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Four strange Covid -19 symptoms you might not have heard about: Study

During an infection, including that of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19), our bodies naturally try to express that they're under an unusual amount of stress.

Shanghai says lockdown to ease as Coronavirus spread slows down

Most of Shanghai has stopped the spread of the coronavirus in the community and fewer than 1 million people remain under strict lockdown, authorities said Monday, as the city moves toward reopening

Covid outbreak surges in North Korea, Kim Jong Un slams pandemic response

State media didn't specify how many of the fever cases were confirmed as COVID-19. Among the 50 fatalities, North Korea officially identified only one as a COVID-19 case so far.

With mRNA vaccine, India will have flexibility against Covid-19: Scientist

The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) recently announced the development of the country's first potential mRNA vaccine candidate to fight against SARS-CoV-2

China says economy reviving as stringent anti-virus curbs ease in Shanghai

About half of the 9,000 biggest industrial enterprises in Shanghai are back at work after controls that shut down most of the city starting in late March eased

Chinese economy skids as Covid lockdowns hit factories, retailers

Full or partial lockdowns were imposed in major centres across the country in March and April, including the most populous city Shanghai, hitting production and consumption

After six weeks of Covid-induced lockdown, normalcy to return in Shanghai

Data on Monday showed China's industrial output fell 2.9% in April from a year earlier, down sharply from a 5.0% increase in March

Kim orders immediate release of state reserve medicines amid Covid outbreak

On Sunday, North Korea reported eight additional deaths, raising the total number to 50, and over 392,920 people with symptoms of fever nationwide

China logs 140 new local Covid-19 cases; 69 in Shanghai, 39 in Beijing

Shanghai also reported four new deaths due to the infection in last 24 hours

India records 2,202 new Covid infections, 27 deaths; active cases at 17,317

With 2,202 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,31,23,801

Resilient during pandemic, home-based women workers' recovery far from over

The national lockdown and series of movement restrictions meant that supply chains were hit and demand for their labour dried up, which led to job losses and erratic wages, experts and studies said

Covid-19 pushed 55 mn Africans into extreme poverty in 2020: UN Report

Poor people with few assets, limited access to credit, informal employment and low wages were particularly severely hit by containment measures introduced during the pandemic

Covid-19 pandemic: North Korea's cases at 820,000, death toll hits 42

There were about 296,000 cases of fever with 15 deaths, the Korean Central News Agency said

84% employees feel organisation culture improved since Covid begun: survey

Around 84 per cent of employees globally say the organisation's culture has improved since the start of the pandemic, an EY Survey said

Omicron infection turbo-charges vaccinated people's Covid immunity: Study

Findings match up evidence for an immune boost from exposure to different virus variants via vaccination and infection.

Shanghai aims to reopen more Covid-shut businesses, Beijing battles on

Shanghai is looking to resurrect businesses shutdown due to Covid in order to revive the area's exonomy. Beijing continues to battle along similar lines.

India sees dip in Covid-19 cases, logs 2,487 infections in last 24-hour

The daily positivity rate is at 0.61 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate of COVID in India is at 0.62 per cent

Cumulative Covid-19 cases in Africa cross 11.54 mn, death count at 252,626

Some 10,867,632 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease so far: Africa CDC

Indian economy witnessing V-shaped recovery after pandemic: Rajnath Singh

Singh was addressing a workshop on the financial market organised by the Lucknow branch of Central India Regional Council (CIRC) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Xi Jinping's signature 'Zero Covid' policy obstructs growth curve in China

Xi's renewed commitment to zero COVID highlights his willingness to deprioritize economic growth in favour of political and social issues that he considers more urgent, The Diplomat reported.