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China's mass testing is building a waste mountain

Matthew Walsh, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 20 12:04 PM

Experts say COVID-19 mass testing creates a sea of hazardous waste and a mounting economic burden for local governments. Read more »

N. Korean military ramps up COVID response

Kang Jin-kyu, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 11:46 AM

North Korean military medics ramped up the distribution of medicines to fight a growing coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

S.Africa daily COVID cases soar 50pct in one day

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 11:02 AM

South Africa's new COVID-19 cases shot up by more than 50 percent Thursday from the previous day, official data showed amid a surge of infections driven by two new omicron sub-variants. Read more »

Too early to say if new COVID surge looming: expert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 08:57 AM

Professor Jomar Rabajante of the UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team said the number of COVID-19 cases in the country remained low. Read more »

Shanghai residents sent out of city during crackdown

Vivian Lin, with Laurie Chen in Beijing, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 03:51 PM

Hundreds of thousands of COVID-positive Shanghai residents have been taken to makeshift facilities as China does not allow them to quarantine at home. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga dapat tandaan sa pagboto sa gitna ng pandemya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 12:11 AM

Mahigit isang linggo na lang bago ang halalan 2022, pero handa na ba ang mga Pinoy sa pagboto? Read more »

Shanghai cautiously eases lockdown as deaths rise

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 20 02:29 PM

China reported 7 COVID-19 deaths in Shanghai on Wednesday, raising the toll in the city to 17 fatalities. Read more »

COVID cases bahagyang tumaas sa ilang Alert Level 1 areas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 07:47 PM

Aminado ang Department of Health na bahagyang dumami ang kaso ng COVID-19 sa 14 na lugar na nasa ilalim ng Alert Level 1. Read more »

WHO: Pandemic 'far from over' as case counts fall

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 03:10 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic is 'far from over' despite a global decline in infections, the World Health Organization said. Read more »

Mga bakasyunista, hinikayat na magpa-booster sa probinsya

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 09:19 PM

Kahit panahon ng bakasyon o pagninilay, hindi pa rin dapat ito dahilan para kaligtaan ang dagdag na proteksyon laban sa COVID-19. Read more »

Travel in the time of COVID-19

Damon Darlin, Kaiser Health News
Posted at Apr 07 11:13 AM

The United States will not allow anyone to fly into the country who has tested positive for COVID, and it is up to the airlines to enforce that. Read more »

Shanghai defends separating COVID-hit kids from parents

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 04 05:40 PM

Shanghai health officials defended a policy of separating babies and young children from their parents if they test positive for COVID-19. Read more »

Expert warns of possible COVID surge after Halalan 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 01:07 AM

A Philippine infectious disease expert warns of a possible surge in the country's COVID cases in the wake of national elections on May 9. Read more »

COVID surge possible if booster rate doesn't improve: official

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 04:11 PM

The Philippines may see another COVID surge if the number of people with booster shots fail to improve, an adviser of President Rodrigo Duterte said. Read more »

Half of Shanghai in lockdown to curb COVID outbreak

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 28 12:06 PM

Millions of people in China's financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into COVID-19 lockdown. Read more »

Some European countries lifted COVID curbs too 'brutally': WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 05:09 PM

Several European countries lifted COVID curbs too 'brutally' and are now seeing a rise in cases, the WHO said. Read more »

Frustrations mount as China replays COVID controls

David Stanway, Reuters
Posted at Mar 22 02:23 PM

In footage shared on social media last week, a crowd of people in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang bang against the windows of a clothing market as they shout in frustration at the announcement of yet another round of COVID-19 tests. Read more »

China's biggest COVID-19 surge in 2 years brings new measures, anxiety

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 06:21 PM

China reported its highest daily total of coronavirus cases in 2 years on Friday as authorities stepped up targeted lockdowns and testing. Read more »

Hong Kong parents decry child separations during virus surge

Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 12:37 PM

Hong Kong parents are being separated from children and babies who test positive for the coronavirus, compounding public anger over the financial hub's lack of readiness for a major outbreak now sweeping the city. Read more »

US COVID-19 peak may be over, but deaths rise

Maria Caspani and Lisa Shumaker, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 25 09:05 AM

Coronavirus deaths hit an 11-month high on Sunday, climbing 11% in the past week when compared to the prior week, according to a Reuters analysis. Read more »