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IMF cuts Asia’s economic forecasts as China’s slowdown bites
SummaryCompaniesIMF projects Asia's economy to grow 4% this year, 4.3% in 2023Headwinds include global monetary tightening, Ukraine warIMF cuts China's...
Month: October 2022
Shanghai district orders mass COVID-19 testing, lockdown
BEIJING – China’s largest city of Shanghai is ordering mass testing Friday on all 1.3 million residents of its downtown...
CDC paves way for California to require school COVID vaccines — but lawmakers have given up for now
By Elizabeth Aguilera, CalMatters The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccination advisors voted last week to recommend all...
Cruise ships are back and carrying COVID. No, it’s not 2020. But here’s what needs to happen next
Cruise ships carrying passengers with COVID are back in the news. The Coral Princess, with an unconfirmed number of people...
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China coal trade disrupted by COVID outbreaks as winter looms
SINGAPORE, Oct 28 (Reuters) - China's strict COVID-19 policy is constraining coal supplies and pushing up prices, industry officials and...
Covid cases, controls spread in China
Covid cases and controls have increased in China this month. Pictured here on Oct. 27, 2022, is a neighborhood in...
China Covid: Millions back in lockdown as Beijing doubles down on zero-Covid
Getty ImagesBy Yvette TanBBC News Dozens of cities across China, including Wuhan where the coronavirus was first recorded, have gone...
White House still expects new COVID boosters will offer better protection, but two new studies cast doubt
The White House's top COVID-19 official says he still expects the protection against the Omicron BA.5 variant offered by the...
Police, firefighters had job with highest COVID death rates in 2020: CDC
Police officers, firefighters and other protection service employees had the occupation with the highest death rates from COVID-19 in 2020,...
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U.S. business sentiment in China hits record low as zero-COVID persists, survey shows
SHANGHAI, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Optimism among U.S. businesses in China has hit record low levels, an annual survey showed...