International passenger arrivals more than doubled in 2022 over the previous year and should resemble pre-pandemic levels in 2023, according to the UN's tourism organisation, as a result of the relaxation of travel restrictions, particularly in China.

International tourist arrivals doubled in 2022 after easing of Covid curbs, says UN

The U.S. has unveiled a plan to help veterans avail free 'suicide help. This comes after a spike in suicide rates among veterans during the pandemic. Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: Why are U.S. veterans committing suicide?

The annual summit of the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos, Switzerland. The forum has called on leaders from across the globe to address immediate economic energy, food crisis as well as the ongoing climate crisis. Watch this report to know more.

Davos 2023: World leaders' biggest post-pandemic gathering

Guyana President Irfaan Ali has lauded India for its "leadership" amid the covid pandemic, as the nation provided vaccines to the world. Under India's Vaccine Maitri initiative, Covid vaccines were sent to more than 100 countries including Guyana.

Guyana President Irfaan Ali lauds India's leadership amid Covid pandemic

Working from home became the norm during the pandemic. Will 2023 be about returning to offices or will a hybrid work model become the norm? Molly Gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas: Will 2023 be about returning to offices?

A WION exclusive report by Rahesha Sehgal: - It's 2022 and the world is keen to emerge out of the pandemic but there are big challenges lined up. - There are new dimensions, new paradigms. We ask are we really out of the pandemic? - What are the collateral damages of the Covid-19 pandemic and when will we completely break free.

Year Ender 2022: Life after Covid

Famous German virologist Christian Drosten believes the coronavirus pandemic has ended and Covid-19 is now an endemic disease.

WION Fineprint: Top German virologist says it is the end of pandemic

The National Health Commission has reported 31,444 cases, the highest daily number since the pandemic began, surpassing the previous peak in April. Watch further to know more.

WION Dispatch: Record dip in China’s Covid cases as lockdowns expand

In a post-Covid world, Zoom Video Communications Inc. shares have lost approximately 90 per cent of their value since the pandemic peak in October 2020. The business lowered its annual sales projection and reported its slowest quarterly growth, which led at least six brokerages to lower their price targets, and the stock was down over 10 per cent on Tuesday.

Zoom shares down 90% from pandemic peak in October 2020

A major fallout of china's stringent COVID policy has been President Xi Jinping's absence from the stage of diplomacy. But he is making up for it following the recent relaxation in the restrictions. The Chinese president has met 17 leaders in the last two weeks.

WION Fineprint | President Xi's post-pandemic diplomacy

Europe may soon face a 'cancer epidemic' unless urgent action is taken to boost treatment and research of the disease. According to a report, an estimated 1 million diagnoses were missed due to the pandemic.

Has the repurposing of health services during pandemic led to a 'cancer epidemic' in Europe?

The biggest infectious killer has been brought to light on this world pneumonia day. The ill effects of the Covid pandemic and climate change is fueling a pneumonia crisis across the world.

World Pneumonia Day: Deaths from respiratory infections increased up to 6 MN in 2021

Everyone appears to have an opinion on how COVID-19 came to be. The National Institutes of Health has been questioned by US Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the purported "lab leak.

What is the origin of the COVID-19 virus? New report supports ‘Lab Leak’ theory

The new XBB strain of the coronavirus has been detected in 17 countries with Hong Kong recording 140 cases of them. Is there a need for variant specific booster vaccines?

XBB strain detected in 17 countries: Is there a need for variant specific booster vaccines?

A study has found that a plague pandemic 700 years ago left a genetic mark on future generations. Scientists have discovered that the mutations that helped people survive the plague - are linked to auto-immune diseases affecting people today. Priyanka Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: How a pandemic 700 years ago left a mark on future generations

Asia Pacific travel and Industry could be the first to recover compared with pre-pandemic levels. Tourism Revenue in 2020 dropped more in Asia Pacific at 59% than anywhere else.

WION Business News | Travel industry could be first to recover compared with pre-pandemic levels

The world is heating up and as the time passes by the climate seems to get warmer every second but do you know that according to new research, the warming up of the climate could bring viruses in the Arctic into contact with new environment.

WION Climate Tracker: Next pandemic to come from melting glaciers? New virus threat as Arctic melts

A recent study, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, shows that babies born during the first Covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdown were slower to meet several developmental milestones when compared to those who were born prior to the pandemic.

‘Pandemic’ babies are slower to meet some developmental milestones, says study

Japan has reopened its doors to tourists after two-and-a-half years of tough Covid-19 restrictions, with officials hoping an influx of travellers enticed by a weak yen will boost the economy.

Tourists return to Japan after more than two years of pandemic isolation

Japan throws open its doors to visitors this week after more than two years of pandemic isolation with hopes for a tourism boom face tough headwinds amid shuttered shops and a shortage of hospitality workers.

World Business Watch: Japan to reinstate Visa-free travel to dozens of countries after two years

According to American Express Global Business Travel report, hotel prices will keep increasing in 2023 in most of the key cities for business events worldwide as demand for in-person meetings after pandemic disruptions grows, though at a slower pace due to a worsening economic outlook.

World Business Watch | Report: Hotel prices to rise at lower rate in 2023

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'

Faced with a steep increase in prices and as they return to work, people across Australia are giving up their "pandemic" pets. Reuters reports that Australian animal shelters are overcrowded, with individuals waiting on waitlists for as long as eight months to surrender their pets.

'It's heartbreaking', Australian animal shelters overflow as people rush to return their 'pandemic pets'

After more than three years, 6 million deaths and over 600 million infections on record, the end of the pandemic is now in sight. World Health Organisation Chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated, "We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic."

'We have never been in a better position to end pandemic,' says WHO Chief

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