COVID-19

SHANGHAI: China reported 2,106 new Covid-19 infections on October 9, of which 434 were symptomatic and 1,672 were asymptomatic, the national health commissionsaid on Monday. That is compared with 1,925 new cases a day earlier – 503…

China is being hit by a rebound in Covid-19 cases following the week-long National Day holiday, just as the country’s top leaders gather in Beijing for a meeting with President Xi Jinping. The nation recorded 1,645 new Covid infections…

MADRID: A woman accused by her ex-husband of kidnapping their two boys to prevent them from being vaccinated against Covid-19 turned herself into the authorities on Wednesday, officials said. The 46-year-old woman was wanted for…

TAIPEI: China on Wednesday reported a major drop in Covid-19 infections in the northern city of Xi'an, which has been under a tight lockdown for the past two weeks that has sharply disrupted the lives of its 13 million residents. The…

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JERUSALEM: Israel's health ministry on Wednesday announced nearly 12,000 new coronavirus cases, constituting the largest daily rise in infections since the beginning of the pandemic nearly two years ago. According to the figures, 11,978…

UNITED KINGDOM: Testing rules for Covid-19 in the UK will be relaxed in a bid to shorten isolation periods and counter staffing shortages, the Telegraph reported. British health officials have made plans to limit PCR tests to symptomatic…

HONG KONG: Hong Kong health authorities on Wednesday began a city-wide search for the contacts of a Covid-19 patient and ordered a Royal Caribbean "cruise to nowhere" ship to return to port early. The global finance hub has stuck to a…

BEIJING: More than one million people in a city in central China were being confined to their homes on Tuesday after three asymptomatic coronavirus cases were recorded in the country's latest mass lockdown. Beijing has pursued a "zero…

WASHINGTON: After a bruising holiday week of flight cancellations and record surges in Covid-19 cases, a powerful winter snow storm Monday further snarled US transport, shuttering the federal government and bringing Washington to a…