The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

China's COVID storm

China reported a record number of infections this week, amid lockdowns and mass testing that are fueling unrest.

Axios · Nov 26, 2022

Urumqi: Covid lockdown protests in China break out after fire kills 10

Protests have broken out in western China after a fire killed 10 people amid nationwide unrest over the country’s strict Covid lockdown rules.

Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2022

Huge Covid protests erupt in China's Xinjiang after deadly fire

Crowds shouting at hazmat-suited guards after a deadly fire triggered anger over their prolonged Covid-19 lockdown as nationwide infections set another record.

The Times of India · Nov 26, 2022

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 26 November 2022

A spate of mass shootings absorbed America this week. You've been here before. Too many guns. Too much homophobia and transphobia. Too much polarisation. Too little tolerance. Too sparse opportunities for social mobility.

inkl Originals · Nov 26, 2022

NVI plans to utilise local booster shots

The National Vaccine Institute (NVI) plans to use locally developed Covid-19 vaccines as booster shots when they are completed and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Bangkok Post · Nov 25, 2022

Boy, seven, who caught Covid-19 earlier faces last Christmas after tragic complications

Callum Neil was diagnosed with parainfluenza virus, an infection which has ravaged his lungs after he developed a severe cough as a complication from Covid-19 this year

Daily Mirror · Nov 25, 2022

Xi resumes in-person summits despite COVID-19 spike in Beijing

A maskless President Xi Jinping met Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel in Beijing, resuming his flurry of in-person summits even as a record COVID-19 surge fanned lockdown fears in the Chinese capital.

Tribune News Service · Nov 25, 2022

Music festival organisers say this summer is 'critical' after years of COVID and La Niña interruptions

Heavy rainfall, flooding and wind gusts have forced multiple festivals to cancel or postpone in recent months, and organisers are wary of another summer of La Niña.

ABC News · Nov 25, 2022

Former Welsh rugby favourite Mark Spiller battling rare form of cancer

Mark Spiller played for Pontypridd, Pontypool and Ebbw Vale during the 1990s

Wales Online · Nov 25, 2022

Got COVID-19 and still need to vote in the Victorian state election? It might be harder than you think

The Victorian state election is here, but if you've got COVID-19 and haven't voted early, you might not be able to take part.

ABC News · Nov 25, 2022