Tue, 21-Oct-2025

China’s Xinjiang clears COVID-19 risk areas

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URUMQI – Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has been cleared of medium and high-risk areas for COVID-19, with the last medium-risk areas in its border city of Horgos downgraded to low-risk, local authorities said Tuesday. With the adjustment, the whole of Xinjiang is back in the low-risk category for COVID-19. Five medium-risk areas of … Read more

Aussie researchers develop online tool to assess COVID-19 risk

SYDNEY: Researchers from a number of Australian universities have devised an online tool that is able to estimate an individual’s risks associated with COVID-19 and vaccinations. The tool, called CoRiCal (COVID Risk Calculator) and announced to the public on Monday, was developed through a collaboration between the non-profit Immunisation Coalition, and researchers from the University … Read more