Omicron afflicts one in 10 with long Covid: study
WASHINGTON: About 10 percent of people appear to suffer long Covid after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic, according to a study of nearly 10,000…
Next pandemic, even deadlier than Covid, coming, warns WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gestures during a press briefing on the coronavirus on January 29, 2020 in Geneva.— AFP/File GENEVA: The head of the World Health…
Asian art fair aims to bounce back after COVID years
A woman walks in front of a 10-meter tall monumental installation titled ‘Gravity’ by Awol Erizku, ahead of Art Basel, in Hong Kong China, March 17, 2023. — Reuters The…
UK to end Covid testing requirement for China arrivals
The last Covid test is taken from a person in a Covid testing centre in Tiel, on March 17, 2023 before it closes. Now that large-scale testing for Covid is…
China scoffs at FBI claim that Wuhan lab leak likely caused COVID pandemic
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning’s Regular Press Conference on September 14, 2022.— Chinese foreign ministry WASHINGTON: The FBI has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in the central Chinese…
FBI director says COVID ‘most likely’ caused by Wuhan lab accident
Christopher Wray on Capitol Hill on July 12, 2017, in Washington, DC. — AFP WASHINGTON: FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday his agency believes the COVID-19 pandemic was “most likely”…
FBI director says China lab leak likely caused COVID pandemic
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 15,…
1.6m idle youth created in Pakistan under COVID pandemic impact: WB report
Representational image of three youngsters wearing masks who pillion ride a motorcycle on a busy road in Pakistan. — AFP/File The COVID-19 pandemic that gripped the world some three years…
US trade shifts on COVID and China tensions, but no ‘decoupling’ yet
A ship stacked with shipping containers is unloaded on a pier at Port Newark, New Jersey, US. — Reuters/File WASHINGTON: US trade flows are realigning on the back of pandemic…
Wuhan turns page on COVID, three years on
People aim to burst balloons with toy guns at a stall along the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China´s central Hubei province, on January 22, 2023. — AFP Wuhan is…
