Coronavirus pandemic

North Korea shuns outside help as COVID catastrophe looms
Pyongyang has not responded to offers of help and inquiries from the US, South Korea, the WHO and UNICEF.
Published On 20 May 2022
US panel recommends COVID booster jab for children aged 5 to 11
Just more than 29 percent of US children in the age group have received two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine to date.
Published On 19 May 2022
Africa contained monkeypox outbreaks during COVID – Africa CDC
A handful of cases of the virus have now been reported or are suspected in the UK, US, Portugal and Spain.
Published On 19 May 2022
Sri Lanka slips into default, central bank head agrees to stay on
The island nation fell into default for the first time in its history as the gov’t struggled to halt an economic crisis.
Published On 19 May 2022

Impoverished N Korea has reported more than 1.7 million cases of ‘fever’ amid rising concern over the outbreak’s effect.

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Pyongyang reports 295,510 cases of fever as the military mobilises ‘powerful force’ of medics to distribute drugs.

Beijing’s controversial “dynamic zero COVID policy” is hammering the world’s second-largest economy.

Shanghai to phase out strict lockdown measures that have kept 26 million people at home for more than six weeks.

Lockdowns in dozens of Chinese cities drag consumption and industrial production to lowest levels since early 2020.

Kim Jong Un blasts officials over COVID-19 response amid outbreak that has left 1.2 million ill with fever.

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