After over two years, North Korea has officially confirmed Covid outbreak for the first time on Thursday, media reports said. The nation has also ordered a nation-wide lockdown.

Covid-19 in North Korea: After official confirmation of outbreak, Kim orders lockdown

Xi Jinping's one-time ally Tedros Adhanom has criticised his zero-covid policy as 'unsustainable'. The strict lockdowns have put 40% of China's GDP at risk. Reports say Xi is struggling with a life-threatening illness. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Has Xi Jinping lost the plot?

China is an important market for automakers including Tesla, as it was the top seller of EVs in the country in March delivering 65,000 cars from its Shanghai factory. Its manufacturing and sales took a huge hit last month when the government shut down Shanghai.

Lockdowns take a toll on auto sales, Tesla's China sales dive 98%

Shanghai has intensified its Wuhan virus lockdown. Violators are being put behind bars, entire buildings are being isolated over just one case. Tesla has suspended most production, Chinese exports have also taken a hit. Palki Sharma reports.

Gravitas: Shanghai intensifies lockdown

China's capital city is racing to contain the covid cases. Beijing has kicked off a fresh round of mass testing and officials have continued to tighten covid restrictions. Various subway stations have been shut down and at least 15% of the transportation network remains closed.

China struggles to contain covid surge, Beijing ramps up mass testing

Amid china's zero-covid policy, cases in the Chinese capital Beijing continue to surge. The city reported 39 new covid infections in the last 24 hours taking its total tally to 727. Authorities continued to conduct regular mass testing.

Covid Update: China's capital Beijing witnesses surge in covid cases

The lockdown in Shanghai due to the rising COVID-19 cases has been a cause of concern for both the authorities and the citizens of the Chinese city. The lack of proper healthcare and food shortages have made life difficult for the people and the issues have even resulted in a number of protests.

Shanghai couple braves COVID-19 lockdown to get married in car park of their building

China is facing the worst outbreak of covid despite the zero-covid policy. Amid covid cases hike, tourists are visiting Beijing's temple of heaven. Meanwhile, Taiwan has reported more than 10,000 new covid cases.

China: Amid covid hike, tourists visit Beijing's temple of heaven

Beijing authorities are now imposing strict covid-19 curbs, they are ramping up measures to control the spread of the virus. However, Shanghai officials ease covid curbs because no cases have been reported outside quarantine areas.

Covid-19 in China: Authorities in Beijing impose strict covid curbs

Authorities in China are now moving quickly to try and prevent a massive outbreak, one that could trigger a city-wide lockdown. They want to avoid a Shanghai-like situation because the political stakes are too high this time.

China: Is Xi Jinping trapped in his own lockdown policy?

As China is reeling under the Covid-19 wave, with its cities facing strict restrictions, this couple’s plan was put on hold due to Covid. The couple in Shanghai went ahead with what they had in mind with a different approach.

Love during Covid: What this Shanghai coupled did during lockdown

The outrage against Zero Covid in China is growing. Residents of Shanghai are protesting against fencing of their homes. While residents of Beijing have resorted to panic buying after a fresh spike in cases. Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you more.

Gravitas: Lockdown fears spark panic buying in Beijing

Oil prices slumped to near two-week lows on Monday, extending losses from last week, as concerns grew that prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and potential US rate hikes would hurt global economic growth and fuel demand.

Oil prices extend losses as Shanghai lockdowns hit demand outlook

China's battle with COVID-19 is on and Shanghai is in its fifth week of lockdown despite strict measures cases continue to rise. The ongoing COVID curbs and growing economic concerns have started to take a toll on the residents

COVID woes continue in Shanghai, over 21,000 cases reported in 24 hours

After weeks of lockdown, Shanghai has reported today that three people have died of covid-19 in the latest outbreak which has kept the city of 25 million confined to their homes. The financial city continues to witness surge in cases.

China: Shanghai reports 3 covid deaths amid recent lockdown

China's zero-covid policy is impacting the economy. Lockdown has adversely impacted manufacturing in China and analysts have predicted the lowest GDP in decades.

China's zero-covid policy impacts economy, analysts predict lowest GDP in decades

China looks nowhere close to winning the battle to contain its biggest covid-19 outbreak. Shanghai remains mired in COVID-19 lockdown as it is logging tens of thousands of cases daily

Shanghai remains mired in COVID-19 lockdown, cases rise in China's financial hub

China looks nowhere close to winning the battle to contain its biggest covid-19 outbreak. Shanghai is converting residential buildings into quarantine centers to house a mounting number of COVID-19 cases but the move is parking anger to protest among residents who are being forced to leave their apartments

Shanghai's quarantine mess: China's quarantine facility exposed

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has been fined for breaking the lockdown rules during the pandemic is facing another three potential fines for lockdown breaches. According to the British media reports, this the first time that a PM has been fined for breaking their own law.

Reports: UK PM Boris Johnson faces 3 more fines for breaking covid-19 lockdown norms

China looks nowhere close to winning the battle to contain its biggest covid-19 outbreak. The covid situation in China's financial center of Shanghai is worsening as authorities are shaping an exit plan from Lockdown; On Sunday Shanghai reported more than 25,000 new covid-19 infections.

China: Shanghai's covid-19 infections rise by 25,000, authorities shaping an exit plan from lockdown

The government has decided to lift the lockdown in Shanghai after the number of positive cases were found in the last two weeks to have decreased substantially. Shanghai was under a very strict lockdown since the 28th of march.

Lockdown in Shanghai to be lifted, strict measures irk residents

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hinted at another lockdown should new Covid variants and sub-variants emerge. Johnson downplayed the prospect of imposing another strict lockdown but said that he would be open to taking any measures if new variants of concern emerge badly affecting the children.

Won’t rule out another Covid lockdown, says UK PM Boris Johnson

China is said to be responsible for the origin of covid-19 and has reported 20,000 fresh cases on Wednesday. This is the highest daily rise recorded in China since the beginning of the pandemic the city of shanghai has emerged as the heart of the virus surge despite being in the lockdown.

China reports highest ever-daily cases, 'Shanghai insufficiently prepared,' says top official

Shanghai on Wednesday made concessions on an unpopular COVID isolation policy that has separated children from their parents and sparked a public outcry, but extended a citywide lockdown that has left some residents struggling to buy food.

Shanghai eases child separation under COVID policy but extends lockdown

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