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State media in China played down the severity of its surge of COVID-19 infections ahead of an expected briefing on Tuesday by its scientists to the World Health Organization, which is hoping for detailed data on the evolution of the virus. China's abrupt U-turn on COVID controls on Dec. 7,…

'It was a very traumatic experience'

Experts warned that the new subvariant is likely to be the dominant strain

The mutated variant is already making up almost half of Covid cases in the USA

As per a latest development, the Karnataka state government has now made home quarantine mandatory for seven days for passengers arriving at the Bengaluru airport from six countries, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore. This move comes in the wake of rising COVID cases in other countries.…

The XBB 1.5 variant is a type of Omicron and is said to be more infectious as it spreads quickly and appears to evade people's vaccine protection

Coronavirus: Hong Kong's actual Covid count could be up to 200,000 daily, HKU expert says while arguing risks from reopening border with mainland China are small.

Australia's experience of moving to a model of living with COVID-19 in January has some distinct similarities to China's current transition away from COVID-zero.

Expert insists there’s room for complacency