fighting this ‘enemy within’ and appearing to quash hopes that a broader manufacturing restart was imminent.
Blinken tests positive for Covid-19 ahead of China policy speech
The top US diplomat is experiencing mild symptoms; President Biden, whom he has not seen in person for days, is not considered a close contact.
5 May 2022 - 6:32AM
New Covid-19 variants emerge, likely reinfecting Omicron survivors
Current data do not suggest BA.4 and BA.5 cause people to get sicker than earlier Omicron variants, but BA.4 and BA.5 do appear to be more transmissible.
Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
China Manufacturing Slump Deepens as Covid Curbs Bite, Caixin PMI Shows
New rules reflect characteristics of omicron Covid variant, which has a shorter incubation period and milder symptoms
- Beijing Postpones School Reopenings on Virus Concerns
- China Slashes Quarantines for Travelers in Covid Control Trial
Authorities are under pressure to better balance Covid control measures with the needs of business as the city’s Covid-19 outbreak takes a toll on the local economy
- Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
- China Manufacturing Slump Deepens as Covid Curbs Bite, Caixin PMI Shows
While China shores up stocks of imported food commodities and boosts domestic output, many of the world’s most food-insecure face a daunting future
- Soy Oil Soars to Record as Indonesia Expands Palm Export Ban
- China’s Covid Controls Are Disrupting Spring Planting
While Shanghai lifts Covid-19 restrictions ever so slightly by resuming courier services and allowing some residents to briefly leave their residences, Beijing steps up measures to stem the pandemic. The capital has suspended public transport in many areas and advised people to work from home. Fifty local cases were reported in Beijing on Wednesday
May 05, 2022 07:21 PM
Shanghai begins easing strict Covid restrictions as cases fall - BBC News
May 4, 2022 BBC News
After more than a month of strict lockdown in the Chinese city of Shanghai, authorities have begun gradually easing Covid restrictions. The number of new cases is falling, but thousands of people remain in government-run quarantine facilities. Shanghai's leaders believe the outbreak has been contained. A mass clean-up operation is under way, with an army of workers disinfecting the city's streets. Enforcement of Covid restrictions in China has been harsh at times, with some communities fenced off and barricaded inside their homes to reduce the spread of the virus.
Some companies are warning that Covid-19 lockdowns are denting sales, disrupting operations and adding a strain that could be felt well into the summer.
China’s Labor Day Tourist Spending Plummets on Covid Curbs
Despite a judge’s ruling that ended a federal mask mandate, officials continue to recommend that masks be worn on public transportation settings where large numbers of people congregate.By Lori Aratani
By Emily Fagan
Coronavirus testing across China could cost 1.7 trillion yuan a year
- Dalian and Zhengzhou are the latest municipalities to announce full-scale testing efforts beginning this week, and more may follow after end of Labour Day holiday
- Additional costs are expected to put further pressure on local authorities and municipal coffers that are already being strained by measures to boost China’s slowing economy
China censors more economists after critical takes on zero-Covid
Covid-19 now endemic in Hong Kong, expert says; city reports 313 new infections
Professor David Hui from Chinese University warns however that a small rebound in cases could still occur from in-person classes resuming at schools.
Shanghai to greenlight more manufacturing as Covid-19 cases fall again
As cases fell in both the quarantined and low-risk zones, the municipal government issued updated guidelines on Tuesday night that invite companies to apply to resume production if they can comply with virus-control rules.
Beijing outbreak ramps up pressure on China’s economic momentum
Beijing’s rush to contain an outbreak in the capital with mass testing and tough restrictions is putting further strain on China’s economic growth momentum, with the city largely quiet over the five-day Labour Day holiday.
4 May 2022 - 9:54AM
NFTs preserve Shanghai’s Covid-19 lockdown record from China censorship
In a cat-and-mouse game with censors, some residents are turning to blockchain where data cannot be erased.
Authorities are under pressure to better balance Covid control measures with the needs of business as the city’s Covid-19 outbreak takes a toll on the local economy
- Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
- China Manufacturing Slump Deepens as Covid Curbs Bite, Caixin PMI Shows
While China shores up stocks of imported food commodities and boosts domestic output, many of the world’s most food-insecure face a daunting future
- Soy Oil Soars to Record as Indonesia Expands Palm Export Ban
- China’s Covid Controls Are Disrupting Spring Planting
City dials back masking rules and extends dining hours as Chief Executive Lam declares return to ‘normal life’
May 04, 2022 03:11 AM
Shanghai residents under Covid lockdown protest against lack of food
May 3, 2022 South China Morning Post
Shanghai has been under lockdown for more than a month as authorities try to contain the spread of Covid-19. But many people complain the food and supplies provided by the government have not been enough. Some residents have staged balcony protests to demand officials provide more essentials since they are unable leave their homes
While China shores up stocks of imported food commodities and boosts domestic output, many of the world’s most food-insecure face a daunting future
- Soy Oil Soars to Record as Indonesia Expands Palm Export Ban
- China’s Covid Controls Are Disrupting Spring Planting
While Shanghai has since allowed some auto factories to reopen, it will take time for output to return to normal, Caixin has learned
Lockdowns in China are seen eroding demand from the world’s largest commodity consumer.
More than two years after it first spilled into humans, the virus continues to change its structure and chemistry in ways that confound efforts to bring it fully under control. By Joel Achenbach
Hong Kong Speeds Reopening at Bars, Beaches as Covid Eases
Xi’s Power ‘Not Shaken Yet’ by Anger at Covid Zero, Taiwan Says
Taiwan cuts Covid-19 quarantine for arrivals even as cases rise
Omicron’s short incubation period and need to maintain pandemic prevention capacity among reasons behind ‘new Taiwan model.
New Zealand welcomes back tourists – but not from India or China
The country reopened on Monday to about 60 visa-waiver countries, including Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. Most tourists from India, China and other non-waiver countries are still not allowed to enter.
2 May 2022 - 6:51PM
Six in firing line after elderly patient blunder sparks new Covid horror in Shanghai
Widely circulated video shows moment morgue workers realise patient is still alive as they load body bag into van.
2 May 2022 - 10:09PM
Affluent Beijing district set for new round of Covid tests from Tuesday
China’s capital reported 41 cases on Monday as it introduces measures to stop the spread for residents returning from Labour Day holiday.
2 May 2022 - 7:45PM
Mystery liver disease kills three children in Indonesia
China censors more economists after critical takes on zero-Covid
Beijing shames Covid rule-breakers as tests begin for 20 million residents
A viral video shows an elderly patient being loaded into a hearse into a body bag.
Visitors from 60 countries can now enter the Pacific nation which had sealed its borders since March 2020.
Why is China still aiming for zero Covid? - BBC News
May 1, 2022 BBC News
In many parts of the world most Covid restrictions are gone, but in China zero Covid remains the strategy. Health officials in the country believe if they give up now, their efforts would have amounted to nothing, but attempts to become zero Covid keep cities such as Shanghai in lockdown. The BBC's Ros Atkins takes an in-depth look into why China is doubling down on it's zero Covid policy.
Italy, Greece Relax Covid Restrictions Ahead of Peak Tourist Season
Shanghai Nursing Home Resident Wrongly Sent to Morgue While Still Alive
‘Words can’t describe’: Asia’s Muslims mark 1st Eid after Covid curbs eased
Millions of Indonesians rejoiced at the return of the tradition of homecoming after two years of subdued festivities, as Muslims in Malaysia filled bazaars and shopping malls.
2 May 2022 - 1:04PM
Affluent Beijing district set for new round of Covid tests from Tuesday
China’s capital reported 41 cases on Monday as it introduces measures to stop the spread for residents returning from Labour Day holiday.
Tourists rejoice as Italy, Greece relax Covid-19 restrictions
As of Sunday, visitors to Italy no longer have to fill out the EU passenger locator form, and Greece’s civil aviation authority announced that it was lifting all Covid-19 rules for international and domestic flights.
2 May 2022 - 8:09AM
April deliveries at Tesla’s Chinese rivals fall as Shanghai locks down
Shrinking deliveries at Nio, Li Auto and Xpeng are dragging on their attempts to catch up with the industry’s bellwether Tesla for supremacy in the world’s largest market for automobiles and smart EVs.
2 May 2022 - 9:00AM
Residents in the districts of Jinshan, Fengxian, Chongming, Qingpu, Songjiang and Putuo can move freely inside the regions, with some conditions
- Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
- Analysis: How the Lockdowns Imperil Shanghai’s Pharma Valley
Some disease control measures imposed recently in Chinese cities are clear violations of the law, and their consequences go well beyond upsetting the public
China’s financial, logistics and manufacturing giant struggles to get back on its feet as Covid lockdowns snarl logistics and restrict the workforce
- China Slashes Quarantines for Travelers in Covid Control Trial
- Large-Scale Lockdowns Could Take a Heavy Toll on China’s Economy, Study Says
In a viral video on Sunday, a voiceover from what appears to be a witness alleges that funeral home staff returned the senior resident to the nursing home, as the elderly person was found to be still alive
May 02, 2022 08:39 PM
Commercial photographer Qin Xiao focuses his lens on the variety of overalls people have worn on the streets of Shanghai, as part of efforts to showcase the diverse dressing styles of city dwellers. For this series, his subjects are typically people in their work attire. The 34-year-old photographer has been engaged in street photography since 2011, and held several exhibitions on the theme of ‘Senior Fashion Hub,’ a series on fashionable senior citizens.
May 02, 2022 05:44 PM
While a traditional recession of two straight quarters of contraction remains unlikely for the country, economists see worrisome signs of a spell of slower growth.
California coronavirus cases rising. Is a new wave coming?
The increase coincides with a loosening of COVID-19 restrictions such as mask mandates and vaccine verification rules as well as the rise of new subvariants.
Residents locked inside homes with wires and bolts due to Covid-19
May 3, 2022 South China Morning Post
To prevent residents from leaving their flats during lockdown, some pandemic workers used wires and iron bolts to barricade the doors from the outside in northern China’s Hebei province.
The personal toll of Shanghai's covid-zero approach | The World
May 2, 2022 ABC News (Australia)
China's commercial capital, Shanghai, has reported 58 new coronavirus infections outside of its lockdown areas, placing the country's covid-zero future under heightened scrutiny. Some residents have faced stay-at-home restrictions for more than two months, leading to food supply shortages and public backlash. China director at The Economist Intelligence Unit, Mattie Bekink is still in lockdown, and tells The World the restrictions have taken a personal toll.
Beijing tightens restrictions as China sticks to zero-COVID policy | DW News
May 1, 2022 DW News
The five-day May Day holiday is usually one of China's busiest travel periods. But a resurgence of the coronavirus is expected to keep people at home. Authorities in Beijing are tightening COVID-19 restrictions to contain an outbreak in the city. Meanwhile in Shanghai, residents are losing patience after being cooped up at home for more than a month in China's largest lockdown.
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The latest increase in Covid-19 infections hasn’t sparked a commensurate surge in severe illness, even as risks remain. Hospitalizations, though muted, are edging higher.
Beijing has escalated Covid restrictions but it is still stopping short of a lockdown.
Loss of Pandemic Aid Stresses Hospitals That Treat the Poor and Uninsured
Guangzhou becomes second Chinese city to open pet quarantine centre
The facility for animals whose owners have been quarantined opened earlier this month with the help of a company that operates a similar service in Shenzhen.
Calls for Hong Kong to drop Covid flight suspension rule, while cases fall to 300
Professor David Hui cites sufficient hotel facilities and waning wave of local infections.
Taiwan says it will not follow mainland China’s ‘cruel’ Covid lockdowns
Premier Su Tseng-chang says the island will stick to its plan to gradually ease restrictions as most cases show mild or no symptoms.
1 May 2022 - 11:39AM
Singapore’s nightlife is returning, but first jobseekers need to show up
As the city state relaxes its pandemic rules, there has been a flurry of reopening in the F&B sector and operators are on a hiring drive, creating stiff competition for talent.
30 Apr 2022 - 12:00PM
Shanghai Allows More Companies to Resume Operations
Some disease control measures imposed recently in Chinese cities are clear violations of the law, and their consequences go well beyond upsetting the public
China’s financial, logistics and manufacturing giant struggles to get back on its feet as Covid lockdowns snarl logistics and restrict the workforce
- China Slashes Quarantines for Travelers in Covid Control Trial
- Large-Scale Lockdowns Could Take a Heavy Toll on China’s Economy, Study Says
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Authorities in Beijing impose strict covid curbs | Shanghai officials ease curbs | World News
May 1, 2022 WION
Beijing authorities are now imposing strict covid-19 curbs, they are ramping up measures to control the spread of the virus. However, Shanghai officials ease covid curbs because no cases have been reported outside quarantine areas.
Pot-banging Shanghai residents protest over strict lockdown measures - BBC News
Apr 29, 2022 BBC News
Residents have been banging pans and shouting from windows of their homes in protest against the government-enforced lockdown in Shanghai, China. The Chinese government has been pursuing a zero-Covid strategy since the beginning of the pandemic, with the aim of keeping the country entirely Covid free. Criticism of the government is rare in China, but some residents living in strict lockdown have said they have struggled to access food supplies. Others have been temporarily evacuated from their homes so they can be disinfected.
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China defends 'dynamic zero' COVID policy amid rising concerns of more outbreaks
Apr 29, 2022 CNA
China has defended its "dynamic zero" COVID policy amid rising concerns of more outbreaks across the country. Top health officials have insisted the measures are in line with pursuing economic progress. Beijing is shutting more businesses while frustration grows in Shanghai over a month-long lockdown. A single case has prompted mass testing in Hangzhou and Guangzhou. China has identified nearly 15,700 new cases, mostly in Shanghai. However, some 12 million residents from lower-risk areas can now leave their homes.
China Briefing | China’s lockdown dramas show Beijing must learn to trust its people
If the CCP wants to continue enjoying a high degree of faith by Chinese nationals, officials need to lock up their paranoia amid the Omicron wave of Covid-19.
SCMP Columnist Wang Xiangwei 30 Apr 2022 - 9:30AM
Taiwan sees cases surge – but few deaths – as it moves away from zero-Covid
The island’s health authority said 99.7 per cent of cases recorded this year were asymptomatic or showed mild symptoms.
30 Apr 2022 - 11:00AM
Beijing doubles down on testing to keep Covid at bay after holiday
Test results will determine whether people can go back to school or work in Beijing.
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Shanghai’s Covid cases near month low, but pandemic still at ‘critical stage’
Although Shanghai’s new Covid-19 cases hit a near-month low on Saturday, city government officials indicated they are not yet ready to ease restrictions in mainland China’s financial capital.
China’s zero-Covid policies leave citizens living abroad feeling cut off
The difficulty and expense of arranging flights and quarantine mean many overseas Chinese have been unable to see their families for more than two years
29 Apr 2022 - 9:27PM ‘
Pandemic has to be contained, economy should be stabilised’, says Beijing
With large-scale lockdowns of major cities taking a heavy toll on the economy, China’s Politburo touches on ways it will address headwinds and uncertainties.
29 Apr 2022 - 5:33PM
Explainer | What it’s like living through lockdown in China
In 2022, China has entered a period of frequent and localised lockdowns in pursuit of the national “dynamic zero Covid” policy, what it is like living through lockdown in China?
29 Apr 2022 - 11:05AM
Some disease control measures imposed recently in Chinese cities are clear violations of the law, and their consequences go well beyond upsetting the public
China’s financial, logistics and manufacturing giant struggles to get back on its feet as Covid lockdowns snarl logistics and restrict the workforce
- China Slashes Quarantines for Travelers in Covid Control Trial
- Large-Scale Lockdowns Could Take a Heavy Toll on China’s Economy, Study Says
Supply chain disruption caused by lockdowns has made it increasingly difficult for companies to maintain production, survey shows
Apr 30, 2022 09:45 AM
By Laurie McGinley and Carolyn Y. Johnson
The pandemic’s toll is no longer falling almost exclusively on those who chose not to get shots, according to a Post analysis, as the elderly and immunocompromised have a harder time dodging contagious strains.
By Fenit Nirappil and Dan Keating
A contraction in China’s factory and service-sector activity worsened for a second straight month, as strict lockdowns in dozens of cities shut down production and pummeled consumer spending.
Incoming Chief Executive John Lee focuses on other issues in a policy speech as businesses seek a clear road map to removing Covid-19 border restrictions.
Fenit Nirappil and Dan Keating, Washington Post
Why does China still have a zero-Covid lockdown strategy? - BBC News
Apr 28, 2022 BBC News
Covid lockdowns in China remain the strategy to deal with outbreaks of cases, whereas the majority of other countries have scrapped most restrictions. Beijing authorities are trying to stamp out an outbreak with mass testing and avoid a repeat of the city-wide restrictions that have kept Shanghai in lockdown for a month. Despite the measures, on top of tightly-controlled Chinese social media, videos have emerged of protests against lockdowns, such as in Shanghai. Meanwhile, long queues outside supermarkets and shops were seen despite government assurances there is sufficient food. The BBC's Ros Atkins explains how the country decided on its approach.
Baiyun International Airport will continue to serve domestic cargo and international routes
Apr 29, 2022 07:47 PM
Chinese center for developing, testing and making advanced medicines may lose customers and experience a brain drain amid Covid restrictions
Financial hub’s daily Covid infections subside; business booms for virus testing companies; and the latest on Richard Liu’s U.S. legal battle
Apr 29, 2022 06:08 PM
In its fervor to fight Covid-19, China has gone all out with a now-familiar protocol of mass testing and lockdowns. It now has to worry that many of its elderly and most vulnerable citizens haven’t gotten vaccinated.
Covid-19 fears halt China-North Korea border rail crossings
49 more Covid-19 cases in Beijing ahead of May Labour Day holiday
Lockdown fears spark panic buying but while strict controls are in place the city’s advice is not to travel.
Explainer | What it’s like living through lockdown in China
In 2022, China has entered a period of frequent and localised lockdowns in pursuit of the national “dynamic zero Covid” policy, what it is like living through lockdown in China?
29 Apr 2022 - 11:05AM
Covid-19 nucleic test database reunites estranged father and son after 8 years
An estranged father and son have reunited in an unlikely way after they had not spoken for more than 8 years after fighting over the son’s online gaming addiction.
Hong Kong Covid cases must drop more before contact tracing resumes, expert says
Health officials reported 366 Covid-19 infections on Friday, including 14 imported cases, and 11 additional deaths.
China’s zero-Covid policies leave citizens living abroad feeling cut off
By Dan Diamond
Shanghai, now nearing its fifth week of an asphyxiating lockdown, is the latest showcase of China’s relentless “zero covid” policy. By Ishaan Tharoor
A year after losing her father to Covid, Indian journalist Barkha Dutt writes on coping with loss and regret.
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Shanghai lockdown has global ripple effect, EU firms start to feel China's shipping delay | DW News
Apr 27, 2022 DW News
Shanghai - China's most populous city and commercial hub - has been in a strict lockdown for about a month. Residents are only allowed to leave their homes in a few parts of the city. And while the port has been in operation, many exports are not leaving Shanghai because port workers and truck drivers, who transport the goods to and from the port are also affected by the lockdown. Right now, around a third of the 1,800 container ships stuck in the world, are in or around Shanghai. The city's hard lockdock is affecting global supply chains. Many companies, which produce in China, haven't been getting their goods and parts for nearly three weeks. It takes between 5 and 8 weeks for these container ships to make it from China to Germany so businesses here and elsewhere in Europe, are just starting to feel the problems. Meanwhile there's a plan underway to isolate dock workers, in an attempt to keep the Shanghai port operational.
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China sticks to strict border rules as Beijing steps up Covid controls
Immigration authority pledges to maintain ‘highest levels’ of prevention and control for inbound or outbound travellers.
Chinese authorities vow to crack down on Covid price gougers
The public security ministry made the pledge as the number of cases in the capital continues to grow.
28 Apr 2022 - 6:11AM
Actor’s death in quarantine sparks call for review, Hong Kong logs 413 Covid-19 cases
Kenneth Tsang Kong’s family declines to comment on whether the 87-year-old had been given timely medical help at quarantine hotel. Officials also report second case of Omicron sublineage BA.5.
China urged to be ‘more precise, scientific’ with virus policy to aid economy
China’s pandemic controls should be more fine-tuned to prevent damage to the economy, advisers say, as local officials are prioritising containment over growth.
Beijing may fine-tune its Covid policy gradually if met by staunch public resistance or severe economic losses, but when and how this change could occur remains the biggest macro uncertainty
Apr 28, 2022 07:49 PM
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Apr 28, 2022 07:01 PM
China’s biggest oil refiner reported its net income in the first-quarter grew 24% to $3.6 billion
Apr 28, 2022 04:44 PM
State Council adds to sweeping guidelines issued Monday for bolstering the economy, offering tax and insurance cost relief for micro, small and medium businesses
Apr 28, 2022 04:19 AM
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Beijing conducts second round of COVID 19 mass testing
Apr 27, 2022 CNA
Millions of people in Beijing's largest district of Chaoyang on Wednesday (Apr 27) took their second COVID-19 test in a week as the Chinese capital tries to keep an outbreak of dozens from spiralling into a crisis. CNA’s Olivia Siong finds us how the process has been for residents.
Covid-19 reinfections are more common and can happen within a shorter window than doctors previously thought possible.
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Officials cautioned the data does not indicate people have protection against the virus going forward.
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By Lily Kuo
Before Washington’s “nerd prom,” many are calculating the risks versus benefits of attending during a pandemic.
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New Zealand’s Covid border rules, quarantine lottery were unlawful: court
The quarantine process did not allow personal circumstances to be sufficiently considered or prioritised and stripped citizens of their right to return home, the High Court in Wellington ruled on Wednesday.
27 Apr 2022 - 3:51PM
Shanghai’s Covid-19 cases drop for fourth day amid plans to ease lockdown
While Shanghai recorded its lowest daily number of new cases since April 5, Beijing added a record number of new infections amid heightened concerns that a severe outbreak is developing.
Long Covid: UK study finds one in four feels fully recovered a year later
Women, obese patients and those who were mechanically ventilated even more vulnerable to long-lasting symptoms, according to paper published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
27 Apr 2022 - 6:00AM
What do we know about the new Omicron Covid-19 mutant spreading in the US?
A descendant of the super-contagious ‘stealth’ strain, BA.2.12.1 was responsible for nearly 30 per cent of new US cases last week.
27 Apr 2022 - 6:40AM
Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
Shanghai Reports Steep Rebound in Covid Cases as Citywide Testing Intensifies
As anti-pandemic restrictions batter the economy, earnings growth could drop by 2 to 5 percentage points, analysts estimate
Apr 27, 2022 06:10 PM
Mass testing is underway in Beijing’s 12 districts as the capital battles an outbreak of Covid-19. On Tuesday, the local government added eight Covid-19 risk zones and reported 34 local cases. Authorities have closed multiple cultural venues, including the renowned Yonghe Temple and the National Centre for the Performing Arts, to prevent large public gatherings
Apr 27, 2022 04:18 PM
The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite index in New York closed at its lowest level since late 2020.
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China shifts focus from Shanghai to Beijing as COVID-19 infections rise
Apr 26, 2022 CNA
China is shifting its focus from Shanghai to Beijing amid rising COVID-19 infections in the capital. Authorities are racing to stamp out the spread, expanding testing to about 20 million people. Beijing residents have continued to stock up on food and other essentials amid growing concerns that the capital could be placed under a strict lockdown.
‘It feels like prison’: Shanghai resident chronicles chaos of China’s Covid quarantines
Apr 26, 2022 South China Morning Post
Shanghai resident Kumi Wu was already recovering from a sore throat when she received the order to quarantine at a makeshift Covid-19 hospital in Shanghai’s Pudong district. The 26-year-old began recording her experience entering a system stretched thin by the city’s ongoing lockdowns amid its worst coronavirus outbreak. It took three days of being confined to chaotic and unsanitary transit centres before she finally was able to reach the quarantine hospital, where she still remains as of April 24, 2022.
COVID in China: Lockdown preparations amid questionable medical treatments | DW News
Apr 26, 2022 DW News
Beijing has ordered mass coronavirus testing for nearly all of its 21 million residents. Only 70 cases have been found in China's capital since last Friday. Beijing health authorities insist the virus can still be brought under control. But the testing order has sparked panic buying of food and other basics over fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown. Shanghai authorities have gone out of their way to distribute millions of capsules of a drug, they claim, helps in the treatment of COVID-19. Lianhua Qingwen is a traditional Chinese medicine capsule that has been backed by the government as an important drug in the fight against COVID 19. Scientific evidence is still inconclusive on the effectiveness of such treatments. And now there is outrage over their distribution in a city, where many residents don't have access to food.
Foreign businesses in Chinese capital keep wary eye on Covid cases
- Mass testing under way across most of Beijing and people told to stay at home
- Lockdown in Shanghai sent shock waves through the communities in Beijing, EU business leader says
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Shanghai struggles to keep supply chains open amid Covid-19 lockdown
Local governments in Shanghai and neighbouring provinces, where supply chains have been disrupted by Beijing’s strict ‘dynamic zero’ Covid-19 policy, are struggling to keep supply chains open for car and chip makers.
26 Apr 2022 - 8:30PM
Singapore returns to ‘almost normal’ life with no group limits, less scanning
All residents can now gather in large groups and stop using the TraceTogether app at most places in the city state, which also axed pre-departure Covid tests.
26 Apr 2022 - 11:08AM
Fallout from Shanghai lockdown weighs on Hong Kong manufacturers
Businesses have been forced to adjust their outlooks because of delays resulting from China’s zero-Covid ambitions, but ‘transport isn’t stopping’.
26 Apr 2022 - 3:45PM
China shifts focus to Beijing’s record Covid cases as Shanghai crisis eases
Shanghai’s battle with Omicron offers valuable lessons for Beijing’s nearly 22 million residents, who have already begun hoarding food and essential supplies in anticipation of a citywide lockdown.
26 Apr 2022 - 7:50PM
About 75% of U.S. teens and adolescents have been infected.
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Shanghai’s Lockdown Missteps Undermine Financial Hub Ambitions
Expats are ditching the city, jeopardizing efforts by local authorities to lure “high-end” foreign talent.
The Biden administration plans to expand access to free treatments that can help Covid patients avoid hospitalization.
Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangdong and Jiangsu reported a slower rate of growth in the first quarter against the country’s 4.8% GDP expansion
Apr 26, 2022 06:42 PM
China’s capital city sets out to test most of its 22 million residents for Covid after 70 new infections appear since April 22
Apr 26, 2022 06:16 AM
Shanghai Reports Steep Rebound in Covid Cases as Citywide Testing Intensifies
By Lily Kuo
Many people have struggled to get Paxlovid pills amid the latest wave of infections driven by the highly transmissible omicron subvariant BA.2. By Yasmeen Abutaleb
Authorities have handed out millions of doses of Lianhua Qingwen, a traditional Chinese medicine.
COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing stokes lockdown fears, sparks panic buying
Apr 25, 2022 CNA
Fears of a strict COVID-19 lockdown in China's capital has sparked panic buying. Mass testing is underway in Beijing's largest district, Chaoyang, which has 3.5 million residents, after a spike in infections. Several residential compounds have been placed under lockdown. Beijing has detected 29 new infections, and case numbers are expected to rise. On social media and WeChat, lists of recommended items to stock up on were circulated, even as officials and Chinese media sought to reassure residents that supplies are sufficient.
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Beijing residents stocked up on essentials in anticipation of a possible lockdown as China’s capital began mass Covid-19 tests of people living or working in the city’s Chaoyang district.
The pandemic’s overall toll has been concentrated among the elderly, especially those in nursing homes. Black and Hispanic populations also have experienced disproportionate mortality rates.
South Korea has downgraded Covid-19 from the country’s riskiest category of infectious disease, a first step toward treating the virus more like the seasonal flu.
Though only a few dozen cases have been discovered, some areas in Beijing have already been locked down and there is mass testing. By Lily Kuo
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25 Apr 2022 - 9:30PM China’s Covid-19 outbreak worsens as Shanghai’s death toll soars
There was no end in sight to Shanghai’s 24-day lockdown on Monday morning, after the deaths of 138 people since the latest outbreak began in the mainland’s commercial capital on March 1.
25 Apr 2022 - 7:38PM
China’s capital city sets out to test most of its 22 million residents for Covid after 70 new infections appear since April 22
- Beijing Starts Mass Covid Testing as It Imposed Lockdowns
- Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
China’s financial, logistics and manufacturing giant struggles to get back on its feet as Covid lockdowns snarl logistics and restrict the workforce
- Shanghai Reports Steep Rebound in Covid Cases as Citywide Testing Intensifies
- Shanghai Supermarkets Begin to Reopen, Though Covid Curbs Keep Many Staff at Home
Asian markets under pressure as Covid lockdown fears fuel sell-off
Apr 25, 2022 CNBC Television
China stocks sold off overnight after officials in Beijing warned that Covid has spread in the city undetected for a week. CNBC's Chery Kang joins 'Squawk Box' to report.
There has been panic-buying in the capital’s supermarkets as residents brace themselves for further restrictions
- Cover Story: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting
- Shanghai Reports Steep Rebound in Covid Cases as Citywide Testing Intensifies
China’s financial, logistics and manufacturing giant struggles to get back on its feet as Covid lockdowns snarl logistics and restrict the workforce
- Shanghai Reports Steep Rebound in Covid Cases as Citywide Testing Intensifies
- Shanghai Supermarkets Begin to Reopen, Though Covid Curbs Keep Many Staff at Home
Concern sparked about the ability of centralized quarantine facilities to accommodate vulnerable patients; China’s new futures law; and Hong Kong to open up to nonresidents
Apr 25, 2022 07:43 PM
Beijing is racing to control the spread of the virus with mass testing and tightened restrictions, after several infections were detected in the city Sunday. The local government locked down multiple compounds and required people who live and work in Chaoyang district to take three rounds of Covid-19 tests within the week. Following the announcements, residents were seen stockpiling groceries in supermarkets in preparation for a potential lockdown
Apr 25, 2022 06:42 PM
Fears of economic impact spread on news of lockdowns in Beijing
Apr 25, 2022 06:38 PM
Workers for certain businesses have been allowed to commute in the Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone, which hosts the Apple supplier’s facility
Apr 25, 2022 05:14 PM
Gallery: Beijing Braces for Battle With Covid
Covid-19 tests limits of Shanghai hospitals as very ill, elderly infected
Infectious diseases expert Zhang Wenhong says treatment of coronavirus patients presenting with comorbidities strains medical resources.
Covid-19 panic buying hits Beijing as biggest district begins mass tests
Chaoyang district residents rush to stock up over fears of shortages as recently seen in locked down Shanghai.
China’s Covid-19 outbreak worsens as Shanghai’s death toll soars
There was no end in sight to Shanghai’s 24-day lockdown on Monday morning, after the deaths of 138 people since the latest outbreak began in the mainland’s commercial capital on March 1.
Crowds in old Delhi celebrate Ramadan for the first time in the Covid era
The streets around the Jama Masjid mosque in the Indian capital’s old quarter are thronged with Muslims celebrating the holy month of Ramadan publicly for the first time in three years.
25 Apr 2022 - 12:49AM
Hong Kong logs 431 Covid-19 cases, minister admits to ‘gaps’ in pandemic work
Number represents three-quarters of public workforce, with civil service chief admitting there has been ‘gaps and delays’.
Disaster or zero-Covid? China has no choice, top health official says
Head of coronavirus expert panel says low vaccination among the elderly and a lack of medical care means the country can’t take a risk against Omicron.
24 Apr 2022 - 9:00PM
China’s capital ramps up testing to halt a “menacing and stealthy” outbreak, while deaths surge in the country’s financial capital and cases flare up in tech hub Hangzhou.
China’s Spreading Outbreak Stokes Fear of Beijing Lockdown
April 24, 2022
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Shanghai extends COVID-19 lockdown | DW News
Apr 22, 2022 DW News
The ongoing lockdown in Shanghai could disrupt the country's economy and threatens international supply chains.
Beijing shot back at criticism of its strategy, at a time when the US and other governments are dropping restrictions and trying to live with the virus.
China’s policy of lockdowns, coupled with low vaccination rates among older people, hasn’t been effective during the highly contagious Omicron wave. “Every hospital is now a mess.”
Airlines are hopeful that easing mask rules will tamp down on in-flight conflicts. Now, they must decide what to do with thousands of passengers who were banned after breaking mask rules during the pandemic.5 min read
Shanghai Covid Cases Bounce Back as Strict Lockdown Persists
NYC Covid Cases Are Starting to Drop in Hopeful Sign for Latest Wave
The latest surge complicates government efforts to prevent virus spread and dashes hopes of gradual lifting of a strict lockdown
- Shanghai Pledges Stricter Oversight of Pandemic Supplies After Complaints of Rotten Food
- In Depth: Shanghai Residents Organize Themselves to Survive Lockdown Chaos
The scrapping of restrictions brings the nation close to a pre-pandemic sense of normalcy
Apr 23, 2022 04:52 PM
Under the new rules, travelers will take a rapid Covid test at the airport, and those who are negative can head to a designated quarantine hotel for seven days
Apr 23, 2022 04:48 PM
Pandemic-fighting measures cause first contraction in two years, city reports as officials push for resumption of production by local businesses
Apr 23, 2022 04:40 AM
Farmers in Northeast China are finding it hard to begin cultivation due to restrictions on their movement
Apr 22, 2022 08:28 PM
Regulator vows to improve oversight of pandemic supplies; Tibet builds makeshift Covid hospitals; and the court battle of a debt-ridden commodity giant
Apr 22, 2022 04:56 PM
Families plan for long-delayed reunions as foreigners set to return to Hong Kong
Pandemic expert says ‘possibility of huge rebound’ in infections reduced by local population’s immunity levels, sufficient supply of quarantine facilities.
23 Apr 2022 - 9:28PM
‘Happy day’: Singapore to drop Covid-19 tests for fully-vaccinated visitors
Currently, those travelling to the city state are required to take a pre-departure test two days before arrival, but this rule will be axed from April 26.
23 Apr 2022 - 1:30PM
Hong Kong to allow foreigners to fly into city starting next month
City will also relax threshold for suspending incoming flights carrying infected people starting on May 1.
23 Apr 2022 - 2:47PM
Chinese family lies about whereabouts, but they were in same Covid-19 hospital
A nurse in China lied to her parents about working with Covid-19 patients, and her parents lied about catching the coronavirus. Then they landed in the same Covid-19 hospital.
22 Apr 2022 - 6:00PM
Resentment over the handling of Covid-19 is feeding a view that the city would be better off on its own. In New York, an activist has a flag ready.
‘No time to rest’: Shanghai grocery store prepares over 3,000 packages daily for locked-in residents
Apr 21, 2022 South China Morning Post
A supermarket manager in Shanghai and her over 40 staff have been hunkering down inside the Carrefour store they work at for nearly three weeks, delivering more than 3,000 orders of groceries and essentials to locked-down residents every day. “Basically, there’s no time to rest,” said Carrefour branch manager Zhang Wei, who sleeps on her office floor and wakes up at 5am to start her day. Nearly all of the city’s 25 million residents have been locked in their homes since the start of April and officials say there’s still no end in sight and restrictions will remain in place. On April 20, 2022, 441 cases were reported outside quarantined areas, up from 390 a day earlier.
The Monday decision provided the latest example of how an individual jurist — and a single lawsuit, seemingly filed in the right place at the right time — can alter the course of public policy and affect the lives of millions.By Yasmeen Abutaleb, Hannah Sampson and Ann E. Marimow
A new analysis shows that tens of thousands of Americans could have lived had they been vaccinated. By Philip Bump
The city health department cited “decreasing hospitalizations and a leveling of case counts. ”By Michael Rubinkam | AP
The moves come after more than a year of developing deterrence measures for bad behavior. By Lori Aratani
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Travellers with baggage at Jewel Changi Airport mall in Singapore to drop all Covid-19 tests for fully vaccinated travellers
- Currently, those travelling to the city state are required to take a pre-departure test two days before arrival but this rule will be dropped from April 26
- Domestically, more Covid-19 restrictions will also be relaxed from next Tuesday, almost bringing Singapore back to how things were before the pandemic
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‘A betrayal of China’? Debate over TCM Covid-19 remedy turns political
Complaints lodged after Chinese health platform publishes an article saying the traditional medicine has no effect in preventing infection.
Chinese family lies about whereabouts, but they were in same Covid-19 hospital
A nurse in China lied to her parents about working with Covid-19 patients, and her parents lied about catching the coronavirus. Then they landed in the same Covid-19 hospital.
Zero-Covid could ‘wipe out international schools’ in China, BritCham warns
A BritCham survey of more than 200 businesses finds that the turnover rate among teachers in the 2022-23 school year could surpass 40 per cent as it becomes harder to recruit foreign talent.
22 Apr 2022 - 10:03AM
Boris Johnson to face ‘partygate’ lying probe over breach of Covid-19 rules
British lawmakers agree to launch an investigation into whether the prime minister misled parliament over Downing Street gatherings that broke lockdown rules.
22 Apr 2022 - 11:25AM
Rich Shanghai residents use luxury shopping bags to collect Covid-19 tests
As Shanghai started a citywide Covid-19 test, some residents took the opportunity to flash some wealth and hang shopping bags from luxury brands on their doors.
Logistics delays and problematic suppliers have left neighborhood authorities distributing spoiled produce to residents
- Shanghai Warns Food Suppliers Against Pandemic Profiteering
- With Shanghai’s Locked-Down Residents in Need of Fresh Food, Online Grocers Struggle to Deliver
Regulator vows to improve oversight of pandemic supplies; Tibet builds makeshift Covid hospitals; and the court battle of a debt-ridden commodity giant
Apr 22, 2022 04:56 PM
The high-frequency testing push came after two suburban districts reported no new positive cases, a sign that the city’s outbreak might be on a downward trend
Apr 22, 2022 04:05 PM
Can China Afford The Cost Of Zero-COVID? | Money Mind | Shanghai Lockdown
Apr 20, 2022 NA Insider
As lockdown continues in China's most populous city Shanghai, how long can Beijing hold on to its Covid-zero strategy? And how will the restrictions in China's economic and financial hub impact the rest of Asia?
The city allows the EV-maker to restart production as it works to get industrial operations back up and running
- Top Automaker SAIC Moves to Resume Production in Shanghai
- Shanghai Gives Green Light for Key Manufacturers to Set Up Production Bubbles
Logistics delays and problematic suppliers have left neighborhood authorities distributing spoiled produce to residents
Apr 21, 2022 07:57 PM
Drivers are being held up in a web of quarantine controls that has led to long queues and disruptions of deliveries
Apr 21, 2022 06:45 PM
Investment bank cuts its full-year growth forecast from 4.3% to 3.9% due to rapidly worsening high-frequency data for April and logistics problems
Apr 21, 2022 04:11 PM
Shenzhen Component Index closed down 2.7%
Apr 21, 2022 03:03 PM
Remote western region follows central government order responding to omicron emergency even though it hasn’t recorded a case in 810 days
Apr 21, 2022 06:36 AM
Tesla’s China factory running at half capacity, highlights hurdles Shanghai faces
- Giga Shanghai’s inventory of components can support just a week’s worth of production, sources say
- It will take Shanghai-based carmakers such as Tesla some time to fully restore their supply chains and run at full capacity: analyst
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Rich Shanghai residents use luxury shopping bags to collect Covid-19 tests
As Shanghai started a citywide Covid-19 test, some residents took the opportunity to flash some wealth and hang shopping bags from luxury brands on their doors.
Shanghai’s top health official hospitalised as lockdown takes its toll
Wu is not the only local official to have buckled under the stress of maintaining a citywide lockdown in Shanghai, now entering its third week, which has strained supply chains and led to seething public anger.
20 Apr 2022 - 7:30PM
Not business as usual: labour crunch looms for Hong Kong operators after Covid curbs
Many operators have had employees change jobs or switch industries during coronavirus shutdown.
20 Apr 2022 - 9:00PM
Backlash in wake of Chinese student’s expulsion after parents hid travel history
A city reversed the decision by its education department to expel a student after his parents did not report that they had travelled as per local Covid-19 regulations.
20 Apr 2022 - 3:09PM
Uncertainty about who should get a a fourth shot and when reflects the confusion about boosters that has dogged the government’s campaign. By Joel Achenbach and Carolyn Y. Johnson
As the city implements severe restrictions amid a Covid-19 outbreak, transport of goods into one of China’s biggest manufacturing and export hubs has almost ground to a halt.
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How Covid shut down Shanghai
Apr 14, 2022 South China Morning Post
Since the Covid-19 pandemic started in 2020, Shanghai had enjoyed huge success in balancing infection control and quality of life. Mass screening and lockdowns were a rare sight in China’s most populous city. But that success story came to an abrupt end when the Omicron variant outpaced the city’s responses in March 2022.
Xi Moves to Stop Shanghai Covid Rage From Sweeping Across China
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The respiratory virus, which has been among the top causes of U.S. hospitalizations for decades, is one of the last remaining childhood diseases without an approved vaccine.26 min read
Mutual aid groups have stepped up to make up for official shortfalls, organizing food deliveries and other kinds of help for the city’s locked-down millions
- Shanghai to Ease Strict Lockdown Measures for Covid-Free Areas
- Cover Story: Shanghai Fights a New Covid Enemy With Old Weapons
Inventories hit a two-year peak amid disruptions in construction and transportation, leading to a slump in steel and iron ore futures
Apr 15, 2022 07:25 PM
North China’s Shanxi province has tightened restrictions to get a handle on a growing Covid-19 outbreak. Cities including Taiyuan and Yuncheng locked down some areas and imposed traffic control measures as multiple cases were detected among express delivery workers. The province reported 54 local cases on Thursday
Apr 15, 2022 07:18 PM
‘Speechless’: health worker’s death amid Shanghai lockdown sparks online furore
‘China’s Motown’ is paralysed as Shanghai’s lockdown idles plants
Shanghai finds a record 3,200 cases showing Covid-19 symptoms
Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan instructed local authorities on Thursday to close any “loopholes,” after the Chinese president doubled down on his government’s pursuit of a dynamic zero-Covid goal.
15 Apr 2022 - 12:42PM
Shanghai’s forgotten elderly trapped without food, essential medicine
More than any other group the lack of access to healthy regular food and essential medicines has hit the City of Shanghai’s large elderly population especially hard.
15 Apr 2022 - 10:09AM
South Korea to remove most curbs as ‘lives return to normal’
From next week, limits on private gatherings will be scrapped and there will be no social distancing rules except for wearing masks.
15 Apr 2022 - 11:30AM
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Deciphering the mood of Shanghai’s locked-down residents demands filtering through an ocean of outrage, frustration and despair about their lives stuck in limbo.
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Clashes in Shanghai, China, over Covid lockdown evictions – BBC News
Apr 15, 2022 BBC News
Video has emerged of clashes between police and people being forced out of their homes in Shanghai, as the city enters a third week of Covid lockdown. Some residential compounds are being turned into quarantine centres. Millions are confined to their homes as Shanghai battles a fresh outbreak of the virus. Anyone who tests positive is placed in quarantine. But with more than 20,000 new cases a day, authorities are struggling to find enough space.
Shanghai residents struggle for medicine, food
Apr 14, 2022 Associated Press
Millions of Shanghai residents remain confined in their homes even after authorities began easing lockdown restrictions. Access to food and medicine remain scarce, as distribution and supply chains are frozen with couriers and other key workers under quarantine. (April 14)
China is likely 'dramatically undercounting' Covid cases, says Dr. Scott Gottlieb
Apr 13, 2022 CNBC Television
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner and CNBC contributor, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss China's growing Covid-19 outbreak and the country's stringent lockdown in Shanghai
China’s economy is paying a price as lockdowns restrict nearly a third of its population.
Pfizer said that in a trial of children ages 5 to 11, its booster shot strengthened immune responses. Here’s the latest on Covid.
The companies said they intend in coming days to request authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a booster shot for the age group. By Carolyn Y. Johnson
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Leaking roofs latest embarrassment for China’s hastily built isolation centres
Shanghai’s residents are now more afraid of being taken to the notorious fangcang isolation camps than they are of the virus itself.
Covid-19 still a global emergency, WHO experts warn
Many nations are relaxing public health and social measures and drastically reducing testing for the virus, even as it evolves in an unpredictable way.
14 Apr 2022 - 4:22AM
China was the world’s biggest Covid-19 vaccine exporter. Not any more
Shipments have dropped off this year, and analysts say it’s partly due to the availability of other vaccines with better efficacy data – but also because there is less demand.
14 Apr 2022 - 6:00AM
Lingang makes home purchases easier to boost Covid-ravaged Shanghai
China’s property easing measures have reached Shanghai, the site of its worst Covid-19 outbreak, as Beijing tries to bolster the world’s second-largest economy.
Shanghai’s symptomatic Covid-19 cases soar to 2,573 as Xi doubles down
Mutual aid groups have stepped up to make up for official shortfalls, organizing food deliveries and other kinds of help for the city’s locked-down millions
- Shanghai to Ease Strict Lockdown Measures for Covid-Free Areas
- Cover Story: Shanghai Fights a New Covid Enemy With Old Weapons
The move to gradually ease restrictions comes as daily infections fall below 1,300 and follows the moderate relaxation of the city’s travel quarantine
Apr 14, 2022 02:57 PM
Mainland is already unhappy with the city’s decision to shorten the period to one-week, said a local lawmaker and deputy to the National People’s Congress
Apr 14, 2022 02:54 PM
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Shanghai Residents Face Food Shortages Amid Strict Covid Lockdowns | WSJ
Apr 14, 2022 Wall Street Journal
As Shanghai remains locked down amid China’s biggest Covid-19 outbreak, residents are taking to social media to vent about a shortage of food or they're bartering with neighbors. Anxiety and hunger are prompting many to question Beijing’s pandemic strategy. Photo: Chinatopix Via AP
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Shanghai vows punishment for lockdown violators as the city continues to fight Covid outbreak
Apr 14, 2022 South China Morning Post
Shanghai authorities have backed away from their plan to relax lockdown measures in the city as daily Covid-19 infections remain high. China’s biggest commercial city added 27,719 new coronavirus cases according to data released on April 14, 2022, bringing the city’s total infections to 280,000 since March 1. Residents in low-risk areas with no infections in the past 14 days can move around within their compound but are still barred from venturing out onto the streets. Apartment blocks and compounds in the highest-risk zones remain sealed off and residents are not allowed to leave their homes. The Shanghai police department has also banned cars from the roads apart from those involved in pandemic prevention work or transporting people in need of emergency medical treatment. On April 12, the Shanghai police warned that anyone who violates lockdown rules will be dealt with strictly.
Shanghai at center of COVID-19 outbreak in China | DW News
Apr 12, 2022 DW News
Shanghai is entering its third week in lockdown as part of China's battle to contain its biggest COVID-19 outbreak ever. Many residents are troubled by existential concerns: the fear of hunger. The radical curbs have put a squeeze on supplies of food and essential necessities for the city of 26 million people.
Mutual aid groups have stepped up to make up for official shortfalls, organizing food deliveries and other kinds of help for the city’s locked-down millions
- Shanghai to Ease Strict Lockdown Measures for Covid-Free Areas
- Cover Story: Shanghai Fights a New Covid Enemy With Old Weapons
The Shanghai-based EV specialist says virus-control restrictions have forced several of its parts suppliers to suspend operations
With a new wave of Covid-19 flare-ups, the country will need to strive harder to hit its full-year GDP growth target of around 5.5%
Apr 13, 2022 08:17 PM
A month-long closure of the country’s four largest cities could shrink national GDP by 8.6% for the period, economists predict
Apr 13, 2022 06:31 PM
After recovering, many Shanghai patients are unable to return home; suppliers ordered not to take advantage of the financial hub’s food shortage; and top academic library ends up in a copyright scandal
Apr 13, 2022 05:38 PM
Suzhou authorities say the city will impose restrictions based on varying risk levels, as more than 400 local infections have emerged since March 10
Apr 13, 2022 05:12 PM
Extended pandemic lockdowns by automakers weighs on demand as rising supplies work to stabilize the market
Apr 13, 2022 06:28 AM
Tesla's Shanghai Shutdown Threatens to Crimp Car Production
With China offline and Tesla’s newest plants in Austin and Berlin just beginning operations, the number to watch for the quarter will be Tesla’s production figure.
China prepares for hit to export machine as virus curbs weigh on imports
Strict coronavirus control measures like lockdowns have rippled through port operations and economic activity in China and will likely ‘show up with a lag’ in exports, experts say.
Shanghai stretched to breaking point under dynamic zero-Covid
As the financial powerhouse battles to control infections, its 25 million people and the country’s economy are paying a high price.
13 Apr 2022 - 10:28AM
4.2 per cent rise in food prices at Hong Kong supermarkets amid fifth wave
Consumer Council tracks cost of 90 grocery items across 11 categories at three major chains.
No home isolation for China’s mild Covid-19 cases, health official says
Even asymptomatic patients risk spreading the disease or becoming badly ill, Wu Zunyou says.
13 Apr 2022 - 8:00AM
Shanghai’s Covid-19 lockdown horizon extended by another record day of cases
Shanghai residents race to buy fridges, freezers storage to survive lockdown
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Shanghai threatens to punish COVID-19 lockdown violators as infections soar
Apr 13, 2022 CNA
Shanghai authorities have threatened to punish people who breach the city's COVID-19 lockdown rules. The police have warned residents not to spread false information, or to forge road passes in order to go out for their daily supplies. Nearly 26 million people are under lockdown. Residents have been battling to secure food delivery slots, and many have been forced to pay exorbitant prices for necessities. Shanghai reported over 26,000 new COVID-19 cases on April 13. Meanwhile, some locals and expatriates are leaving Shanghai.
China is not using Covid lockdowns to build immunity, says Dr. Scott Gottlieb
Apr 11, 2022 CNBC Television
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner and CNBC contributor, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss China's response to a spike in Covid-19 infections in Shanghai.
Shanghai hit by food shortages in Covid lockdown - BBC News
Apr 12, 2022 BBC News
Shanghai is in a strict lockdown after a surge in Omicron cases. People in the city are confined to their homes, and most have to order in food and water and wait for government drop-offs of vegetables, meat and eggs. Restrictions in some areas of the city have started to ease amid mounting pressure on the authorities. China is the world’s only major economy that is pursuing the aim of total elimination of Covid-19.
Shanghai and Guangzhou are among those launching four-week pilot programs in which residents are subject to shorter isolation requirements under certain circumstances
- Shanghai to Ease Strict Lockdown Measures for Covid-Free Areas
- Shanghai’s Neighbors to Host Covid Close Contacts as Quarantine Centers Overflow
One resident said vegetable prices had doubled, while the market watchdog announced it has already punished some suppliers
- Shanghai Port Tightens Container Truck Rules Amid Covid Surge
- Shanghai to Ease Strict Lockdown Measures for Covid-Free Areas
Queues of vessels carrying raw materials jump to 477 waiting to enter ports as Covid-19 containment efforts cause shortages of truckers and other workers
Apr 12, 2022 04:37 AM
Shanghai dithers in easing lockdowns, even in ‘low-risk’ areas
Authorities are taking no chances with the highly transmissible Omicron variant, ordering another round of testing – at least the seventh time in as many days – in the highest “lockdown zones.”
Hong Kong researchers invent device to spot Covid in 40 minutes
The new method is said to be more accurate than rapid tests while faster than PCR examinations.
The State Department ordered the departure of all nonemergency U.S. Consulate staff and their families as the city’s health authorities announced more than 23,000 new daily infections.
Philly was early to testing wastewater, but the program ended and the city has fallen behind.
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Fears of lockdown in China's Guangzhou as COVID-19 outbreak grows
Apr 11, 2022 CNA
Growing fears that a COVID-19 lockdown will be imposed in China's Guangzhou. The city has shut schools and is tightening travel curbs to keep the coronavirus at bay. Guangzhou has reported a few dozen cases, compared to more than 26,000 in the financial hub of Shanghai. Guangzhou health authorities have indicated that the small number of cases could be just the tip of an iceberg, given the high transmissibility of the Omicron variant. According to state media reports, all districts in Guangzhou have taken measures to ensure sufficient supplies of daily necessities.
'We are starving': Shanghai residents protest largest Covid lockdown in the world
Apr 11, 2022 CNN
As Covid-19 cases spread, the third largest city in the world is on lockdown. CNN international correspondent David Culver reports from his apartment in Shanghai about the conditions inside the world's largest lockdown. #CNN #News
The Chinese leader's comments come as infections rise and residents complain of food shortages.
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Shanghai lockdown: What could China’s zero Covid policy mean for the world economy? - BBC Newsnight
Apr 11, 2022 BBC News
China is ramping up its zero Covid policy as 23 cities and 200 million people are under full or partial lockdown in China. Shanghai, the country’s leading financial hub, went into lockdown on the 28th March and public services are in chaos. What are the barriers for China getting out of this? And what impact will this have on not only China, but the world economy?
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Shanghai Has Recorded More Than 130,000 Covid Cases—and No Deaths
With 25 million people in lockdown, Shanghai has reported no deaths and says currently only one case is severe.
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At-home confinement will be lifted for those in residential communities that have been Covid-free for the previous seven days as anger mounts over access to food and medical care
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Couriers and volunteers are racing to distribute food in Shanghai to ease a shortage for residents under lockdown for Covid-19. More couriers have returned to work during the past weekend as e-commerce and food delivery platforms like JD.com have joined the fight against the virus. The city launched a new round of citywide mass testing over the past two days. It tested more than 25 million people, 25,000 of whom had results outside the norm, Shanghai officials said
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Shanghai lesson sees Guangdong taking zero chances with zero Covid
Tech hub Shenzhen and factory base Guangzhou launch mass screenings and tighten travel restrictions to keep virus at bay.
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China’s foreign firms decry ‘rapidly mounting’ costs of zero-Covid measures
Shanghai calls 7,565 areas ‘low-risk’ as it eases citywide lockdowns
Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan has been in Shanghai for more than a week to oversee the anti-pandemic fight, as China’s top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan said the city was “unprepared” for the latest outbreak.
Queen Elizabeth says Covid-19 left her ‘very tired and exhausted’
The monarch spoke of serious fatigue in a video call with health workers and patients at a London hospital.
11 Apr 2022 - 12:12PM
‘Switch from Sinovac to BioNTech shots for Hong Kong’s elderly care home residents’
German-made BioNTech offers more effective protection in a shorter span of time, says Patients and Healthcare Professionals Rights Association.
11 Apr 2022 - 12:01AM
Shanghai lockdown spurs race to stockpile food across China
Reports of food shortages in the country’s commercial capital have prompted a flurry of interest in what essentials to hoard.
10 Apr 2022 - 9:05PM
Taiwan puts in order for Pfizer antiviral pill as Covid-19 cases rise
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Door-to-door vaccine services for housebound elderly and disabled residents in Hong Kong
Apr 9, 2022 South China Morning Post
A social services group is working with a medical professionals group to offer door-to-door home vaccinations for elderly and disabled patients who can't leave their residences. The Hong Kong Council of Social Service and the Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong aim to inoculate 10,000 residents. The scheme comes as the government tries to boost the vaccination rate among the elderly amid a fifth Covid-19 wave. Over 95 per cent of the more than 8,300 Covid-related deaths recorded in the fifth wave were aged at least 60.
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Shanghai lockdown: Millions face food shortages as China continues zero Covid policy | ITV News
Apr 8, 2022 ITV News
Weeks after the UK government announced its priority was protecting the most vulnerable while we 'live with Covid', leaders in China are attempting to rid the country of the virus. In their pursuit, as we reported on Wednesday, the major financial hub of Shanghai has been forced into a strict lockdown. Around 26 million people are currently quarantined within the city, but cases have continued to grow from 3,500 when the lockdown began to more than 21,000 today. While the Chinese government's plan to stamp out Covid appears to be faltering, the residents of Shanghai feel the brunt of this new government policy.
Ocean County, a predominantly white and middle-class community, also has low vaccination rates.
With 25 million people in lockdown, Shanghai has reported no deaths and says currently only one case is severe.
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As government agencies cast off pandemic protections, many immunocompromised and disabled people feel forgotten.
Experts say U.S. suspension of COVID aid will prolong pandemic
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China hits back at US over Covid-19 travel alert
American authorities have issued a warning over the risk of parents and children being separated in China.
Shanghai releases thousands of Covid patients, but infections keep rising
The city recorded almost 25,000 infections on Sunday, the ninth straight day of rising case numbers.
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Chinese premier weighs fresh support for Covid-hit economy
Various international and domestic emergencies have exceeded expectations, Li Keqiang says.
9 Apr 2022 - 8:33PM
Shanghai wasn’t ready for Omicron, respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan says
City did not grasp the nature of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant, he says.
9 Apr 2022 - 6:22PM
At-home confinement will be lifted for those in residential communities that have been Covid-free for the previous seven days as anger mounts over access to food and medical care
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Apr 8, 2022 CNBC Television
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China Covid Crisis: New surge in Asymptomatic covid-19 cases, Shanghai lockdown extended
Apr 5, 2022 WION
There is no end to end in sight to the lockdowns in china's economic hub of shanghai. On Monday, the city reported a record 13,000 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases, the lockdown was originally set to end today but following the surge in cases the lockdown has now been extended until further notice.
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Hong Kong Covid Tally Remains Stable Amid City-Wide Self Testing
By Eric Yoder
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Xi Jinping looked to ease China’s zero-Covid strategy until the highly contagious variant forced a return to strict lockdowns. He faces a dilemma other world leaders hope their countries never see again.
The end of some government policies to reduce the cost of tests is sparking concern among health experts about tracking and treating Covid-19 infections.
Shanghai wasn’t ready for Omicron, respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan says
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Shanghai to relax some lockdown restrictions as Covid-19 infections continue to rise
Authorities in Shanghai will conduct a new round of mass Covid-19 testing, the results of which will help to determine new zoning classifications in the city.
Locked down Shanghai residents risk punishment, sneaking out to barter for food
Shanghai residents go back to a cashless economy; trading for food and essentials including everything from garlic to sanitary napkins as the city of 25 million remains locked down.
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8 Apr 2022 - 10:26PM
Shanghai’s symptomatic cases soar as city rewrites records for seventh day
Health authorities are taking no chances, even if the vast majority of the infections – daily symptomatic cases were in triple digits – showed no symptoms, and there had been no fatality in the current wave.
8 Apr 2022 - 7:13PM
Chinese capital tightens Covid controls as cases spread across country
The municipal authorities have introduced their strictest measures since early 2020, including more curbs on arrivals and wider quarantine regulations.
8 Apr 2022 - 11:58AM
Why is Hong Kong’s Covid-19 death rate so high? Breaking down the fifth wave numbers
The city, which hosts one of the country’s top container ports, reported two symptomatic cases and an asymptomatic one for Friday
Apr 09, 2022 01:27 PM
At-home confinement will be lifted for those in residential communities that have been Covid-free for the previous seven days as anger mounts over access to food and medical care
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Executives at European Chamber of Commerce say containment measures are obstructing supply and hindering delivery of products overseas
Apr 08, 2022 09:16 PM
Community group buying provides a lifeline for some, but a shortage of workers is leaving food undelivered
Apr 08, 2022 09:15 PM
Strain of Shanghai’s COVID lockdown tests China’s zero tolerance resolve
Study: Omicron is less severe than Delta & recovery is 3.3 days quicker | World English News | WION
Apr 8, 2022 WION
A study suggests that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is less severe than Delta and the recovery is 3.3 days quicker.
Menni et al.The Lancet Published:April 07, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00327-0
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Manufacturers including suppliers to Apple and Tesla are struggling to keep some of their China operations going as extended and widening Covid-19 lockdowns choke off supplies and clog up truck routes and ports.5 min read
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Eventually, even Apple may not be immune to the logistical mess now afflicting parts of the country.
Closed-loop system aims to keep goods moving as international shippers report significant disruptions from city’s measures to control pandemic flare-up
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More venues are being converted into makeshift hospitals across the country amid the rising omicron wave. In Shanghai, workers are racing against time to set up beds for Covid-19 patients. In Shenzhen, the first makeshift care center for pets separated from their owners due to the pandemic opened Sunday. National health authorities said on March 22 that each province should set up at least two to three makeshift hospitals to battle the outbreak
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Shanghai’s symptomatic cases soar as city rewrites records for seventh day
Health authorities are taking no chances, even if the vast majority of the infections – daily symptomatic cases were in triple digits – showed no symptoms, and there had been no fatality in the current wave.
Slower, less reliable, more expensive: Hong Kong-China trade hit by Covid curbs
Trade between China and Hong Kong has been reduced as the various coronavirus restrictions have increased delivery times and costs.
Chinese capital tightens Covid controls as cases spread across country
The municipal authorities have introduced their strictest measures since early 2020, including more curbs on arrivals and wider quarantine regulations.
8 Apr 2022 - 11:58AM
Party tells grass roots ‘dare to show our swords’ in Shanghai Covid fight
An open letter to members does not openly address residents’ frustrations but tells them to ‘go deep into the grass roots and masses’ to serve the people’s needs.
7 Apr 2022 - 8:00PM
Brutal killing of pet corgi by pandemic worker angers China
People in China are furious after a video emerged of a pandemic prevention worker killing a corgi after its owners were sent to quarantine.
8 Apr 2022 - 10:40AM
Even billionaires can’t find milk and bread during lockdowns it seems
COVID-19: Shanghai social media unpicks China's Covid lockdown story
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A clumsy lockdown of Shanghai is testing the “zero-covid” strategy
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Shanghai extends lockdown for 26 million residents | DW News
Apr 6, 2022 DW News
26 million people confined to their homes - and no end in sight. Following a public uproar Shanghai officials have now allowed parents to stay with children infected with COVID-19. But the full lockdown, which started in parts of China's largest city, has been extended.
Shanghai adds 19,982 Covid-19 cases on sixth day of record numbers
Shanghai has reported 114,000 cases since the latest wave of outbreaks started on March 1, raking up more cases in a month than the previous two years combined.
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China is in the grip of an Omicron wave, but about 70 per cent of cases reported in March have not had any symptoms.
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The city changes course after public uproar over a policy that separated Covid-positive children from their parents
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City residents find a channel to voice growing frustration as Beijing sticks to its war at all costs against the pandemic.
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Scientific innovations sparked by the pandemic | COVID-19 Special
Apr 4, 2022 DW News
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We Cannot ‘Boost Our Way Out’ Of The Covid Pandemic, Experts Warn
Apr 4, 2022 Forbes Breaking News
U.S. officials greenlit second booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines last week in an effort to bolster waning immunity ahead of a potential surge of cases driven by the infectious BA.2 omicron subvariant, but experts question whether everyone even needs a fourth shot or if regular boosting is a sustainable strategy to manage the coronavirus long-term.
COVID-19 outbreak ‘extremely grim’ as Shanghai extends lockdown of 26 million people
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Shanghai Avoided Covid Disaster for Two Years. Now We’re Locked Down.
April 5, 2022
That's according to a study from Denmark, one of the countries first hit by the omicron variant.
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US embassy says it’s taking concerns over Covid curbs to Chinese officials
The city changes course after public uproar over a policy that separated Covid-positive children from their parents
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Shanghai's 26 million residents still locked down after 13,000 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases detected
Apr 5, 2022 CNA
All of Shanghai's 26 million residents remain under lockdown, following a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases. Authorities have extended restrictions in the financial hub, shutting it down indefinitely. A mass testing blitz has uncovered over 13,000 asymptomatic infections. As the city-wide lockdown enters its second week, public anger is growing over the draconian measures. At least 38,000 military and healthcare workers have been deployed to Shanghai. It's China's biggest public health response since the outbreak in Wuhan.
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Slight easing in Shanghai’s Covid-19 child separation rules, sources say
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CanSino and CSPC candidates for Covid vaccines join Walvax-led group testing advanced technology as government presses to expand its arsenal
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Financial hub reports over 13,000 cases as the tightly locked-down city launches mass testing of 25 million residents
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As cases start to rise, Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole said "now is the time to start taking precautions."
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China deploys People’s Liberation Army in Shanghai to aid Covid-19 crisis
Apr 4, 2022 South China Morning Post
As Shanghai continues its uphill battle against Covid-19, China has deployed 2,000 medics from the People’s Liberation Army and thousands of medical teams from around the country to help contain the outbreak.
China sends in military to help with Shanghai’s COVID-19 outbreak
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Federal health officials said those 50 and older could get the shot, while stopping short of recommending it.
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China’s financial capital reported more than 9,000 Covid cases on what was meant to be the final day with the restrictions.
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China’s playbook of lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines can’t keep up with BA.2 variant as city experiences shortages of food and medical care
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Virus control policies should give consideration to science, market and information transparency, and truly put lives above everything else
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Images and videos posted on social media showed dozens of young children hospitalized in crowded wards and hallways, with no parents in sight Apr 03, 2022 05:34 PM
U.S. FDA grants priority review to Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised adults April 4, 2022
- If approved, Actemra/RoActemra would be the first U.S. FDA-approved immunomodulator for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised patients
- Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than one million people hospitalised with COVID-19 have been treated with Actemra/RoActemra worldwide1
- Actemra/RoActemra is approved for the treatment of COVID-19 in many territories including the European Union
- Roche has established a comprehensive access approach to improve availability of Actemra/RoActemra around the world
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Amid COVID-19 battle, China discovers new Omicron subtype
Apr 4, 2022 WION
Chinese authorities say a patient was discovered with a new Omicron subtype in Suzhou in east China's Jiangsu province near Shanghai.
China's Covid-19 Crisis Grows With New Cases Surging
Apr 3, 2022 Bloomberg Markets and Finance
Shanghai reported 9,006 daily Covid cases for Sunday as the city begins a new round of mass tests on Monday. The lockdown of its financial hub intensified amid the surge in new cases and reports of new sub-strains of the omicron variant emerging as clusters flare nationwide. Yvonne Man reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia."
Shanghai locks down western bank of Huangpu River as Covid fight continues in China’s biggest city
Apr 1, 2022 South China Morning Post
After the March 28-31, 2022, lockdown on Shanghai’s Pudong area was lifted, the second phase of the city’s coronavirus lockdown got under way. Starting April 1, the stay-at-home orders were applied to Puxi, the city’s western half, in a bid to stem the worst outbreak of Covid-19 infections so far in the Chinese metropolis.
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Images of small children separated from their parents in locked-down Shanghai have led to outrage.
Shanghai orders Covid tests for all 25 million residents
What is the XE Omicron hybrid and should we be worried about it?
Images and videos posted on social media showed dozens of young children hospitalized in crowded wards and hallways, with no parents in sight
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Most of the 25 million people in China’s largest city are now confined to their homes as original two-phased containment plan struggles to combat worst-ever outbreak
Apr 02, 2022 08:11 PM
Service fees for transporting goods to the city are up by more than 50% on average, source says
Apr 01, 2022 09:18 PM
The city of 25 million, once a model in China’s anti-Covid fight, is battling to treat, transfer and manage all its patients and close contacts
Apr 01, 2022 09:14 PM
China orders millions in Shanghai to shelter in place as COVID cases surge
Apr 1, 2022 PBS NewsHour
Shanghai is under lockdown Friday, as COVID cases continue to surge in China’s financial capital. It is the most severe measure by the Chinese government to isolate and tract infections since it shut down the city of Wuhan after the virus broke out in 2020. William Brangham reports.
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Coronavirus pandemic: Shanghai residents frustrated by food shortages, prolonged lockdowns
Apr 1, 2022 FRANCE 24 English
Shanghai residents voiced growing frustration on Friday at confusion over a week of snap Covid-19 lockdowns, taking to social media to complain about food shortages and bewildering stay-at-home orders.
Entire Shanghai Placed Under Lockdown
China Lockdowns Cost at Least $46 Billion a Month, Academic Says
By Marina Lopes
Bipartisan negotiators are seeking to redeploy previously approved pandemic aid to pay for vaccines, treatments and testing.
Shanghai tells hospitals to reopen emergency wards
A series of incidents, including a nurse who died after being refused treatment at her own hospital, have triggered a public backlash.
Families of Hong Kong Covid victims urge hospitals to prioritise most vulnerable
China Briefing | Foreign vaccines, self-test kits could help China optimise its Covid policy
State media criticised Paul Krugman for his assessment that China’s zero-Covid policy was failing during current outbreak due to less effective mainland vaccines and government mistrust.
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Most of the 25 million people in China’s largest city are now confined to their homes as original two-phased containment plan struggles to combat worst-ever outbreak
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Service fees for transporting goods to the city are up by more than 50% on average, source says
Apr 01, 2022 09:18 PM
The city of 25 million, once a model in China’s anti-Covid fight, is battling to treat, transfer and manage all its patients and close contacts
Apr 01, 2022 09:14 PM
Now is the time to get a second COVID booster shot, L.A. County says
Another booster dose is available to adults age 50 and over, as well as those age 12 and up who have weakened immune systems.
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Beijing Railway Station empties as China battles its largest Covid-19 outbreak
Mar 31, 2022 South China Morning Post
More than 82,000 people across mainland China are now reported to be infected with Covid-19 as of March 31, 2022. Officials say the new Omicron BA.2 variant is to blame for the latest and most serious outbreak in the country since early 2020. In China’s capital, the Beijing Railway Station is eerily deserted after people have been advised to reduce travel. It’s among several measures being implemented highlighting the country’s continuing adherence to its ‘dynamic’ zero-Covid strategy.
Shanghai enters second lockdown phase – but restrictions stay in other areas
Controls will remain in areas to the south and east of the Huangpu River for up to 10 days and more screening carried out.
Hong Kong residents return home as Covid travel curbs eased; 5,823 cases logged
Shorter hotel quarantine, lifting of flight bans from April 1 spurs residents to return to Hong Kong, while others make holiday bookings.
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Port authorities have implemented a ‘closed-loop system’ for stevedores similar to the Beijing Winter Olympics
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As an outbreak hits China’s manufacturing hub, nearly 5,000 workers at auto maker SAIC’s plant are living on campus in a closed-loop system.
After two years, an outdoor mask mandate ended in Singapore. The Strait Times news organization found 90 percent of residents polled on the streets and beaches still plan to wear them. By Marina Lopes
By Min Joo Kim
Safety, tolerability and viral kinetics during SARS-CoV-2 human challenge in young adults
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01780-9
US following UK
Mar 31, 2022 Dr. John Campbell
US, Cases falling swiftly, but BA.2 BA.2 54.9% US, cased down 9% in 14 days NYC, cases up 62% in 14 days NY, cases up 65% in 14 days https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-trac... https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-trac... US exit strategy https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/us... Social life returns to normal Packed sports events and concerts Illinois, closing free Covid-19 testing sites Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, Ohio, stopped releasing daily data on virus hospitalizations, infections and deaths. PB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lFkl... Second booster shot Australia https://www.health.gov.au/health-aler... UK Covid symptom study https://covid.joinzoe.com/data ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati... 6.39% in England (1 in 16 people) 6.35% in Wales (1 in 16 people) 5.92% in Northern Ireland (1 in 17 people) 9.00% in Scotland (1 in 11 people) People were more likely to test positive for COVID-19 in the two weeks up to 12 March 2022 if they: had not previously been infected with COVID-19 travelled abroad in the last 28 days reported being of White ethnicity were employed and working had not been living in a multigenerational household were male were not impacted by a disability worked in a care home were children or aged around 30 years had not had contact with hospitals, or were living in a household where no one had contact Reinfections were around 10 times higher in the Omicron variant period than in the Delta variant period The risk of reinfection was around 10 times higher in the period when the Omicron variant was most common (20 December 2021 to 20 March 2022), compared with the period when the Delta variant was most common (17 May to 19 December 2021). Between 2 July 2020 and 20 March 2022, people were more likely to be reinfected if they: were unvaccinated had a "milder" primary infection with a lower viral load were younger lived in more deprived areas Sir Patrick https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022... We’ve got very high levels of infection at the moment, as indeed many other countries do I think the number of infections is beginning to turn, so we may be quite close or at the peak and it may start coming down shortly Need to look back at lockdown and dissect Clear that there were detrimental effects, should not be undertaken lightly in future
Vaccine Myocarditis Damage Persists in Children
Peak Prosperity Mar 31, 2022
Vaccine-induced myocarditis in kids has been described, over and over again in the media and by pediatricians, as “mild” or that kids “recover quickly.” A new study shows that these hopeful-sounding statements are neither true nor scientifically accurate. More than 2/3rds of all children who presented to the hospital with vaccine-induced cardiomyopathy were shown to have scarring of the heart pericardium, up to eight months later. The sort of imaging used (Cardiac Magnetic Resonance using Late Gadolinium Enhancement as the contrast agent) that detected the cardiac injuries is highly correlated with both scarring and poor prognoses in other forms of cardiomyopathy. Can we say these children will have poor outcomes? No. But, neither can we say they will be fine. For whatever reason, the CDC and NIH are not at all in any hurry to investigate these vaccine injuries, and that leaves it up to parents and doctors to fumble their way through the vaccine decision as best they can. At the very least, we can say that “informed consent” cannot include “informed” because the information is simply not there. Further, after the CDC just recently admitted to a “coding error” being responsible for overcounting childhood Covid deaths by nearly +25% - which numbers were used as justification for the necessity of childhood covid vaccination – we cannot even begin to form a proper risk/benefit assessment. More study is urgently needed. Whether or not the CDC and pharma companies will perform these necessary studies is an open question, but it really shouldn’t be. Until they are, despite the risk of Covid to young males being overwhelmingly low, parents should only consider vaccinating their children, especially males, with the understanding that life-long harm may result in some cases.
COVID-19: Shanghai government admits it was not prepared for latest outbreak
Mar 31, 2022 CNA
Authorities in Shanghai have admitted they were not prepared to handle the city's latest COVID-19 outbreak, as criticism mounts over lockdowns that caught residents off guard. Officials concede they have handled the situation poorly and could have done more to contain the Omicron wave.
New Technologies Used For Covid Tests in China
The analysis, based on medical records of nearly 14 million U.S. patients since coronavirus immunization became available, found that pregnant people who are vaccinated have the greatest risk of developing covid among a dozen medical circumstances.By Amy Goldstein and Dan Keating
By Carolyn Y. Johnson and Lena H. Sun
The outbreak is a sign that a new wave of infections is hitting China’s financial capital harder than authorities have publicly disclosed.6 min read
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shot cuts hospitalizations in younger children - study
Mar. 31, 2022 3:42 PM ET Pfizer Inc. (PFE), BNTX By: Dulan Lokuwithana, SA News Editor1 Comment
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX) leads to a higher reduction in hospitalization risk in children aged 5 – 11 during the period dominated by the Omicron variant, a newly published study indicates.
BNT162b2 Protection against the Omicron Variant in Children and Adolescents
March 30, 2022
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2202826
List of authors
- Ashley M. Price, M.P.H., Samantha M. Olson, M.P.H., Margaret M. Newhams, M.P.H., Natasha B. Halasa, M.D.,
- Julie A. Boom, M.D., Leila C. Sahni, Ph.D., M.P.H., Pia S. Pannaraj, M.D., M.P.H., Katherine Irby, M.D.,
- Katherine E. Bline, M.D., Aline B. Maddux, M.D., Ryan A. Nofziger, M.D., Melissa A. Cameron, M.D., et al.,
- for the Overcoming Covid-19 Investigators*
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2202826?query=featured_home
‘More uncertainties’ ahead as virus lockdowns cloud China’s GDP growth
- China could see as much as 10 percentage points shaved off economic growth on a quarterly basis if zero-Covid is maintained, Everbright Securities says
- The world’s No 2 economy is facing its worst virus outbreak in two years and has imposed widespread lockdowns, including in the commercial hub Shanghai
‘The biggest hit since Wuhan’: China’s factory, services activity contract Topic | China GDP
Port authorities have implemented a ‘closed-loop system’ for stevedores similar to the Beijing Winter Olympics
- Analysts Cut Estimates for China’s GDP Growth Amid Covid Surge
- Opinion: How Shanghai Can Chart a New Path for China’s Covid Policy
A UCLA professor’s long-term coexistence plan won’t help and could hinder Shanghai’s response to the current crisis, a Zhejiang University professor argues Apr 01, 2022 03:54 AM
INVESTIGATION
“This Shouldn’t Happen”: Inside the Virus-Hunting Nonprofit at the Center of the Lab-Leak Controversy
Chasing scientific renown, grant dollars, and approval from Dr. Anthony Fauci, Peter Daszak transformed the environmental nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance into a government-funded sponsor of risky, cutting-edge virus research in both the U.S. and Wuhan, China. Drawing on more than 100,000 leaked documents, a V.F. investigation shows how an organization dedicated to preventing the next pandemic found itself suspected of helping start one.
MARCH 31, 2022
Shanghai supports import of Covid vaccines, drugs as lockdown enters second day
Mar 29, 2022 CNBC Television
CNBC's Eunice Yoon joins 'Squawk Box' to provide an update from Shanghai's second day of stringent Covid-19 lockdowns.
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FDA authorizes fourth Covid vaccine dose for people age 50 and older
Mar 29, 2022 CNBC Television
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized another Covid-19 vaccine dose from Pfizer and Moderna for everyone age 50 and older, as well as some immunocompromised patients.
MARCH 29, 2022
Moderna Receives FDA Approval for Emergency Use Authorization of 2nd Booster Dose of Its COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA-1273
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Shanghai finds 6,000 new Covid-19 infections as financial hub’s caseload grows
It records its highest daily tally of current outbreak, with 5.7 million residents of the city’s Pudong New Area under a four-day lockdown and Puxi set to follow.
Hong Kong confirms 6,981 new Covid-19 infections, 135 deaths
China’s Lockdowns Are Hurting Electronics Demand, TSMC Head Says
World’s Top Carmakers Feeling Full Force of China Covid Stance
Amid its worst outbreak, city could turn pandemic into manageable endemic disease using self-isolation, self-testing and advanced drugs and vaccines Mar 30, 2022 06:13 AM
By Carolyn Y. Johnson and Lena H. Sun
By Lena H. Sun
Several key figures close to President Biden have contracted covid-19 in recent weeks as restrictions have been eased and the virus continues to spread. By Annie Linskey
The effort in mostly Republican-led states is the latest in a series of suits that have sought to abolish the mandate. By Lori Aratani
OPINION COMMENTARY
You Likely Don’t Need a Fourth Covid Shot Unless you’re at high risk, the initial two vaccine doses are enough.
By Philip Krause and Luciana Borio March 28, 2022 6:43 pm ET
China at a COVID Tipping Point
Eric Feigl-Ding ByEric Feigl-Ding March 15, 2022
I have a sinking feeling again… a bad feeling I had 2 years ago, when Wuhan was in a state of panic trying to control the initial outbreak, that the events in China could ripple across the world. I hope I am wrong, but here is why I have this same feeling again…
As of today, mainland China now has city-wide COVID-19 lockdowns in effect in:
- Shenzhen (12.5 million)
- Dongguan (10.5 million)
- Langfang (5.5 million)
- Whole-province-wide lockdown in Jilin (24 million),
- Partial-lockdown restriction in Shanghai (26 million)
- And in Xian (13 million)
https://medriva.com/china-at-a-covid-tipping-point/
Massive testing effort underway to contain coronavirus outbreak in Shanghai | The World
Mar 28, 2022 ABC News (Australia)
China's financial hub of Shanghai has launched a two-stage lockdown of its 26 million residents, closing bridges and tunnels, and restricting highway traffic in a scramble to contain surging COVID-19 cases. East Asia correspondent Bill Birtles tells The World a massive testing effort is underway.
Shanghai will have a hard time containing Covid infections, says Dr. Scott Gottlieb
Mar 28, 2022CNBC Television
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner and CNBC contributor, joins CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to discuss China's zero-Covid policy and more.
Shanghai imposes phased lockdowns as daily Covid infection numbers surge beyond 3,000
Mar 28, 2022 South China Morning Post
After months of imposing limited lockdowns of individual neighbourhoods, Shanghai has decided to lock down parts of China’s biggest city in two phases in a bid to curb a spike in Covid-19 infections. The measures started on March 28, 2022, with restrictions on a zone from the eastern bank of the Huangpu River, including the Pudong New Area that is home to about 5.7 million people. After the first lockdown ends on April 1, the west bank of the city will be locked down.
Joy, free beer, parties: Singapore makes post-Covid shift, but many remain wary
- Some residents counted down to midnight to welcome the lifting of outdoor masking, while restaurants have reported an increase in bookings now that groups of 10 are allowed to gather
- But even as Singaporeans cheer the easing of two years of harsh restrictions, many say they’ll still err on the side of caution in places with large crowds
All you need to know about Singapore’s ‘decisive’ move to live with Covid Topic | Coronavirus pandemic
Snap lockdowns may be key to China’s bid to stop Covid-19 spread
After more than a week of rolling lockdowns and mass testing, Shanghai appears to follow the Shenzhen model – a short, sharp lockdown shock to quash outbreaks.
Explainer | Post Covid syndrome affects millions. There’s little known about its cause
Shanghai lockdown needed to stop ‘serious’ community spread, experts say
29 Mar 2022
‘Up to 2,000 children under age 10 with Covid isolated in Hong Kong hospitals’
29 Mar 2022 - 10:45AM
Shanghai has sealed off residential neighborhoods and certain roads as it embarked on a two-phase lockdown in order to test its 25 million residents for Covid-19. Districts on the east side of the Huangpu River are under lockdown until Friday. Districts west of the river will be locked down from Friday to April 5. The city reported more than 4,400 new cases on Monday, with the vast majority being asymptomatic
Mar 29, 2022 06:13 PM
The local government is closing off roughly half of the city at a time to conduct mass testing
- Shanghai Nurse’s Death Triggers Frustrations Over Covid Curbs
- Shanghai Hits a New High in Daily Covid Cases
Companies like Meituan, Hema and Dingdong are recruiting temps and bringing in employees from outside the city as they try to fill the gaps left by logistics personnel stuck at home
- Shanghai Hits a New High in Daily Covid Cases
- Shanghai Nurse’s Death Triggers Frustrations Over Covid Curbs
Residents on one side of the river that divides the Chinese city are the first to be confined at home, while their neighbors on the opposite bank will follow on Friday.
The COVID-19 Uninsured Program is winding down because Congress has not appropriated more money. By Amy Goldstein
By Christian Shepherd and Vic Chiang
The Princess Cruises ship was returning from a 15-day trip to the Panama Canal. By Nathan Diller
SARAH COBEY, JESSE BLOOM, TYLER STARR AND NATHANIEL LASH
We Study Virus Evolution. Here’s Where We Think the Coronavirus Is Going.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/28/opinion/coronavirus-mutation-future.html
Soviets Once Denied a Deadly Anthrax Lab Leak. U.S. Scientists Backed the Story.
The accident and a subsequent cover-up have renewed relevance as scientists search for the origins of Covid-19.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/20/world/europe/coronavirus-lab-anthrax.html
Omicron subvariant BA.2 is now the dominant strain of Covid-19 in the US, CDC says
By Brenda GoodmanPublished 10:08 AM EDT, Tue March 29, 2022
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/health/ba-2-dominant-us/index.html
Johnson & Johnson Statement on War in Ukraine
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., March 29, 2022
https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-statement-on-war-in-ukraine
Excess mortality during the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)
HomeCoronavirus Excess mortality
by Charlie Giattino, Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina and Joe Hasell
We update this page each week with the latest available data on excess mortality. Last updated: 29 March 2022
https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid
Shanghai's city-wide Covid lockdown underway - BBC News
Mar 28, 2022 BBC News
China has begun its biggest city-wide lockdown since the Covid outbreak began more than two years ago. The city of Shanghai will be locked down in two stages over nine days while authorities carry out testing. Global oil prices have fallen as the lockdown is implemented, Shanghai is an important financial and manufacturing hub. China's zero-Covid policy has been among the strictest approaches to tackling the pandemic anywhere in the world.
'Zero-COVID': Surge in COVID-19 cases despite strategy in Hong Kong | DW News
Mar 24, 2022 DW News
Hong Kong's zero covid policy reflects the one on the Chinese mainland. Despite the strategy, the city has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases driven largely by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Now, a leading scientist in Hong Kong has asked the government to consider moving away from the strategy. The Hong Kong government is following Beijing's lead when it comes to its Zero-COVID strategy. But earlier in the week, Chief Executive Carrie Lam did announce limited relaxations in the rules. Stringent travel and quarantine curbs are currently in place in Hong Kong. Hospitals are reeling under the pressure and the city also has one of the highest fatality rates from the virus in the developed world. In mainland China, local lockdowns and mass testing have been the norm. But lately, greater attention is being paid to minimising the economic impact of these measures.
Shanghai enters lockdown: How long will China keep up its Zero Covid policy? | DW News
Mar 28, 2022 DW News
China's biggest city starts a two-phase lockdown. Millions of Shanghai residents have to stay home, and undergo coronavirus testing as the financial hub tries to stamp out a growing Omicron outbreak.
China has maintained a strict policy that is frustrating some people, but without it, officials fear a wave of infections and deaths, as in Hong Kong. By Christian Shepherd and Vic Chiang
People would be able to get the second boosters at least four months after receiving the first.
By Laurie McGinley and Lena H. Sun
Getting a rapid test and having a contingency plan can help alleviate anxiety. By Christopher Elliott
China’s financial center moves to contain outbreak of mostly asymptomatic infections. The decision comes a day after officials denied lockdown plans.
Only 30% of L.A. County kids are vaccinated, months after COVID shots became available
Shanghai virus lockdowns spark ‘fear’, frustration among European businesses
1 in 5 recovered Covid patients suffer from dry eyes, Hong Kong study finds
The local government is closing off roughly half of the city at a time to conduct mass testing
- Shanghai Nurse’s Death Triggers Frustrations Over Covid Curbs
- Shanghai Hits a New High in Daily Covid Cases
Companies like Meituan, Hema and Dingdong are recruiting temps and bringing in employees from outside the city as they try to fill the gaps left by logistics personnel stuck at home
- Shanghai Hits a New High in Daily Covid Cases
- Shanghai Nurse’s Death Triggers Frustrations Over Covid Curbs
Evusheld long-acting antibody combination approved in the EU for pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) of COVID-19 in a broad population 28 March 2022
AstraZeneca's Evusheld gets approval in EU to prevent COVID-19
Mar. 28, 2022 5:28 AM ET AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) By: Ravikash, SA News Editor
- The European Commission approved AstraZeneca's (NASDAQ:AZN) antibody cocktail Evusheld for preventing COVID-19 in people aged 12 years and older weighing at least 40 kg.
- https://seekingalpha.com/news/3817851-astrazenecas-evusheld-gets-approval-in-eu-to-prevent-covid-19
- https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AZN
Israeli study finds second Pfizer COVID booster shot reduces mortality 78% in older adults
Mar. 28, 2022 11:06 AM ETPfizer Inc. (PFE), BNTXBy: Jonathan Block, SA News Editor12 Comments
- Adults 60 and older given a second booster shot of the Pfizer (PFE +0.6%)/BioNTech (BNTX +2.5%) had a 78% lower mortality rate compared to those who had just one booster, according to a new Israeli study.
- https://seekingalpha.com/news/3818035-israeli-study-finds-second-pfizer-covid-booster-shot-reduces-mortality-78-in-older-adults
Second Booster Effective in Older Populations
03/28/2022 - 11:08
Paxlovid to be investigated by the RECOVERY Trial as a potential treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19
28 March 2022
Pfizer COVID pill Paxlovid to be examined in hospitalized patients
Mar. 28, 2022 10:39 AM ETPfizer Inc. (PFE)By: Jonathan Block, SA News Editor4 Comments
https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/PFE
Over 4.2 Million new COVID cases recorded across the UK last week | World Latest English News
Mar 26, 2022 WION
UK is witnessing a rise in COVID-19 cases. With over 4.2 Million new COVID cases, the UK sets to break its past record of infections.
D.C.-area health officials are cautiously monitoring the spread of another coronavirus variant in the wake of lifted mask mandates and more relaxed attitudes about social distancing.By Antonio Olivo, Erin Cox and Rebecca Tan
The ups and downs of teaching during Covid
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-60877832
This episode explores different ways of coping with mental health challenges during the pandemic.
Chinese student protest forces university to ease Covid-19 lockdown
Students at Sichuan University in Chengdu say they were effectively banned from leaving the campus almost two weeks after the city lifted restrictions.
Shanghai rules out citywide Covid-19 lockdown to protect economy
How the pandemic impacts mental health | COVID-19 Special
Mar 25, 2022 DW News
The coronavirus pandemic has had dire consequences on the mental health of many people -- who all deal with this problem in different ways. On this episode we visit Hong Kong, India, Brazil and Germany to explore different coping methods
Hawaii lifted its indoor mask mandate and travel restrictions, the last state to do so. Follow Covid updates.
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Pretending the Pandemic Is Over Will Not Make It So
The city kept the pandemic at bay for two years. Why didn’t it take measures that would help in an inevitable outbreak—like an all-out campaign to vaccinate the elderly?
Socially conscious investors have added resolutions to annual proxy ballots asking the companies to make their Covid-19 shots more available to poorer countries, including transferring their technological know-how.
D.C.-area health officials are cautiously monitoring the spread of another coronavirus variant in the wake of lifted mask mandates and more relaxed attitudes about social distancing. By Antonio Olivo, Erin Cox and Rebecca Tan
California sends millions of COVID-19 tests to schools for the return from spring break
China: Shanghai to lock down for testing as COVID surges
The financial hub of 26 million people has become a testing ground for China’s ‘zero-COVID’ policy. 27 Mar 2022
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/27/china-shanghai-lockdown-covid-surge
On Friday, the Asian financial hub reported 38 confirmed local infections and 2,231 asymptomatic cases
Mar 26, 2022 07:42 PM
Shanghai orders Pudong lockdown in push to contain Covid-19 surge
Vast area on the eastern bank of the Huangpu River to undergo four days of mass testing from 5am Monday.
China’s Jilin province remains Covid-19 epicentre of country’s latest pandemic wave
Mar 24, 2022 South China Morning Post
China’s northeastern province of Jilin is still trying to contain a serious outbreak of Covid-19, with infections in the province accounting for 90 per cent of the country’s 2,010 locally transmitted cases on March 23, 2022. Most of them were reported in the provincial capital Changchun, which saw 1,280 locally transmitted cases. The province is one of the hardest-hit regions in China’s current wave, with soaring infections for nearly a week. Beijing has deployed inspection teams to 10 areas to ensure local governments stick to its “dynamic zero-Covid” strategy. However, Chinese health experts say maintaining a normal life is just as important as achieving “dynamic zero-Covid”.
Germany’s Covid Situation Probably Won’t Get Better Soon
The city kept the pandemic at bay for two years. Why didn’t it take measures that would help in an inevitable outbreak—like an all-out campaign to vaccinate the elderly?
Vaccination for the coronavirus in the United States has all but ground to a halt, with initial doses and boosters plummeting to the lowest levels since the program began in December 2020.
By Brittany Shammas, Dan Keating, Salvador Rizzo and Lenny Bernstein
Keeping case numbers at near zero means continued disruptions and lockdowns.
Zhou Shengni died from an asthma attack Wednesday, after being denied entry at the hospital where she worked. Her case has triggered heated debate among netizens about how the city’s Covid response is putting the vulnerable at risk
- Zhang Wenhong: China’s Pandemic Fight Can and Should Allow for Normal Life
- Shanghai Financial Firms Ask Staff to Sleep in Office Amid Local Covid Flare-Up
Hong Kong reports 10,405 Covid-19 cases, fewest related deaths in 3 weeks
Government departments, corporations, volunteers and a rural advisory body will distribute anti-epidemic supply kits.
Shanghai nurse dies of asthma after Covid-19 closed emergency department
All you need to know about Singapore’s ‘decisive’ move to live with Covid
UK, pandemic record infections
Mar 23, 2022 Dr. John Campbell
UK infections highest ever in the pandemic so far. New Zealand Stop vaccine passes and vaccine mandates for some of the workforce, early April Stopping gathering limits in outdoor settings Requirements to use the Covid-19 tracer app when entering businesses. Michael Plank, Te Pūnaha Matatini and University of Canterbury Vaccines are still hugely effective at preventing severe illness, but less effective at stopping people catching and spreading the virus At the same time, we now have increasing levels of infection-acquired immunity in the population. This means that allowing unvaccinated people into places like cafes and bars doesn’t substantially alter the risk of catching Covid there At least as many people will be infected on the way down the mountain as on the way up, and pressure on our healthcare system is likely to remain high. Keeping mask rules is crucial to limit transmission China Cases, + 4,770 HTTPS://WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM/WORLD/202... City of Shenyang, (9 million people) Cases, + 47 All housing compounds under ‘closed management’ Local lockdowns, mass testing and citywide closures Dozens of officials have been punished or sacked for virus control failures Only around half of Chinese aged over 80 have been double-vaccinated Zoe data https://covid.joinzoe.com/data UK official data https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk ONS HTTPS://WWW.ONS.GOV.UK/PEOPLEPOPULATI... Prevalence 4.87% in England (1 in 20 people) 4.13% in Wales (1 in 25 people) 7.12% in Northern Ireland (1 in 14 people) 7.15% in Scotland (1 in 14 people)
Covid-19: Hong Kong to open schools, lift flight ban, cut quarantine time and suspend mass testing
Mar 21, 2022 South China Morning Post
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has revealed a raft of changes to the city’s Covid-19 pandemic control measures which will start from April, including a reduction in the length of quarantine for people arriving in the city, as well as lifting flight bans on travel from Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, the UK, the US and Nepal. During a March 21, 2022, press conference, Lam also said her government will suspend plans for compulsory universal testing. Social-distancing rules will be relaxed in three phases from April 21, she said, “if there is no rebound in cases”, and schools will be able to resume face-to-face classes from April 19. (Photo: SCMP/Yik Yeung-man)
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When will COVID-19 become endemic? | COVID-19 Special
Feb 11, 2022 DW News
Despite record new infection levels, some countries are relaxing COVID-19 restrictions. The omicron variant is highly infectious but usually with milder symptoms. Many virologists hope we're transitioning from pandemic to epidemic. Are they right?
French ‘Freedom Convoys’ Head to Paris to Protest Vaccine Rules
Hong Kong Food Supply at Risk Again as More Drivers Get Covid
How Trucker Protests Shut the Canadian Border and Rocked the Economy
Why some Democratic governors are ending mask mandates
Known coronavirus deaths and cases per 100,000
Districts are rapidly rolling back Covid-19 policies that have built up over nearly two years, with many eyeing a return to more normal classroom life and operations.325 min read
- FDA Review of Pfizer Vaccine in Children Under 5 Expected Soon
- Omicron Wave Continues to Recede in U.S., Europe
- U.S. Rethinks Mask Guidance and Covid Measures
The Canadian border city of Windsor, Ontario, is seeking a court order to remove demonstrators who have blocked most traffic along a crucial U.S.-Canada trade corridor for four days.6 min read
Hong Kong Covid infections surge, experts warn of 30,000 cases a day
South Korea drops 'trace, test and treat' programme amid surge in Omicron cases
Hong Kong restricts private gatherings to combat Covid
L.A. County on track to relax some outdoor mask rules
It won’t happen in time for Sunday’s Super Bowl, but could come shortly after that.
What’s the difference between ‘pandemic’ and ‘endemic’?
Jason Laughlin and Justine McDaniel
Lindsey Tanner, The Associated Press
Rob Jennings
Lilly inks deal to supply 600K doses of COVID drug bebtelovimab to US for $720M
Feb. 11, 2022 6:00 AM ET Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) ABCL By: Ravikash, SA News Editor
- Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) signed an agreement with the U.S. government to supply up to 600K doses of investigational COVID-19 therapy bebtelovimab for at least $720M.
- https://seekingalpha.com/news/3799043-lilly-inks-deal-to-supply-600k-doses-of-covid-drug-bebtelovimab-to-us-for-720m
Novavax says late-stage trial for COVID-19 shot met main goal in adolescents
Feb. 10, 2022 5:00 PM ET Novavax, Inc. (NVAX) By: Dulan Lokuwithana, SA News Editor14 Comments
Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) said that its pivotal Phase 3 trial for its COVID-19 vaccine achieved the primary effectiveness endpoint in a U.S.-based trial involving those aged 12 – 17 years. In reaction, the company shares have added ~2% in the post-market on Thursday.
Truckers in Canada "threaten economy" with bridge protest | DW News
Feb 10, 2022 DW News
The United States-Canada border crossings remains blocked by people protesting against coronavirus restrictions. The self-titled "Freedom Convoy" demonstrations, now nearing the 2-week mark, began as truckers protested against vaccine requirements when crossing the border between the two countries. It later turned into a broader protest against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government.
10-30% of Covid patients experience 'long Covid'
Feb 9, 2022 CNBC Television
CNBC's Meg Tirrell joins Shep Smith to report on Covid long haulers who are turning to specialized clinics for the care they need.
Most children have natural immunity
Feb 10, 2022 Dr. John Campbell
From ONS data NY Dropping mask requirements for businesses Vaccine in Children 6 Months Through 4 Years of Age https://www.businesswire.com/news/hom... 3 µg dose Week up to 5 February 2022 England – 2,824,700 people (1 in 19) Wales – 121,200 people (1 in 25) Northern Ireland – 145,600 people (1 in 13) Scotland – 211,300 people (1 in 25) https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati... At least two-thirds aged 8 to 11 years have COVID-19 antibodies W/E 17th January 8 to 11 year olds Between 63.3% and 72.7% would have tested positive for antibodies 12 to 15 year olds Between 90.2% and 93.3% would have tested positive COVID-19 deaths in England and Wales drop Week ending 28th January 2022 Of the 12,401 deaths registered in England and Wales, 1,385 mentioned "novel coronavirus (COVID-19) Last week it was 1,484 deaths More than half a million with long COVID for at least a year 6 December 2021 to 2 January 2022 2.1% of the UK population (1.3 million people) said they were living with long COVID Of those 42% said they had had it for at least a year Fatigue (50%) 35 to 69 years, females
Coronavirus updates: Infections and hospitalizations are falling in the U.S., but unevenly.
Even as states are dropping mask rules, the C.D.C. says federal guidelines won’t change for now.
States Across the U.S. Move to Ease Mask Mandates as Omicron Wanes
- Several states in liberal-leaning parts of the U.S., including New York, Massachusetts and Illinois, are quickly moving away from mask requirements.
- The moves herald a new phase of the pandemic in which more cautious regions are relaxing their guard. Here’s the latest.
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GSK-Vir's COVID therapy retains neutralizing activity against Omicron variant
Feb. 10, 2022 5:28 AM ET Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (VIR), GSK By: Ravikash, SA News Editor
- GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) Vir Biotechnology (NASDAQ:VIR) said preclinical data suggested that their COVID-19 therapy sotrovimab retained neutralizing activity against the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron
Sotrovimab
Injection, 500 mg, for intravenous use
Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Treatment of COVID-19
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Sotrovimab is authorized for use under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kg) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death.
Data Suggest Sotrovimab Retains Neutralizing Activity Against Omicron Subvariant BA.2
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Omicron spreading between animals
Feb 8, 2022 Dr. John Campbell
Reverse zoonosis to deer CDC Cases and deaths https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-trac... New hospital admissions https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-trac... Current hospital patients https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-trac... UK official data https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk UK Zoe data https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels... Novavax COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid approved by MHRA https://www.gov.uk/government/news/no... The approval authorises the use of this vaccine in people aged 18 and over for a first and second dose. Protein based platform (like hep B, shingles) Can be stored in refrigerator Efficacy https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056... Original variant, 96% Alpha variant, 86% Beta, 60% US and Mexico (n = 30,000), 90.4% Developing an Omicron-specific version Third dose now under testing Mix and match should be good US, School mask mandates https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/... Gov. Philip D. Murphy, New Jersey Second week of March, students and school employees, no longer be required to wear masks. This is not a declaration of victory as much as an acknowledgment that we can responsibly live with this thing Reverse zoonosis to deer https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/07/he... https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.11... Full PDF https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.11... White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Highly susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2 Multiple reports of widespread spillover from humans to free-living deer SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 Omicron variant Staten Island, New York, December 12th 2021 to January 31st 2022 White-tailed deer opportunistically sampled on Staten 19 of the 131 (14.5%) were positive for SARS-CoV-2 P.C.R. testing, n = 68 deer Seven actively infected at the time of sampling Specific serum antibodies indicating prior exposure (? Omicron or previous) Whole-genome sequencing identified Omicron (n = 4) Circulating amongst the white-tailed deer on Staten Island Phylogenetic Omicron sequences clustered closely with sequences recovered from infected humans in New York Human to deer spillover Urgent need for comprehensive surveillance of susceptible animal species, to identify ecological transmission networks and better assess the potential risks of spillback to humans Virus may be evolving to adapt to the new host Infected with earlier variants Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia (Deer have appeared asymptomatic when infected with earlier variants)
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The truckers who have brought Canada's capital to a standstill: The city of Ottawa is under a state of emergency after days of protests against COVID-19 vaccination mandates for truckers who cross the US-Canadian border. Hundreds of 18-wheelers and private trucks known as the "Freedom Convoy" have blocked many of the major arteries leading in and out of downtown Ottawa. Residents are complaining of non-stop horn honking and local businesses have closed, taking an economic hit. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted that he is sending the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to help city police restore order. But the anti-vaccination mandate movement of truckers appears to be spreading. Several key US-Canadian border crossings have been temporarily closed. And there are copycat convoys protesting in Australia and New Zealand and similar convoys reportedly being planned in the US and in Germany.
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It didn’t take many protesters to freeze a major North American economic artery. The brief closure of one bridge straddling the U.S. and Canada exposes the power of rolling blockades, a supply-chain vulnerability and the grip one crossing has over the region. A cluster of anti-lockdown demonstrators on the Canadian side of the border blocked access Monday night to the Ambassador Bridge -- a crucial, privately-owned link between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. Traffic was all but halted early Tuesday before appearing to slowly resume later in the afternoon. Police in Ontario said there was “limited access” to U.S.-bound traffic. A small number of trucks were seen heading in the Canada-bound direction, though the website of the Canadian border agency indicated the bridge was still closed.
European normalisation
Feb 6, 2022 Dr. John Campbell
World Health Organization in Europe https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/... Hans Kluge, WHO regional director Europe Soon enter a cease-fire long period of tranquillity plausible endgame plausible hope for stabilization and normalization This period of higher protection should be seen as a cease-fire that could bring us enduring peace European, 12 million cases week Hospitalizations up ICU, not increased significantly even with a more virulent variant than omicron potentially on the horizon, the continent was still in a better position and probably could avoid reinstalling the kind of disruptive measures we needed before Denmark No longer a socially critical disease Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, France, moving to phase out social restrictions Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus the emergency phase of the pandemic could end this year if 70% of the population of every country is vaccinated and vaccines are more equitably distributed It is dangerous to assume that omicron will be the last variant, or that we are in the endgame Russia https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/... Moscow, record high cases, + 168,000 (relatively low testing) Omicron dominant (18,000 hospitalized) Significant pressure already Elective work often postponed Low vaccination rates Putin ruled out a lockdown Life goes on despite the difficult situation Viktor Zakharov, Intelligent Logistics Center St. Petersburg University Peak + 200,000 22nd February 4 million people simultaneously ill Russia’s state coronavirus task force Has reported 333,357 deaths State statistics agency Rosstat 681,100 deaths Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/0... Nearly a million excess deaths by the end of 2021 Cardiologist in Transylvania I agree with Daniela about the politics and healthcare infrastructure. No new hospital since the fall of Communism. People are listening to medical recommendations The death rate is higher because of lack of competence of doctors in part because the health system is state owned and corrupted. For example, almost no one is employed without knowing someone in the system or without being in a political party or paying a lot of money (bribes). But also because people here don't go to the doctor early and they don't prevent disease. Covid admissions, a sizeable proportion didn't even knew they had high blood pressure or diabetes. And known cases, disease was not optimally controlled Sadly I've seen a lot of people die with COVID If it wasn't for this disease these people would have lived longer. The political system is indeed highly corrupted and that's why also the police is doing a very poor job. Also the judicial system is not up to standard. I would also emigrate in the near future. As for returning, what's the point when you, as a doctor, cannot find a job in the public healthcare system because you're not politically involved Steve Cosslett "Studies in Applied Economics" is a working paper (preprint) series States with more cases, and so potentially more deaths, will tend to have more restrictive lockdowns. The paper doesn't address the real question: would there have been even more deaths without the lockdowns? Barry (US) I am afraid that I have a rather jaundiced view of economics being described as a science, you only have to look at how the Fed has handled the economy since 2008! We are about to pay for that economic science!
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Ambassador Bridge remains shut down as Canadians protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates
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