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More cities locked down as China battles Omicron spread

11 Jan 2022

Gulf Today Report A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20...

WHO urges countries to take ‘rational’ measures against Omicron risk

30 Nov 2021

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday urged countries to remain calm and take "rational" measures against the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant, as Germany's next chancellor voiced support for...

China to offer virus vaccine to children as young as three

08 Jun 2021

China has approved the emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine for those as young as three, the drugmaker confirmed on Tuesday, making it the first country to offer jabs...

China limits travel, tests thousands of residents in most popular province over new virus cases

31 May 2021

Chinese authorities imposed fresh travel limits, cancelled flights and tested thousands of residents in Guangdong on Monday after the Indian variant of the coronavirus was reported in the country's...

Anti-Asian violence

25 Mar 2021

It is open season on Asians in the US, a country founded by colonialism and built by racism. The massacre of six Asian women at spas in the Atlanta...

Thousands defy virus restrictions for Women Day rallies across the world

09 Mar 2021

Tens of thousands defied coronavirus restrictions, gathering worldwide on International Women's Day to denounce gender violence and inequalities. Women took to the streets in peaceful democracies and in countries...

Pakistan bans public rallies after rise in coronavirus infections

16 Nov 2020

Gulf Today Report Pakistan on Monday banned public political rallies after recording its highest daily coronavirus infections since July for four days running. Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the...

Pakistan puzzles health experts as coronavirus cases drop

02 Sep 2020

Six months after the coronavirus arrived in Pakistan, the country appears to have dodged the worst of the pandemic, baffling health experts and dampening fears its crowded urban areas...

First batch of Beijing students resumes classes

29 Aug 2020

About one-third of students returned to school in the Chinese capital on Saturday in a staggered start to the new school year because of the coronavirus. The first batch...

Hong Kong announces first documented case of virus re-infection

25 Aug 2020

A Hong Kong man who recovered from COVID-19 was infected again four-and-a-half months later in the first documented instance of human re-infection, researchers at the University of Hong Kong...

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