Beijing’s community health centers will soon receive Pfizer’s Paxlovid. Infections have swamped hospitals and reduced supplies. Beijing’s ER doctor worked despite a fever. Beijing will soon start supplying Pfizer’s Covid-19 medication Paxlovid to the city’s community health centers, according to official media on Monday. The report is released as the city struggles to cope with … Read more
HONG KONG: Workers in PPE gear in Hong Kong carted the bodies of coronavirus victims into refrigerated shipping containers on Wednesday, as the city’s morgues run out of space from a deadly Omicron surge. In under three months since the highly transmissible variant broke through, Hong Kong has recorded nearly a million infections and more … Read more
HONG KONG: Hong Kong parents are being separated from children and babies who test positive for the coronavirus, compounding public anger over the financial hub’s lack of readiness for a major outbreak now sweeping the city. The densely populated metropolis is in the throes of its worst-ever Covid wave, registering thousands of cases every day … Read more
NEW DELHI, Jan 3, 2022 (AFP) – India extended Covid vaccinations to teens aged 15-18 on Monday, after officials tightened restrictions in big cities to avoid a repeat of last year’s devastating outbreak. More than 200,000 people around India died in a huge spring Covid wave that overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. Health workers have since administered … Read more
