LifeStyle COVID-19 cases continue to drop: Experts say too early to do away with face masks, but onus on… Taner Halicioglu Apr 1, 2022 Even though some states have decided to stop penalising people for not wearing masks as COVID-19 cases continue to drop,… Read More...
LifeStyle Shanghai tightens COVID lockdown screws again as curbs enter day 2 Taner Halicioglu Mar 29, 2022 Shanghai, China’s most populous city, on Tuesday again tightened the first phase of a two-stage COVID-19 lockdown,… Read More...
Health Much of Shanghai locked down as mass COVID-19 testing begins James Pereira Mar 28, 2022 Shanghai’s Pudong financial district and nearby areas will be locked down from early Monday to Friday as citywide mass… Read More...
LifeStyle Two years after pandemic outbreak, Dharavi free of COVID-19 Taner Halicioglu Mar 25, 2022 The sprawling and congested shanty town, said to be Asia’s largest, achieved the distinction on Thursday when no new… Read More...
Health Singapore extends quarantine-free entry as Asia shifts to “living with COVID” James Pereira Mar 24, 2022 “Our fight against COVID-19 has reached a major turning point,” Lee said in a televised speech that was also streamed on… Read More...
LifeStyle Disney closes Shanghai park as virus rises, Shenzhen reopens Taner Halicioglu Mar 21, 2022 China’s case numbers in its latest infection wave are low compared with other major countries, but authorities are… Read More...
Health Centre asks states to restart monitoring ILI, SARI cases amid Covid surge in southeast Asia James Pereira Mar 18, 2022 Testing for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) cases has been the pillars of… Read More...
Health China weighs exit from ‘zero COVID’ and the risks involved James Pereira Mar 18, 2022 The latest sign came Monday in an essay published by Zhang Wenhong, an infectious disease specialist who is part of… Read More...
Health White House says Indian-American physician Ashish Jha is effective communicator on tackling COVID-19 James Pereira Mar 18, 2022 Jha, the Dean of Public Health at Brown University, replaces outgoing COVID czar Jeffrey Zients, and will take up the… Read More...
LifeStyle India fared better than others in managing Omicron-driven Covid surge, claims health ministry Taner Halicioglu Mar 17, 2022 With 3,536 cases reported on an average in the week ending March 15, India contributed to only 0.21 per cent of global… Read More...