Photos of the April 25 parade showed huge crowds at Pyongyang’s Kim Il-sung Square unmasked and not socially distanced. Three weeks later, North Korea has more than 1 million cases and at least 50 people have died. Source link
Read More »Why is Hong Kong’s Covid-19 death rate so high? Breaking down the fifth wave numbers
City’s most recent seven-day rolling average of Covid-19 deaths per 1 million people stands at 13.85, still topping the global chart. Source link
Read More »Coronavirus: New Zealand’s record 15,000 cases a day; Japan to extend quasi-emergency
New Zealand on Sunday reported almost 15,000 community infections of Covid-19, shattering the previous case count record for the sixth day in a row amid an Omicron outbreak.Over the course of the past week, the number of newly detected Covid-19 community cases each day has more than quintupled – from …
Read More »South Korea tops 1 million Covid-19 cases since pandemic began
South Korea on Sunday surpassed 1 million cumulative Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began, as health officials reported a daily record of 38,691 new infections driven by an outbreak of the Omicron variant.South Korea saw its first confirmed Covid-19 case on January 20, 2020, and soon became the first country …
Read More »Thailand, Indonesia plan to develop Covid-19 pill
Thailand’s health minister said on Friday the country planned to develop the antiviral pill molnupiravir to combat Covid-19 infections amid rising infections driven by the Omicron variant.The molnupiravir Covid-19 treatment pill for adult patients at risk of developing severe illness was jointly developed by US-based Merck & Co Inc and …
Read More »India reports 38,353 new COVID-19 infections | The Express Tribune
NEW DELHI,: India reported on Wednesday 38,353 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the government said in a statement. The south Asian nation’s tally of infections crossed 32 million, the second-highest worldwide after the United States. China also reported on Friday its highest daily count for new coronavirus …
Read More »Study shows Covid-19 infections, deaths plummeting after jabs | The Express Tribune
Covid-19 infections in adults of all ages fell by 80% five weeks after the first dose of Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca vaccine, according to Italian research published on Saturday. The first such study by a European Union country on the real-world impact of its immunisation campaign was carried out by Italy’s National …
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