@WSJ 2 years ago White House Covid-19 czar Ashish Jha will be leaving his post next week, the latest sign the Biden administration is confident the country is on stronger footing in its fight against the virus on.wsj.com
@WSJ 2 years ago This week marks three years since the U.S. reported its first known Covid-19 case. Fewer people are dying from it but there’s room for improvement, public-health officials say. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Since China dropped its “zero Covid” restrictions last week, much of the Chinese public has embraced a new life, even if it means the virus is spreading quickly. But beneath the relief is a collective and profound trauma that will not be easy to heal. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Until the past week, during which there were rallies voicing extraordinary public opposition to the stringent “zero Covid” rules, government officials and state media were still emphasizing the most ominous medical news about the pandemic. nyti.ms
@guardian 2 years ago Best podcasts of the week: What it’s like to lose your unvaccinated father and brother to Covid theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Violent protests in Sierra Leone this week have underscored how rising inflation, the war in Ukraine and the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic have had cascading effects on social stability across the world. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago Two of China’s biggest cities and export hubs ordered residents to undergo mass Covid-19 tests this week, a reminder of the economic risks from Beijing’s zero-tolerance policy on.wsj.com
@guardian 3 years ago UK Covid cases rise by nearly 20% in a week theguardian.com
@guardian 3 years ago Digested week: no one knows if my taste will come back – still, glad Covid’s over | John Crace theguardian.com
@guardian 3 years ago Best podcasts of the week: How Covid conspiracists ‘killed off’ Tiffany Dover theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago South Korea is set to ease social distancing regulations this week as the country's number of new coronavirus cases falls. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago iPhone assembler Foxconn said it restarted some production at its factories in Shenzhen after a Covid-19 outbreak and a city lockdown this week led the company and other manufacturers to suspend operations there on.wsj.com
@guardian 2 years ago Best podcasts of the week: Where did Covid come from? The BBC goes in search of answers theguardian.com
@WSJ 2 years ago This week marks three years since the U.S. reported its first known Covid-19 case. Fewer people are dying from it but there’s room for improvement, public-health officials say. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Less than a week after the Chinese government lifted its stringent “zero Covid” restrictions, Beijing looks like a city in the throes of a lockdown — this time, self-imposed by residents. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Until the past week, during which there were rallies voicing extraordinary public opposition to the stringent “zero Covid” rules, government officials and state media were still emphasizing the most ominous medical news about the pandemic. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld 2 years ago Covid infections rise by 14% in a week in UK bbc.in
@guardian 3 years ago Could Long Covid lead to the rise of a four-day work-week? | Greg Frey theguardian.com
@guardian 3 years ago UK Covid infections soar by third in a week omicron theguardian.com
@guardian 3 years ago UK Covid levels rise 30% to estimated 2.3m cases last week theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago North Korea reported “a positive trend” in tackling the country’s Covid outbreak, according to state-run news media. The claim is a shift in tone from the government after it ordered “maximum emergency” controls last week to fight the virus. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago The U.S. State Department said that it had ordered all nonemergency U.S. consulate employees and their families to leave Shanghai as a lockdown aimed at containing a surge in Omicron coronavirus cases stretched into its second week. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago As a lockdown in Shanghai enters its second week, some residents are buckling under the strict measures ordered by the government to try to eliminate the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago A little more than a week ago, Beijing was telling Chinese cities not to impose excessively drastic Covid restrictions. Now cities are imposing some of their biggest lockdowns yet in response to a wave of Omicron variant cases. nyti.ms
@WSJ 2 years ago Covid-19 infections in China are estimated to peak around 65 million a week by late June, and yet the mood is decidedly blasé on.wsj.com
@guardian 2 years ago Covid deaths in aged care surpass 100 a week, the highest rate since August theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 2 years ago The Chinese government on Wednesday unveiled a broad easing of its strict “zero Covid” policy, after an extraordinary outburst of discontent in mass street protests a week ago. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Although security forces reasserted control over protest hotspots in China this week, recent clashes suggested that poor, frustrated migrant workers may keep pushing back against the country’s “zero-Covid” measures. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Violent protests in Sierra Leone this week have underscored how rising inflation, the war in Ukraine and the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic have had cascading effects on social stability across the world. nyti.ms
@guardian 3 years ago Latest UK Covid wave past peak as infections fall by half a million in a week theguardian.com
@guardian 3 years ago Covid deaths in aged care reach almost 100 a week as active cases surge across Australia theguardian.com
@guardian 3 years ago Covid: 1.7m people had virus last week as levels continue to rise in UK theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Coronavirus cases in South Africa have tripled in the past week, officials said. Public health experts are monitoring the surge, linked to two subvariants in the Omicron family, to see what it says about immunity from previous infections. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago South Korea is set to ease social distancing regulations this week as the country's number of new coronavirus cases falls. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago Local authorities in Shanghai say they plan to split the city of more than 25 million residents in two, locking down one half and then the other over the next week and a half as the city tries to control a Covid-19 outbreak on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago A little more than a week ago, Beijing was telling Chinese cities not to impose excessively drastic Covid restrictions. Now cities are imposing some of their biggest lockdowns yet in response to a wave of Omicron variant cases. nyti.ms
@guardian 2 years ago Covid booster vaccine to be offered to millions in England next week theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Since China dropped its “zero Covid” restrictions last week, much of the Chinese public has embraced a new life, even if it means the virus is spreading quickly. But beneath the relief is a collective and profound trauma that will not be easy to heal. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Until the past week, during which there were rallies voicing extraordinary public opposition to the stringent “zero Covid” rules, government officials and state media were still emphasizing the most ominous medical news about the pandemic. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Hundreds of Chinese migrants thronged a street in the manufacturing hub of Guangzhou this week to protest food shortages and lengthy stay-at-home orders under China’s strict “zero-Covid” policy. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago Federal health officials’ move this week to relax pandemic precautions gave business leaders the momentum many have been looking for to return to pre-Covid behaviors on.wsj.com
@guardian 3 years ago Australia’s Covid death rate has been among the lowest in the OECD during the pandemic – but not this week theguardian.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Macau is trying to contain a spiraling Covid-19 outbreak, ordering all businesses aside from essential services to close for a week on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Vietnam’s health minister and the mayor of the capital were removed from their posts and arrested this week after being accused of playing a part in a Covid-19 test kit scandal that has led to charges against dozens of government officials. nyti.ms
@guardian 3 years ago New Covid cases globally down by nearly a quarter last week theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago South Korea is set to ease social distancing regulations this week as the country's number of new coronavirus cases falls. nyti.ms
@guardian 3 years ago Covid case numbers across Australia rise 37% in a week as Omicron subvariant takes hold theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Two years ago today, the World Health Organization officially declared the spread of the coronavirus to be a pandemic. The agency now says that many countries are being too quick to declare the pandemic over and this week it urged continued vigilance. nyti.ms