Tag Archives: Health

• 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: 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. ...

• Coronavirus: Third wave may hit India if Covid-appropriate behaviour is not followed 4 July 2021 This post has no comments yet

  A possible third wave of coronavirus infection can hit its peak between October-November if Covid-appropriate behaviour is not followed, but it may see half the daily cases recorded during the second surge. ...

• China shuts border till mid-2022 over Covid-19, variant concerns 22 June 2021 This post has no comments yet

  In a bid to keep the new variants of coronavirus out of the nation, China is planning to extend its pandemic border restrictions for at least another year, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. ...

• How yoga helps both the mind and body stay healthy 21 June 2021 | Sri M This post has no comments yet

  Given that 21 June is the International Day of Yoga, as declared by the United Nations General Assembly, it would be in order to take a look at the science of yoga. Yoga is one of the treasures that has been given to the world by India. ...

• China administers 1 billion Covid vaccine doses 20 June 2021 This post has no comments yet

  More than 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines has been administered in China, as the country is pushing ahead with the largest vaccination drive in its history, according to the National Health Commission (NHC) on Sunday. ...