Tag: COVID19
China megacity mass-tests, cancels flights after suspected COVID case
Residents are on high alert of a potential wider lockdown, with large gatherings, group travel and weddings suspended
Video: Pope Francis offers prayers for healthcare workers in poor countries
This April, Pope Francis is praying for healthcare workers, especially those who help the sick and elderly in poor countries
China reports 20,000 daily COVID cases, most since start of pandemic
The country's "zero-COVID" strategy has come under immense strain as cases spike
Political leaders, Big Pharma betray promises of fair recovery from pandemic...
States, “alongside corporate titans,” have driven deeper global inequality “in what amounts to one of the greatest betrayals of our times”
Half of Shanghai in lockdown to curb COVID-19 outbreak
Authorities are imposing a two-phase lockdown of the city of about 25 million people to carry out mass testing
Indonesia scraps travel quarantine, eases curbs on Ramadan traditions
The easing of restrictions follows a decline in COVID-19 cases in the Southeast Asian archipelago
Dominican priest helps COVID-19-affected families in Pakistan
Pakistan ranks eighth on the Global Slavery Index with an estimated 3.2 million people living in modern slavery and labor exploitation
Nearly 30 million under lockdown in China as virus surges
Scenes of closed neighborhoods, panic buying and police cordons cast back to the early phase of the pandemic, which first emerged in China
China’s biggest COVID surge in two years brings new measures, anxiety
Authorities are now avoiding the implementation of mass city-wide lockdowns seen previously in favor of a more focused response
Elderly care homes in eye of Hong Kong’s deadly COVID storm
In less than three months, the fifth wave's 600,000 confirmed infections have eclipsed the 12,000 recorded in the pandemic's first two years
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