by owner | May 16, 2022 | North Korea
This time last week, North Korea was still claiming to be one of three COVID-free countries worldwide. Now it’s facing a public health catastrophe It took almost two and a half years for SARS-CoV-2 to travel from the Chinese city of Wuhan to the North Korean capital...
by owner | May 15, 2022 | News, North Korea
For almost two-and-a-half years, North Korea has stuck to its claim it has seen no cases of Covid-19. Not any more. This week, the country confirmed its first infections. The highly reclusive nation had responded to the pandemic by closing its borders, although...
by owner | May 6, 2022 | China, News
BEIJING: China’s top leaders warned against questioning Xi Jinping’s Covid Zero strategy, striking a more defensive tone as pressure builds to relax virus curbs and protect the economic growth that has long been a source of Communist Party strength.The...
by owner | Apr 14, 2022 | Malaysia, Medicine
KUALA LUMPUR: With new Covid-19 variants emerging amid easing pandemic restrictions, some are concerned about waning immunity and have called for a second vaccine booster dose (fourth jab) to increase protection levels. Experts and the public, however, are...
by owner | Mar 23, 2022 | Asia, Europe, News
LOS ANGELES – With coronavirus cases rising in parts of Europe and Asia, scientists worry that an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant may soon push cases up in the United States too. Experts are also keeping their eyes on another mutant: a...
by owner | Mar 15, 2022 | China, Hong Kong, Testing
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s worst outbreak of the pandemic didn’t come until 2022, but the scenes are right out of 2020. Hospitals and morgues are overflowing, with bodies left unattended in hallways and in rooms with living patients. Health care workers report burnout...
