Taipei, Jan 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Private services offering Chinese travellers access to mRNA vaccines are attracting droves of mainlanders to Hong Kong and Macau seeking a booster shot that their government has refused to approve, according…
New Delhi, Jan 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) As countries like China and Japan bear the maximum brunt of the global Covid surge, India has survived the immediate threat and according to health experts, majority of the population…
Taipei, Jan 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) People in China have been warned against travelling to visit their elderly relatives during the lunar new year holiday, as Covid spreads rapidly through cities and into regional and poorer areas,…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The global acceptance of Covid-19 vaccines increased from 75.2 per cent in 2021 to 79.1 per cent in 2022, according to a survey in 23 countries (including India) that represent…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) sentinel sites referred 324 Covid-19 positive samples for sequencing to 22 INSACOG labs between December 29 to January 7, and the results revealed presence of…
Beijing, Jan 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The top adviser shaping China’s coronavirus response insists winter was the best time for the country to reopen from zero-Covid when considering vaccination uptake and waning immunity, according to his interview…
London, Jan 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Almost 90 per cent of people in China’s third most populous province have now been infected with Covid-19, a top local official has said, as the country battles an unprecedented surge…
London, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) China has taken down more than 1,000 social media accounts – some with millions of followers – that criticised the government’s Covid policies. Social media platform Weibo said it had suspended…
Beijing, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) As China opened borders and resumed travel on Sunday, billions of local travellers are set to make overseas trips in the next few days, triggering Covid surge concerns in various countries…
New Delhi, Jan 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) India recorded 163 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, said the Union Health Ministry on Sunday. This is a marginal decline from the 214 cases reported the previous…
Washington, Jan 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) As millions of Chinese head home for the Lunar New Year celebrations on January 22 and hospitals struggle amid a nationwide wave of COVID-19 cases, concerns are growing for the country’s…
Washington, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The internal border between the former British colony of Hong Kong and the rest of China will open for the first time in three years on Sunday, with tens of thousands…
Tokyo, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Japan on Friday reported 456 Covid-related deaths, an all-time high as there was no stopping for the coronavirus that has killed thousands in just a span of one month in the…
Kolkata, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid fresh Covid-19 scare, the West Bengal health department is worried over the increasing reluctance of people to go for booster vaccine dose shots. Rough figures compiled by the state health…
Washington, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) China has denied allegations that it is hiding Covid infection or death figures, saying the severe illness and death in the country compares favourably with other nations, the media reported on…
Bangkok, Jan 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thailand adopted a new requirement for foreign visitors to show proof of at least two doses of the Covid-19 vaccination, government officials have announced. Foreign arrivals are also required to have…
Beijing, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The growing number of Chinese public figures whose deaths are being made public is prompting people to question the official Covid death toll, according to a media report. The death of…
Washington, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Covid deaths are surging in Tibetan areas of China after strict lockdowns aimed at controlling the spread of the disease were ended by Chinese authorities in early December, media reported. More…
San Francisco, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 allowed researchers to test the theory — does Covid changes the body’s response to other threats, and the answer they found was…
Shimla, Jan 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Himachal Pradesh government on Thursday said it has requested the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to provide 10 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine and one lakh doses of…