Tue, 21-Oct-2025

China Covid death toll rises as Beijing warns of ‘grim’ situation

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Shanghai mentioned 39 Covid deaths Sunday, its highest each day toll despite weeks of lockdowns, whilst China’s capital Beijing warned of a “grim” state of affairs with rising infections. The international’s second-biggest economic system has been suffering to stamp out its worst outbreak in years with a playbook of harsh lockdowns and mass testing because it sticks … Read more

Russia plans no new virus rules despite case records

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MOSCOW: Russia has no plans to introduce large-scale restrictions to reel in surging coronavirus cases, a senior health official said on Wednesday, despite reporting new infection records for 13 days running. Moscow has been hesitant throughout the pandemic to introduce any restrictions that could hurt the embattled economy. “The healthcare system is coping,” Anna Popova, the head of … Read more

China’s latest COVID-19 resurgence spreads to 14 provinces: health official

BEIJING: By the end of Friday, the latest COVID-19 resurgence in China had spread to 14 provinces, where new locally transmitted cases or asymptomatic carriers were reported during the past 14 days, a health official said Saturday. The epidemic prevention and control situation is grim and complicated as infections are still spreading rapidly, said Mi … Read more

COVID-19 Positive Cases Rate Rises to 9% in Lahore

Pakistan confirms 372 new COVID-19 cases, 6 more deaths

Secretary Health Sara Aslam said that the COVID-19 positivity ratio in Lahore has increased to 9% in the last 24 hours. Overall in Punjab, the positivity ratio has soared to 5.3%, as reported by the secretary health. In the last 24 hours, 1,087 new cases of coronavirus have been reported while 20,609 new tests have … Read more