As many as 40 per cent of the Chinese population was infected by Covid-19 over the past month amid the rising number of cases in the country, Asia Times reported, citing medical experts. Chinese epidemiologist Zeng Guang said as most Chinese cities reported that 50 per cent of their people had tested positive, it was reasonable to estimate that about 40 per cent of the country's population on average could have been infected, the Hong Kong-based English news outlet reported.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday asked the public not to panic about Covid-19, but be alert and follow the directives issued by the government from time to time. He further said Covid-19 variants will keep coming but the important thing is which variant will react and people should only believe information shared by government sources to avoid any kind of panic in the country.
Infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus may negatively impact semen quality, according to a study on 30 males conducted by researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The team led by researchers at AIIMS Patna noted that Covid-19 can lead to multiorgan damage through the angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 receptor (ACE2), abundant in testicular tissue.
China defended on Thursday its handling of its raging Covid-19 outbreak after US President Joe Biden voiced concern and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Beijing was under-reporting virus deaths. The WHO's emergencies director, Mike Ryan, said on Wednesday. in some of the UN health agency's most critical remarks to date, that Chinese officials were under-representing data on several fronts.
Eleven Omicron sub-variants were found during testing of internationaltravellersbetween December 24 and January 3,PTIreported citing official sources.
Of the 19,227 internationaltravellerstested during the period, 124 were foundCovidpositive and all of them were put in isolation.
Sweden will require travelers from China to show they have tested negative for COVID before they can enter the country
On Wednesday, the EU's Integrated Political Crisis Response group (IPCR) recommended that member states should introduce restrictions.
Thai authorities said Thursday that travellers from China could enter the kingdom without pre-departure coronavirus tests, hoping their return would be a shot in the arm for the country's tourism sector recovery. China has experienced a surge in infections and its hospitals and crematoriums have been inundated after Beijing last month wound back tight restrictions.
The United States, Canada, Japan and France are among the countries that have imposed new rules requiring travellers from China to provide negative Covid tests as concerns grow over the spike in cases.
China reported 218,019 new weekly COVID-19 cases as of Jan. 1, the World Health Organization in its weekly report said, as the country is battling a surge in the cases of the virus.
China reported five new deaths related to COVID-19 for Tuesday, bringing the official death toll to 5,258, very low by global standards.
Germans living in China began receiving the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, the first such rollout of a foreign coronavirus vaccine in a country that has not otherwise approved the use of non-Chinese vaccines even as infections soar.
Under an agreement reached during a visit to Beijing by Chancellor Olaf Scholz in November, Germans aged 12 and older may receive their first dose or a booster of the BioNTech vaccine at a designated international hospital in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Guangzhou or Chengdu.
India detected a total of 11 new variants of COVID-19 in international travellers who arrived in the country during Dec. 24 to Jan. 3, Reuters reported today citing health ministry sources.
Of the 19,227 passengers who were tested for COVID-19 during the period, 124 were found positive, the sources said.
Infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus may negatively impact semen quality, according to a study on 30 males conducted by researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
The team led by researchers at AIIMS Patna noted that COVID-19 can lead to multiorgan damage through the angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 receptor (ACE2), abundant in testicular tissue.
