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UK Not Planning Covid Testing for Travellers From China
Date: December 29, 2022
(Reuters) -Britain has no plans to bring back COVID-19 testing for those coming into the country, a government spokesperson said on Thursday, in contrast to a growing list of countries mandating tests for travellers from China. “There are no plans to re-introduce COVID-19 testing or additional requirements for arrivals into the UK,” the spokesperson said...
‘The Icu Is Full’: Medical Staff on Frontline of China’s Covid Fight Say Hospitals Are ‘overwhelmed’
Date: December 26, 2022
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing-based doctor Howard Bernstein said, he has never seen anything like this. Patients are arriving at his hospital in ever-increasing numbers; almost all are elderly and many are very unwell with COVID and pneumonia symptoms, he said. Bernstein’s account reflects...
China Races to Bolster Health System as Covid Surge Sparks Global Concern
Date: December 20, 2022
By Bernard Orr and Xinghui Kok BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Cities across China scrambled to install hospital beds and build fever screening clinics on Tuesday as authorities reported five more deaths and international concern grew about Beijing’s surprise decision to let the virus run free. China this month began dismantling its stringent “zero-COVID” regime of lockdowns and...
Queues Form at Fever Clinics as China Wrestles With Covid Surge
Date: December 12, 2022
By Eduardo Baptista and Josh Ye BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -People queued outside fever clinics at Chinese hospitals for COVID-19 checks on Monday, a new sign of the rapid spread of symptoms after authorities began dismantling an apparatus they used to surveil residents and curtail movement. Three years into the pandemic, China is acting to align...
WHO Chief Tedros Selects New Leadership Team, Document Shows
Date: December 2, 2022
By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s chief has provisionally appointed several new top managers, a document showed on Friday, as he seeks to cope with growing post-pandemic health challenges and respond to donor pressure for efficiency. The appointments come as Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s second term as the...
Ambulance Workers to Strike, Further Disrupting UK Health Service
Date: December 1, 2022
By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s health service faces further disruption in December after thousands of ambulance workers represented by three different trade unions voted for strike action in disputes over pay and conditions. The GMB union said more than 10,000 ambulance workers across England and Wales had voted in favour of industrial action, while...