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‘We still don’t know it’s over’: will Covid surge after US ends emergency?

Experts remain concerned about virus as Biden administration says it will let the public health emergency expire in May

The Guardian - US

Covid becoming seasonal, annual vaccination will suffice

Covid-19 will become seasonal and vaccination should be annual for vulnerable people, while mRNA vaccine produces more complications than earlier vaccines, according to a prominent virologist.

Bangkok Post

China weekly COVID deaths halve as country returns from holiday

China’s official COVID-19 death tally almost halved in the seven days following the Lunar New Year holiday, suggesting the massive wave of infections that spread across the country in the past few weeks may be abating.

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Believe it or not, it's still officially a pandemic, the WHO says. Welcome to year 4 of COVID

In its report, however, the emergency committee concluded that the pandemic "may be approaching an inflexion point," and asked the WHO to research the implications of terminating the emergency status "in the coming months."

Fortune

WHO: COVID Remains a Public Health Emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, its highest form of alert. The pandemic was likely in a "transition point" that continues to need careful management to "mitigate the potential negative consequences", the agency added in a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO maintains highest alert over COVID, but sees hope ahead

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, its highest form of alert.

Reuters

WHO panel in talks on Covid emergency status

Geneva (AFP) - The World Health Organization's emergency committee on Covid-19 was meeting Friday to discuss whether the pandemic still merits the highest level of global alert.

AFP

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China: Covid cases peaked at 7m daily

HONG KONG: China’s daily new Covid-19 infections hit a peak of more than 7 million per day around Dec 22, while deaths reached a daily peak of more than 4,000 on Jan 4, the country’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

China says COVID deaths, severe cases have fallen over 70% since peak

Critically ill COVID-19 cases in China are down 72% from a peak early this month while daily deaths among COVID-19 patients in hospitals have dropped 79% from their peak, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Airport testing shows Covid numbers on arrival 'very low'

Five international travellers who arrived in the kingdom in the past two weeks tested positive for Covid-19, while 300-400 departing travellers, including Thais, were infected with the virus, according to health authorities.

Bangkok Post

Airport testing shows Covid numbers on arrival 'very low'

Bangkok Post

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic can make Illinois healthier than ever

In the three years since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Illinois, public health experts have gained invaluable knowledge to improve our health care system.

Chicago Sun-Times

China COVID deaths top 12,600 in week before Lunar New Year

China said more than 12,600 people died of COVID-related causes in the week leading up to the Lunar New Year holidays, with a a health official saying about 80% of the population was infected with the virus in the current outbreak.

Tribune News Service

China logs nearly 13,000 Covid deaths in a week

Beijing (AFP) - China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals between January 13 and 19, after a top health official said the vast majority of the population had already been infected.

AFP

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Govt eyes Golden Week for COVID downgrade

The government is considering lowering the classification of COVID-19 under the Infectious Diseases Control Law around the Golden Week holiday period in early May.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Kishida OK's lowering of COVID-19 classification

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave the nod Friday for the classification of COVID-19 to be lowered in spring to Category V, which includes seasonal influenza.

The Independent UK

Japan to lower COVID-19 to flu status, further easing rules

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to downgrade the legal status of COVID-19 to the equivalent of seasonal influenza in the spring, a move that would further relax mask wearing and other preventive measures as the country seeks to return to normalcy

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Fears for rural population in China as COVID-19 spreads in villages lacking health care

Experts warn of a deadly COVID-19 spread to rural areas of China, where medical resources are limited and the population is aging, as millions of people begin travelling home as part of the final Lunar New Year travel rush.

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Bangkok Post

Chinese doctors avoid the C-word

BEIJING: During a busy shift at the height of Beijing’s Covid wave, a physician at a private hospital saw a printed notice in the emergency department: doctors should “try not to” write Covid-induced respiratory failure on death certificates.

Irish Mirror

WHO advises of six scenarios where masks should be worn in Covid guideline update

"WHO continues to recommend the use of masks by the public in specific situations"

Reuters

Chinese city dwellers head to hometowns as holidays raise COVID stakes

Passengers laden with luggage flocked to rail stations in China's megacities on Monday, heading to their hometowns for holidays that health experts fear could intensify a raging COVID-19 outbreak in areas less-equipped to handle it.

Bangkok Post

China links Covid to 60,000 recent deaths

Chinese health authorities on Saturday reported almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths in just over a month, in the first major update released by the government since the loosening of its virus restrictions in early December.

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO Appeals to China to Release More COVID-19 Information

The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints it was failing to tell the world what was happening. The announcement Saturday was the first official death…

Irish Independent

World Health Organisation urges China to release more Covid-19 information

The World Health Organisation has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of Covid-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints that it was failing to tell the world what was happening.

The Independent UK

WHO appeals to China to release more COVID-19 information

The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections

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