Flight from cities due to COVID-19 short-lived, says flagship UN-Habitat report
Jul 01, 2022, at 11:17 pm
New York: A new United Nations report says that rapid urbanization was only temporarily delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the global urban population back on track to grow by another 2.2 billion people by 2050.
Political or scientific: China’s patriotic COVID-19 medication
Jun 30, 2022, at 09:45 pm
Beijing: Reuters reports that Chinese health regulators have authorized TCM medications, including the Lianhua-Qingwen capsules, for use by Covid patients despite a lack of valid clinical evidence.
Canada: Quebec sees spike in COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations
Jun 30, 2022, at 03:09 am
Montreal/IBNS: The province of Quebec witnessed an increase in infections related to COVID-19, with reportedly 1,226 hospitalizations in the last 24 hours and five more deaths.
Pakistan may witness another COVID-19 wave, experts warn
Jun 26, 2022, at 11:19 pm
Islamabad: Experts believe Pakistan may witness yet another COVID-19 wave as daily cases continue to witness a surge for the past couple of days, media reports said on Sunday.
Canada PM Justin Trudeau tests COVID-19 positive for second time
Jun 15, 2022, at 03:23 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested COVID-19 positive for the second time.
Former Chinese top general's daughter slams Xi Jinping administration over Zero-COVID Policy
Jun 14, 2022, at 04:18 am
Beijing: Daughter of a former top Chinese general has targeted President Xi Jinping-led government over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada's Ontario to remove most masking requirements on June 11
Jun 10, 2022, at 03:38 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario administration Wednesday notified that the remaining provincial masking requirements, including on public transit, will be lifted from June 11.
US surpasses one million Covid-19 deaths
May 18, 2022, at 05:20 pm
Washington/UNI: The death toll from the novel Coronavirus disease in the United States has officially surpassed one million, the Johns Hopkins University said on Wednesday.
Israel cancels Covid-19 tests for inbound travelers
May 17, 2022, at 02:35 pm
Jerusalem: Foreign nationals flying to Israel will no longer be required to take a coronavirus test before boarding, the Israeli Ministry of Health said.
New Zealand: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests COVID-19 positive
May 14, 2022, at 02:34 pm
Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday said she had tested positive for Covid-19.
COVID-19: Shanghai defers annual college entrance exams to July
May 09, 2022, at 08:50 pm
Beijing/Shanghai: Shanghai has postponed the annual college entrance examination to July as the Chinese city continues to fight against the recent spike in COVID-19 cases by implementing severe measures.
Africa: COVID has ‘pushed back’ democracy, Ukraine war further raises risks
May 07, 2022, at 07:26 pm
New York: Already reeling from COVID-19, the fighting in Ukraine has introduced significant and worrying new risks likely to heavily impact Africa, UN development experts warned on Friday.
Beijing: Chinese authorities now implement curbs to combat rising COVID-19 cases
May 05, 2022, at 02:39 am
Beijing: Beijing, China's capital city, is now witnessing strict measures being implemented by authorities to combat growing COVID-19 cases.
Taiwan slams China's 'cruel' Covid-19 lockdown
May 01, 2022, at 10:00 pm
Taipei: Taiwan President Su Tseng-chang on Sunday slammed China for imposing a "cruel" lockdown and said that Taipei would instead tackle the surge in Covid cases with a new approach.
China: Beijing shuts down schools, weddings to avoid imposition of Shanghai-style lockdown
May 01, 2022, at 02:33 am
Beijing: Authorities in the Chinese city of Beijing have closed schools and suspended weddings and funerals in a bid to avoid imposing Shanghai-style Covid lockdown in the city.
Learn from the pandemic to strengthen workplace safety: UN labour agency
Apr 29, 2022, at 11:33 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how effective dialogue between employers, workers and governments, is the best way to strengthen safety and health at work, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a new report published on Thursday.
US Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for Covid-19
Apr 27, 2022, at 05:04 am
Washington/IBNS: United States Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday but is asymptomatic, The White House said in a statement.
Shanghai needs food, not TCM Covid-19 medicine Lianhua Qingwen: Medical experts
Apr 23, 2022, at 05:24 am
Beijing: A popular Chinese neurologist has directed authorities to make it “very clear” whether traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Lianhua Qingwen is effective against Covid-19 before giving it precedence over food and other essential deliveries to people in lockdown
Canada requires incoming travellers to wear masks for two weeks
Apr 22, 2022, at 03:26 am
Toronto/IBNS: Canada's federal government has ordered masks to be worn by incoming travellers for two weeks, despite the lifting of most of the pandemic restrictions by provinces and territories.
Canada's Ontario reports spurt in hospitalisations due to COVID-19
Apr 21, 2022, at 03:42 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Ontario recorded an increase in hospitalisation due to COVID-19 to 1,662 hospitalizations on Wednesday, the most reported during the sixth wave of the pandemic in the province.
UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths tests COVID-19 positive
Apr 19, 2022, at 04:07 pm
United Nations: UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of meetings on the situation in Ukraine scheduled to take place in Turkey later this week.
Shanghai residents resort to bartering as lockdown chokes daily need supplies
Apr 15, 2022, at 08:30 pm
Shanghai(China): The residents of China's business hub Shanghai are resorting to bartering as a prolonged lockdown has choked their access to daily necessities and essential commodities, media reports said.
Canada's Toronto Mayor John Tory tests positive for COVID-19, isolates at home
Apr 15, 2022, at 03:40 am
Toronto/IBNS: Toronto Mayor John Tory has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolated at home, according to a statement from the mayor's office Thursday morning.
Greek president Katerina Sakellaropoulou tests COVID-19 positive
Apr 13, 2022, at 10:11 pm
Athens: Greek president Katerina Sakellaropoulou has tested COVID-19 positive.
'Every minute you protest, country deprived of dollar inflow': Mahinda Rajapaksa addresses nation
Apr 12, 2022, at 02:33 am
Colombo/IBNS: Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is facing raging protests in the country amid the worst economic crisis, on Monday explained that the Covid lockdown in a weak economy depleted foreign reserves resulting in the present situation.
Apr 11, 2022, at 03:59 am
Shanghai (China): People in China's financial hub Shanghai are struggling amid an acute scarcity of food, water and other necessities as the stringent Covid-19 restrictions continue, forcing the city of 26 million to stay indoors, media reports said.
Japan approves India's Covaxin to facilitate travel between countries
Apr 08, 2022, at 09:23 pm
Tokyo: Japan has recognized India's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin with effect from 10 April to further facilitate travel from India to Japan, officials said on Thursday.
COVID-19: Education risks becoming ‘greatest divider’
Mar 30, 2022, at 11:07 pm
New York: Now entering its third year, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to hold back some 405 million school children worlwide from a full return to the classroom, according to a new report released on Wednesday by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
DPR Korea’s grip on population has tightened since COVID
Mar 22, 2022, at 04:10 pm
New York: In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), more commonly known as North Korea, human rights violations remain systematic, and the authorities’ grip on the population has “tightened”, the Human Rights Council heard on Monday.
China COVID-19 spike: Shanghai Disney Resort shuts down temporarily
Mar 21, 2022, at 04:01 pm
Shanghai: The Shanghai Disney Resort will be temporarily shut until further notice from Monday amid rising COVID-19 cases in China, media reports said.