Covid

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Global Economy

China lockdowns drag on earnings of chipmakers, industrials

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Global Economy

Asia growth slows on commodities, Covid and rising interest rates

Nurses react as they treat a COVID-19 patient in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) at Milton Keynes University Hospital, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Milton Keynes, Britain, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Europe

World’s longest known Covid infection lasted for 505 days in UK patient

A medical worker in a protective suit walks past a line of people waiting to take nucleic acid test at a locked down residential area, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China April 7, 2022. REUTERS/David Stanway
Coronavirus chronicle

Shanghai doubles down on strict lockdown enforcement in Covid fight

A man wearing a face mask is seen at Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, China May 21, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Hopes rise in Shanghai's battle against Covid as two districts report no new cases

People wearing protective face masks enjoy a stroll along a skywalk bridge as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread, in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 7, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Coronavirus chronicle

Study shows 99% on Indonesia's most populous island have Covid antibodies

Gravediggers wearing protective suits carry a coffin as spotlights illuminate the graves during a night burial at Vila Formosa cemetery, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Sao Paulo, Brazil April 28, 2021. Picture taken April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid deaths higher at weekends than weekdays, global study finds

A medical worker in a protective suit collects a swab from a resident at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site inside a residential compound under lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Xihao Jiang
Coronavirus chronicle

Shanghai reports more deaths as Covid-19 toll rises

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Bangladesh

Child sexual abuse increases during Covid

As many as 3,35,939 people recovered from the viral disease in the last 24 hours.(HT File Photo/Representative Image)
Coronavirus chronicle

Worldwide Covid cases surpass 500 mln as Omicron variant BA.2 surges

The World Health Organization logo is pictured at the entrance of the WHO building, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

WHO experts insist Covid still a global emergency

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Coronavirus chronicle

WHO tracks two new Omicron sub-variants BA.4 & BA.5

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Offbeat

German man gets 90 Covid-19 shots to sell forged passes