Cases still low but new COVID strains spreading, with ominous echoes of past winters
With ominous echoes of past winters, as the mercury is dropping, new COVID variants are spreading. It’s just under a...
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Beijing quashes market rumours of quicker end to zero-Covid policy
Beijing has quashed hopes for an immediate easing of the country’s rigid zero-Covid restrictions, setting China-linked shares up for more...
RSV, flu, COVID-19 cases could overwhelm Michigan hospitals
It’s been dubbed the “tripledemic,” the threat of three viral infections — influenza, RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) and coronavirus —...
New York is becoming an ’emerging hotspot’ for the XBB family of COVID variants that hit Singapore, as BQ closes in on U.S. dominance
Two variants of the BQ strain are projected to comprise 35% of U.S. infections, according to a COVID forecast from...
China posts 6-month high in infections despite COVID strategy
The world’s most populous country has pledged to stick to its hardline zero-COVID policy despite growing public frustration with it...
Covid-scarred Hong Kong seeks return to normality in rowdy Sevens
For some of those in the raucous South Stand at the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament this weekend, it was...
Costumed Hong Kong Rugby Sevens fans celebrate end of covid hiatus
HONG KONG — For the first time in more than three years, thousands of revelers packed a sports stadium to...
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China posts 6-month high COVID count as it sticks with strategy
BEIJING, Nov 6 (Reuters) - China on Sunday reported its highest number of new COVID-19 infections in six months, a...
UPDATE 2-China posts 6-month high COVID count as it sticks with strategy
(Adds details on marathon in paragraph 12)BEIJING, Nov 6 (Reuters) - China on Sunday reported its highest number of new...
An Ohio man is charged with a hate crime, accused of attacking an Asian-American student and blaming him for Covid-19
CNN — A Cincinnati man has been charged with a federal hate crime on suspicion of assaulting an Asian-American college...