The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Covid, Strep or flu: The different symptoms for the three health conditions making everyone ill

Covid-19, strep A and flu are all having a serious impact on health services in Wales

Wales Online · Dec 20, 2022

'Never felt so bad': Mancs hit by 'not Covid' lurgy say they feel 'worse than ever' as they speak of symptoms

Even though people have been testing negative for Covid, this illness has left some people wiped out for three weeks

Manchester Evening News · Dec 20, 2022

Crematoriums in China struggle as COVID spreads

Cities across China also scrambling to install hospital beds and build fever clinics amid a widening COVID-19 outbreak.

Al Jazeera · Dec 20, 2022

'Overwhelmed with bodies': Police guard Beijing crematorium as Covid deaths rise in China

BEIJING: Police and security guards were stationed outside a Beijing crematorium reportedly designated to handle Covid fatalities, as questions over China’s virus death toll mount.

The Times of India · Dec 20, 2022

Hong Kong to drop COVID test for bars, entertainment venues

People in Hong Kong will from Thursday no longer need to show a negative COVID-19 test to get into bars and restaurants while cinemas and performing venues will be allowed to operate at full capacity, health authorities said.

Reuters · Dec 20, 2022

Officer took statement about Nathaniel Train's border crossing with weapons months before police shooting

An officer took a statement in April about the former school principal's connection with weapons offences and a COVID-19 border breach almost eight months before he was involved in shooting dead two constables and a neighbour.

ABC News · Dec 20, 2022

Demand for lemons surges as Chinese seek immunity against Covid

BEIJING: Business is suddenly booming for China’s lemon farmers as citizens turn to natural remedies to fight a mounting wave of Covid infections.

The Times of India · Dec 20, 2022

Shanghai Composite Index Fell 1.07% on Tuesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed down 1.58%

Caixin Global · Dec 20, 2022

The world fears a new China COVID wave, ponders how to help Xi

Officials and global health experts outside China are anxiously watching a COVID-19 surge there, worried a nation of 1.4 billion people is inadequately vaccinated and may not have the healthcare tools to treat a wave of illness expected to kill more than one million people through 2023.

Reuters · Dec 20, 2022

Beijing human rights activist immobilized by COVID-19 app

Wang Yu has already been arrested, imprisoned and harassed by the Chinese Communist Party for her work as a human rights lawyer representing activists, Uyghur scholars and Falun Gong practitioners

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022