China Covid Surge

Doctors who were mobilized across China to treat a rush of COVID patients say in phone interviews that the number of patients they are now seeing has fallen.

China Covid surge: Outbreak may continue for 2-3 months, warns Chinese scientist

Covid infections are expected to surge in rural areas as millions are set to travel to their home towns for the Lunar New Year holidays, which officially start from January 21.

Demand for Indian generic drugs skyrockets in China amid Covid surge

Due to the massive short supply of Paxlovid, demand for Indian generic versions has gone up through Chinese e-commerce platforms.

Caring with COVID-19: Infected doctors battle China virus surge

Doctors working despite being infected, beds filled with dozens of elderly straining to breathe -- on the front lines of China's worst-ever Covid outbreak, hospitals are struggling. But as China opens up, cases are surging. The healthcare system is straining and crematoriums struggling to deal with the influx of bodies.

President Xi Jinping says China faces 'new Covid situation', calls for targeted measures to curb the virus

In his fresh directive, Xi said that more targeted patriotic health campaigns should be conducted as the country's COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control faces new situations and new tasks.

With ‘Zero-COVID,’ China proved it’s good at control. Governance is harder

If good governance is about transparency, responsibility, accountability and responsiveness to the needs of the people, the Chinese government has barely practiced it, either in its harsh “zero-COVID” policy, or in its haphazard reopening.

As cases explode, China’s low COVID death toll convinces no one

Two weeks after China abruptly abandoned its “zero-COVID” policy, cases have soared in cities like Beijing, along with reports of people dying.

Whole 'Covid drama' being orchestrated to 'derail' Bharat Jodo Yatra: Jairam Ramesh

He was asked if the government was selectively picking on the yatra after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya wrote to Gandhi to consider suspending the march if Covid protocols could not be followed.

In our 'profound interest' that China reins in latest surge in coronavirus infections: Blinken

Experts are now predicting a difficult time ahead, with a grim prediction that close to 2 million deaths due to the virus by next year.