A World Health Organization spokesperson said on March 18 that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic was a long way off, citing a rise in cases in the WHO’s latest weekly data.
Many countries around the world that appeared to have kicked COVID-19 are reporting surges, largely the result of the so-called “stealth” Omicron variant, BA.2.
Mainland China reported more than 1,500 new local COVID-19 infections on March 12, the most since the first nationwide outbreak in early 2020, as the Omicron variant prompted Beijing to introduce self-testing kits for the first time.
Five Chinese companies face potential delisting from Wall Street if they fail to comply with new audit orders from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Asia passed the grim milestone of 1 million coronavirus-linked deaths on March 11, a Reuters tally showed, as a spike in Omicron variant infections spreads across the region after starting in nations such as Japan and South Korea.
The U.S. health regulator approved a therapy developed by Johnson & Johnson and the healthcare company’s China-focused partner Legend Biotech Corp. to treat a type of white blood cell cancer.
Three new studies have been released—but not yet peer-reviewed—that support the wet market theory about the origin of COVID-19.
Hong Kong is in “all-out combat” to contain a surge in coronavirus cases, the city’s number two official said on February 20, with the ramping up of community isolation and treatment units helped by mainland Chinese construction teams.
The latest wave of COVID-19 infections has “overwhelmed” Hong Kong, the city’s leader said on Feb. 14, as daily cases have surged by some 20 times over the past two weeks, leaving hospitals short of beds and struggling to cope. South Korea will begin giving out fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines during February and supply millions of additional home test kits to ease shortages amid a surge in Omicron infections, authorities confirmed on Feb. 14.
Hong Kong reported a record 2,071 new daily COVID-19 infections on February 14 with 4,500 preliminary positive cases, authorities said, as the city battles to control a worsening outbreak.
