China officially reported on Monday its first Covid-related deaths since the government began dismantling strict anti-virus controls earlier this month, feeding anxiety that this could be the start of a grim trend as the virus rips through the country. Monday’s two deaths were the first to be reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) since مزید پڑھیں

Like most Chinese, Beijing resident Wang was happy and relieved when she heard last week that China was dropping almost all of its zero-COVID policy curbs. A day later though, the 43-year-old lost her job as one of the city’s many hazmat-suited COVID swab testers. “The leader of our group told me in person I مزید پڑھیں

China’s top health body said on Wednesday the true scale of coronavirus infections in the country is now “impossible” to track, with officials warning cases are rising rapidly in Beijing after the government abruptly abandoned its zero-Covid policy. Beijing’s decision to scrap mass testing and quarantines after nearly three years of attempting to stamp out مزید پڑھیں

World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday he is “hopeful” that the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be considered a global emergency some time next year. His comments at a briefing with media come as China dismantles its rigid “zero-COVID” policy and allows people to live with the virus, stirring concerns the مزید پڑھیں

Judging by Friday’s quiet streets in the heart of China’s capital and city eateries adherence to virus curbs, the anxieties created by the ‘zero-COVID’ regime could hinder the world’s second largest economy’s return to health. Though the government on Wednesday loosened key parts of the strict controls that kept the pandemic largely at bay for مزید پڑھیں

Covid cases are surging in the Chinese capital, officials said on Monday, as the country navigates a rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy. Just a few days after China began loosening restrictions, Beijing authorities said more than 22,000 patients had visited hospitals across the city in the previous day — 16 times the مزید پڑھیں

The government of Japan extended its support to the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme by announcing more than $3.87 million as a grant. The grant will be used for the procurement of essential oral polio vaccine, which will reach more than 18.61 million under five years old children in Pakistan living in endemic and outbreak districts, مزید پڑھیں

Shanghai and other big Chinese cities, including Shenzhen and Xian, have ramped up testing for COVID-19 as infections ticked up after a week-long holiday, with some local authorities hastily closing schools, entertainment venues and tourist spots. Infections have risen this week to the highest since August, with the uptick coming after increased domestic travel during مزید پڑھیں

The United States government has delivered an additional batch of eight million Pfizer COVID-19 pediatric vaccine doses to Pakistan. According to the US Embassy in Islamabad, this shipment increases the United States’ donation to more than 78 million safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine doses to the people of Pakistan, including 16 million pediatric doses. The مزید پڑھیں

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) have called for concrete actions to address mental health concerns in the working population, saying that an estimated 12 billion workdays are lost annually due to depression and anxiety, costing the global economy nearly $1 trillion. Two new publications, aimed at addressing the issue, مزید پڑھیں