Tag Archives: Coronavirus

• Delta variant challenges China’s costly lockdown strategy 5 August 2021 | Joe McDonald and Huizhong Wu This post has no comments yet

  The delta variant is challenging China’s costly strategy of isolating cities, prompting warnings that Chinese leaders who were confident they could keep the coronavirus out of the country need a less disruptive approach. ...

• China orders mass testing in Wuhan as COVID outbreak spreads 3 August 2021 This post has no comments yet

  China suspended flights and trains, canceled professional basketball league games and announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan on Tuesday as widening outbreaks of the delta variant reached the city where the disease was first detected. ...

• What should I know about the delta variant? | The Associated Press This post has no comments yet

  What should I know about the delta variant? It’s the most contagious coronavirus mutant so far in the pandemic, but COVID-19 vaccines still provide strong protection against it. Nearly all hospitalizations and deaths are among the unvaccina ...

• Coronavirus: Third wave likely to hit India this month, may peak in October: Report 2 August 2021 | Times Now Digital This post has no comments yet

  The anticipated third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to hit India in August which may reach its peak in October when the country is expected to report less than 1,00,000 infections daily in the best-case scenario. ...

• Coronavirus: China sounds Covid-19 alarm as Delta variant spreads 1 August 2021 This post has no comments yet

  The highly contagious Delta variant of the COVID-19 has raised major concerns in China as it spread to 18 provinces with fresh cases emerging in capital Beijing on Sunday. More than 300 domestic cases were detected in 10 days. ...

• Coronavirus: India extends suspension of international flights until 31 August 30 July 2021 | Rhik Kundu This post has no comments yet

  The Indian government has extended the ban on international commercial flights till 31 August, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a circular on Friday. The ban on scheduled overseas flights was to end on 31 July. ...

• Tokyo Olympics begin with muted ceremony and empty stadium 23 July 2021 | Foster Klug This post has 2 comments

  Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a colourful but strangely subdued ceremony. ...

• Coronavirus: WHO chief says world in early stages of COVID-19 third wave 15 July 2021 This post has no comments yet

  World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday warned the world about the 'early stages' of COVID-19 third wave amid Delta surge. "Unfortunately...we are now in the early stages of a third wave", he said. ...

• Coronavirus: Crowds without masks in hill stations, markets cause for concern, says PM Modi 13 July 2021 This post has no comments yet

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said it is a matter of concern that big crowds are thronging hill stations and market areas without masks and social distancing. ...

• Coronavirus: Lambda variant ‘deadlier’ than Delta; Detected in 30 countries 7 July 2021 This post has no comments yet

  A new COVID-19 strain called 'Lambda' is much more dangerous than the Delta variant, said the UK Health Ministry adding that it has been detected in more than 30 countries in the past four weeks. ...