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'Xi step down' - protests erupt in China over harsh Covid-19 curbs
Protests against Chinese government's strict Covid measures have intensified with people taking to the streets against President Xi Jinping's harsh zero-Covid policy
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'Down with Xi': Open defiance as public protests erupt across China
China's rare public protests opposing stringent Covid lockdowns turned political on Sunday with protestors shouting slogans against President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party
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Data story: India records 343 new Covid cases; death toll at 530,612
India has added 2,547 cases in the past 7 days
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More protests erupt in China against Covid policy triggered by deadly fire
Protests against China's restrictive Covid-19 measures appeared to roil in a number of cities, in displays of public defiance fanned by anger over a deadly fire in the western Xinjiang region
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Mumbai records 15 new Covid-19 infections, 0 death; active case tally at 94
Mumbai on Saturday reported 15 Covid-19 cases, which took the metropolis' tally to 1,154,873, while the death toll stood unchanged at 19,743, a civic official said
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S Korea's new Covid-19 cases in 50,000 range amid winter resurgence worries
The country reported 52,788 new COVID-19 infections, including 62 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 26,890,488
China's iPhone city Zhengzhou sends 870 workers away without notice
The workers were transported to Xuzhou in Jiangsu province early Friday "without prior communications," the city's authorities said; it didn't say whether any of the people tested positive
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China logs 35,909 new Covid cases in a day, third consecutive daily record
Friday saw no new deaths from COVID-19, with the total death toll at 5,232
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Outdated Covid travel advisories, norms causing inconvenience to people
When it is scientifically confirmed that even a vaccinated person can transmit the virus, making RT-PCR test mandatory for unvaccinated people at airports does not make sense
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Risk of asthma attacks doubled after Covid limitations removed: Research
When restrictions were lifted, fewer people wore face coverings and there was more social mixing, and subsequently a higher risk of Covid-19 and other acute respiratory infections
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Fear of quarantine camps, not Covid-19 pandemic, is shutting Beijing down
Going out in the capital of Beijing means having to scan a QR code to enter venues like shops and restaurants, or to even take public transportation
Chhattisgarh sees three COVID-19 cases, six recoveries; active tally now 20
Chhattisgarh on Friday reported three COVID-19 cases at a positivity rate of 0.16 per cent, taking the tally to 11,77,722, while the death toll remained unchanged at 14,145, an official said
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As China intensifies Covid-19 lockdowns, India gradually opens up
Data shows that spike in one country has not coincided with a rise the other
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After a year, omicron still driving Covid-19 surges and worries in US
Nationally, new COVID cases averaged around 39,300 a day as of Tuesday far lower than last winter but a vast undercount because of reduced testing and reporting
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Panic-buying witnessed in Beijing as city adds new Covid quarantine centres
Daily cases of COVID-19 across the country are hitting records, with 32,695 reported Friday. Of those, 1,860 were in Beijing, the majority of them asymptomatic
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Fewer women were employed in 2021 than in 2020 due to Covid : Oxfam report
The report said governments around the world are putting women and girls in danger of unprecedented new levels of poverty, peril, overwork and premature death
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China frees up $70 bn for banks to underpin economy hit by Covid lockdowns
The central bank hopes to spur more lending into the economy but analysts are sceptical it could achieve quick results, as new COVID outbreaks throw factories and households into lockdown
Bharat Biotech's Intranasal Covid booster gets DCGI nod for restricted use
As per the vaccine manufacturer, the nasal route has excellent potential for vaccination due to the organised immune systems of the nasal mucosa
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Global shares mixed as investors eye China covid crisis, Japan inflation
Across China, the number of new cases reported Thursday was 31,444, the highest since the virus was first detected in late 2019
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European Union's medicines regulator warns of Covid spike in winter
"This virus is maintaining a fast pace in its evolution and new subvariants of Omicron such as BQ.1.1 and its offsprings are on the rise and replacing Omicron BA.5"
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