COVID-19 infections are on a rise in China as the country's top health officials begin easing some pandemic measures in a bit to provide some economic relief to the people

Chinese cities record new surge in COVID-19 cases

The Chinese district of Guangzhou, which is home to 1.8 million people on Saturday ordered its citizens to stay at home for virus testing following another rise in the number of infections.

As China eases 'Zero-COVID' rules, close to 12,000 cases of new infection reported

China’s capital Beijing reported 32 symptomatic new locally transmitted Covid-19 infections and 48 asymptomatic cases for November 8. This compared with 31 symptomatic and 33 asymptomatic cases the day before.

Beijing reports 32 symptomatic and 48 asymptomatic Covid cases for Tuesday

China's health authority reported a jump in COVID-19 infections, climbing to 7,475 on November 7 from 5,496 the day before and the highest since May 1.

New COVID-19 cases climb to 7,000 in China

China is planning to reduce COVID quarantine time for inbound travellers from 10 days to seven, reported Bloomberg on Thursday (October 20). China has a strict 'zero-COVID' policy that has been a dampener on world's second-largest economy.

China plans to shorten COVID quarantine, Beijing amps up restrictions

China is stepping up its effort to control Covid ahead of the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. The cases have increased in the past two months. China reported 1,939 cases on October 9, the highest since August.

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Singapore has recorded a drop in life expectancy for the first time. The drop has been driven by higher mortality rates due to covid-19. The country has reported 2,490 more deaths between 2020 and 2022.

Singapore reports first drop in life expectancy

Singapore will step up its vaccination program as it further eases its Covid-19 related curbs, lifting restrictions on non-vaccinated individuals in restaurants and other venues.

Singapore to ease more Covid curbs, step up vaccination program

Xinjiang has suspended all passenger train services leaving the region to stop the spread of Covid-19, as officials admit their inadequate actions have hampered attempts to curb the outbreak for the past two months.

Xinjiang halts travel out of region as officials admit to failures in controlling Covid outbreak

After a two-year of gap due to Covid-19 Cambodia is marking the festival of the dead. The festival is being celebrated to honor the ancestors.

Festival of dead returns to Cambodia after two years of Covid-19

Constant COVID-19 testing has become a norm in China as the government continues to move forward with their plan to completely eradicate the pandemic. While the citizens are regularly tested, artist Siyuan Zhuji has found a unique way to documents the process of Covid tests.

Chinese artist records COVID-19 tests from inside his mouth - WATCH

With some ease to the Covid-19 pandemic, Japan is now all set to further relax its border restrictions next month onwards. The country has maintained some of the strictest measures in the world.

Japan: 'Pandemic interrupted the free flow of people & goods'

On Tuesday (Sept 20), nearly 50 people were accused of engaging in a massive COVID-19 fraud scam involving reportedly stealing up to $250 million from a federal initiative designed to feed children in Minneapolis.

Federal authorities charges 47 in Minneapolis in $250 million Covid fraud scheme 

The Covid pandemic in the United States is over, according to US President Joe Biden in an interview on Sunday. The remarks were indicative of the current state of much of US society, given that Covid restrictions have been largely lifted nationwide and travel has returned to pre-pandemic levels.

President Biden says COVID-19 pandemic in US 'is over'

World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the world had never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic and urged nations to keep up their efforts against the coronavirus.

WHO chief: World has never been in a better position to end the pandemic

A recent United Nations report announced that an unprecedented array of crises chiefly among them covid 19 has set human progress back five years and fueled a global wave of uncertainty.

Human development index drops for second year in a row

The number of coronavirus deaths fell by 9 per cent in the last week while new cases remained relatively stable, according to the latest weekly pandemic report released by the World Health Organization Wednesday.

WHO: COVID-19 deaths fall overall by 9%, infections stable

Staying in Asia, Kim Jong-Un has declared a shining victory over Covid 19 as his sister, Kim Yo-Jong, revealed that the North Korean leader had suffered from fever during the pandemic. This appears to be the first suggestion that Kim Jong-Un has contracted Covid 19.

Kim Jong-Un suffered from fever, calls for Covid-19 preventive measures to be eased

Over 80,000 tourists are stranded in a resort city popularly known as "China's Hawaii" after surging cases led authorities to impose strict travel restrictions. Molly Gambhir tells you how China's zero-Covid policies is already impacting its economy.

WION Fineprint: Over 80,000 tourists trapped in ‘China’s Hawaii’ after outbreak

Hong Kong is in new measures to open the overall economy to make the country easy for tourist visit. It has shortened the Covid-19 quarantine period for all arrivals to three days in hotel versus seven days.

Hong Kong tipping back into technical recession, cuts Covid quarantine

Hong Kong eases travel, reduces quarantine period from 7 to 3 days

US President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19, according to the White House, forcing him back into isolation after several days of testing negative.

US President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 again, returns to isolation

Globally, a new outbreak of unexplained acute hepatitis infections affecting children. Doctors and experts are working to understand the cause of this infection. To know more details about hepatitis infections among kids and what role COVID-19 played to fuel cases, WION spoke to Dr Arvinder Singh Soin, Chairman, Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta Hospital.

World Hepatitis Day: Expert tells WION how to save kids from disease

Wuhan has locked down 1 million residents. The original epicenter of the pandemic is dealing with a fresh outbreak. This comes after fresh studies linked the virus to a wet market in Wuhan. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Wuhan locks down 1 million people

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