by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 14, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
A top Chinese epidemiologist has also warned that cases will surge in rural China over the lunar new year The peak of China’s Covid wave is expected to last two to three months, added Zeng Guang, ex-head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control Some 900 million...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 8, 2023 | Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
Boxes of Paxlovid are changing hands for as much as 50,000 yuan ($7,313.15), more than 20 times the original price of 2,300 yuan, according to local media reports and social media posts. Beijing has been largely resistant to Western vaccines, but has greenlighted...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 5, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
“The China CDC analysis showed a predominance of Omicron lineages BA.5.2 and BF.7 among locally acquired infections. BA.5.2 and BF.7 together accounted for 97.5 per cent of all local infections per genomic sequencing.” Geneva: The World Health Organization on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
Global unease has grown about the accuracy of China’s reporting of an outbreak that has filled hospitals and overwhelmed some funeral homes since Beijing abruptly reversed its “zero COVID” policy Data from China shows no new coronavirus variant has...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 3, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Beijing: China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month. A growing number of countries are worried about a lack of data and transparency surrounding China’s outbreak. Here is why it is...
