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Setback for Shanghai’s Covid Battle as Beijing Ramps up Mass Testing
Date: May 2, 2022
By Brenda Goh and Sophie Yu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s commercial capital of Shanghai was dealt a blow on Monday as authorities reported 58 new COVID-19 cases outside areas under strict lockdown, while Beijing pressed on with testing millions of people on a May Day holiday few were celebrating. Tough coronavirus curbs in Shanghai have stirred...
AstraZeneca Says Its Covid Shot Still Has Role Despite Global Glut
Date: April 29, 2022
By Natalie Grover and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) -AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine still has a role to play in the fight against the pandemic, even as sales slow and the company charges more in some places, CEO Pascal Soriot said on Friday, the latest drugmaker to warn about a global supply glut. The comments come after the...
Hong Kong’s Mandatory Covid Testing in Schools Fuels Plastic Waste Woes
Date: April 29, 2022
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong government rule that all school students and staff take daily COVID-19 tests will add massively to the city’s plastic waste problem, environmental activists say, with some 20 million kits a month set to be dumped at bursting landfills. The mandatory rapid antigen tests (RAT), and their plastic accessories...
Explainer-Shanghai Death Numbers Raise Questions Over Its Covid Accounting
Date: April 28, 2022
By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak, in Shanghai, has again raised questions about the country’s official data – especially a death rate that despite a recent jump, remains far lower than elsewhere. HOW LOW IS THE DEATH RATE? Shanghai had reported no COVID-19 deaths for more than a month after the...
Explainer-Scientists Investigate Hepatitis Outbreak in Children in Europe and US
Date: April 26, 2022
By Jennifer Rigby and Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Health authorities around the world are investigating a mysterious increase in severe cases of hepatitis – inflammation of the liver – in young children. Below is a summary of what is known about the outbreak: WHAT’S HAPPENED? More than 190 cases have been identified, with the...
U.S. Will No Longer Enforce Mask Mandate on Airplanes, Trains After Court Ruling
Date: April 19, 2022
By David Shepardson, Rajesh Kumar Singh and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) -The Biden administration will no longer enforce a U.S. mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, overturning a key White House effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Soon after the...