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Covid-19 patients on beds at Tianjin Nankai Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. - Cities across China have struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums. (Noel Celis / AFP)World
Beds run out at Beijing hospital as Covid brings more sick

The Chuiyangliu hospital in the city-'s east was packed with newly arrived patients on Thursday

5 Jan 2023 11:51 AM IST

People wearing face masks take a rest as they tend to their elderly relatives rest along a corridor of the emergency ward to provide intravenous drips at a hospital in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)World
China state media plays down COVID wave severity before WHO meet

International health experts predict at least one million deaths in the world-'s most populous country this year

3 Jan 2023 1:44 PM IST

Covid-19 patients on beds at Tianjin Nankai Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. - Cities across China have struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums. (Noel Celis / AFP)World
Global alarm grows over China-'s COVID-19 surge

Hospitals across China have been overwhelmed by an explosion of Covid cases following Beijing-'s decision to lift strict...

29 Dec 2022 11:21 AM IST

Aviation ground crew wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) working on an aircraft that flew in from abroad at the airport in Yantai in Chinas eastern Shandong province. (Photo by AFP)World
China to reopen borders, scrap quarantine for international travellers...

Previously passengers coming from abroad had to mandatorily stay in over two weeks of quarantine in government...

27 Dec 2022 11:47 AM IST

Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (AP file photo)World
US ready to provide Pakistan with funds to enhance border security:...

Pak Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto met various top policymakers in Washington and chaired the Ministerial Conference of...

25 Dec 2022 1:30 PM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (AP)World
China stands ready to work with India: Chinese Foreign Minister

This statement came in the backdrop of the December 9 faceoff between the Indian and Chinese soldiers in Arunachal...

25 Dec 2022 10:35 AM IST

Workers produce antigen test kits for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a factory in Nantong, in Chinas eastern Jiangsu province on December 19, 2022. (Photo by AFP)World
Over 60% of China-'s population may get COVID, deaths likely in...

Epidemiologist says more than 60 per cent of China and 10 per cent of Earth-'s population are likely to be infected over...

20 Dec 2022 10:29 AM IST

Ports, Shipping, and Civil Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said arrangements were made to start the ferry service in mid-January next year. (PTI Representational Image)World
India and Sri Lanka to launch ferry between Kankesanthurai port and...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and India will start a passenger ferry service next month between Kankesanthurai port in Jaffna...

18 Dec 2022 11:18 PM IST

People wear protective gear outside a hospital in Beijing. China said that it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since theyve become impossible to track with mass testing no longer required. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)World
COVID-linked deaths seen in Beijing after virus rules eased

There are fears of a surge in cases around China-'s winter holidays

18 Dec 2022 8:12 AM IST

We encourage India and China to use existing bilateral channels to discuss disputed boundaries: White House Spokesperson Ms. Karine Jean-Pierre. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)World
US keeps tab on clash at LAC by Sino-India

NEW DELHI: The United States on Wednesday said it was closely monitoring the situation following the recent clash...

15 Dec 2022 1:15 AM IST

A worker in protective overalls controls the line outside the fever clinic at a hospital in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)World
Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set...

11 Dec 2022 12:28 PM IST

This photo taken on December 5, 2022 shows people shopping at a supermarket in Urumqi, in Chinas northwestern Xinjiang region, following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the city. (Photo by CNS / AFP) / China OUTWorld
China announces nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions

Anger over China-'s zero-Covid policy stoked unrest not seen since the 1989 pro-democracy protests

7 Dec 2022 1:07 PM IST

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