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

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

A new peer review study published in Journal Nature has said that rapidly warming earth has emerged as an opportunity for viruses and increased the probability of future pandemics.

Global warming can spark pandemics : Study

US infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci has now issued a grim warning that the pandemic is far from over. He added that it is impossible for US to completely eliminate COVID but they should strive to control the spread of the virus

US can't eliminate the COVID-19 virus completely : Anthony Fauci

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?

Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Alphabet - Google's parent company, revealed numbers for the first quarter of this year and their numbers indicate that the big tech is not immune to market instability.

Tech giants that got drunk on profits earlier now suffer a 'post-pandemic hangover'

The US economy unexpectedly contracted in the first quarter amid a resurgence in COVID-19 cases and drop in pandemic relief money from the government, but the decline in output is misleading as domestic demand remained strong.

US economy shrinks in first quarter of 2022

China has sharpened Covid screening in Beijing to prevent chaos like what we saw in Shanghai but many commuters are not happy about the restrictions. For Chinese commuter workers, waking up in the early mornings to travel miles away for work has gotten even tougher than before.

China: Commuter workers unable to go home or find other work

More than 500 million instances of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been documented worldwide as of April 2022. Do you remember the initial days of the pandemic? The panic, the deaths, the loss?

Covid is here to stay and it affects women worse than men, says study

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

While Covid restrictions are being lifted across the world, China and South Korea have reported a spike in infections. Should we be worried as cases rise? Is it too early to go back to pre-COVID life? Watch this special discussion to know more!

Is it too early to go back to pre-COVID life?

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 sparking anger to protest among residents. To get more details, we're joined by Peter Catterall, Journalist from Beijing.

China's strict 'zero Covid policy' backfires, record surge in Covid cases in Shanghai

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

China has found a patient with a new subtype of the Wuhan virus. Reports say the subtype "doesn't match other coronavirus". Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you more.

Gravitas: Covid pandemic: A new scare from China

Next pandemic may be caused by insect-borne pathogens, as per the World Health Organization. They seem to be posing a great risk, a Daily Mail report said. Arboviruses, such as yellow fever, Zika, Chikungunya and dengue, are pathogens spread by arthropods like mosquitoes and ticks.

Insect-borne viruses may trigger next pandemic, warn health experts   

South Korea has largely scrapped its containment efforts for covid-19 despite recording higher numbers of cases. South Korea has joined a growing list of Asian countries that have eased quarantine rules.

South Koreans plan 'revenge travel', scrap aggressive measures after strict isolation

The World health organization has released an updated plan to deal with covid-19. The global health body has laid out three possible scenarios for how the pandemic is likely to evolve this year.

WHO lists 3 scenarios on how pandemic may evolve

Hong Kong is now running out of coffins as it battles yet another severe wave of the pandemic. People are hesitant to use paper coffins, but this is an eco-friendly solution that could help cope with this shortage.

Hong Kong runs out of coffins as covid-19 death toll rises, surge puts strain on mortuaries

Indian companies will spend an estimated $105.2 billion on information technology in 2022. This is 5.5% more than in 2021, according to a report by Gartner. The worldwide IT spending is projected at $4.5 trillion in 2022, up 5.1% from 2021.Despite the potential impacts of Covid pandemic, economic recovery is seen, with high expectations for digital market.

Indian IT sector experiencing post pandemic boom

China is searching for a new pandemic strategy to avert economic distress due to rising COVID-19 cases. In the latest, Shanghai will go under phased lockdown to curb covid situation.

Mass testing for people in Shanghai amid partial lockdown

UK is witnessing a rise in COVID-19 cases. With over 4.3 Million COVID cases recorded in early 2022, covid cases jump in United Kingdom again.

Covid cases jump in UK, infections peak in Scotland and Wales

China has registered 56,000 covid cases since March 1st and public health governance is expected to come under pressure in the coming weeks.

China reports surge in covid cases, logs 56,000 cases since March 1

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