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Hong Kong: Hong Kong, the city which is reporting a massive spike in COVID-19 cases, is witnessing the death toll to exceed the number of coronavirus-related fatalities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, from where the contagious virus had first originated. more
China battling fresh COVID-19 outbreak suspected to be driven by Omicron BA.2 variant

Beijing: China is witnessing a massive surge in COVID-19 cases with tens of millions of people are living under lockdown at present to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus, m ...

China imposes lockdown in Shenzhen as COVID-19 cases spike

Shenzhen, China: China is facing yet another wave of COVID-19 pandemic outbreaking, forcing authorities to put  17.5 million residents of Shenzhen into lockdown for at least a week, ...

Ukraine health facilities ‘stretched to breaking point’, warns WHO

New York: The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Monday that it is working “day and night” to keep medical supply chains open and preserve the health system in Ukraine, ...

Chinese mainland reports 1,807 Covid-19 cases

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 1,807 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Sunday.

Bangladesh registers three COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours

Dhaka: As many as three people died due to COVID-19 in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Saturday.

China reports 476 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

Beijing: China on Friday reported 476 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, media reports said.

UN rights chief leads call for global COVID-19 vaccine equity

New York: The global failure to deliver enough COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries “is prolonging the pandemic” and causing tens of thousands of preventable deaths every ...

Two years on, COVID-19 pandemic ‘far from over’

New York: Almost 500 million people have been infected with the coronavirus since March 2020 and new variants are still a threat. This Friday marks two years since the World Health Organi ...

WHO issues new guidelines on abortion to help deliver lifesaving care

New York: New guidelines on abortion are now available from the World Health Organization (WHO), in a bid to prevent more than 25 million unsafe terminations that happen each year.