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India's 'fake' COVID-19 drugs flood China's black market amid surge in cases

India’s ‘fake’ COVID-19 drugs flood China’s black market amid surge in cases

Paxlovid, Pfizer’s antiviral drug to treat coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed in this illustration. File | photo credit: Reuters Chinese health experts warn that fake versions of Indian generic drugs are flooding the black market in China as a record rise in COVID-19 cases fuels demand for antivirals, especially Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Indian generic versions …

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India's 'fake' COVID-19 drugs flood China's black market amid surge in cases

India’s ‘fake’ COVID-19 drugs flood China’s black market amid surge in cases

Paxlovid, Pfizer’s antiviral drug to treat coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed in this illustration. File | photo credit: Reuters Chinese health experts warn that fake versions of Indian generic drugs are flooding the black market in China as a record rise in COVID-19 cases fuels demand for antivirals, especially Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Indian generic versions …

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China's wave of COVID-19 reaches the countryside

China’s wave of COVID-19 reaches the countryside

welcome to Foreign Police‘s China Brief. This week’s highlights: China COVID-19 crisis reaches rural areas at the start of the new year, Beijing appoints a former ambassador to the United States as Minister of Foreign Affairsand Brazil’s new president woo China. If you would like to receive China Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please …

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COVID-Positive forced to work as China's pandemic strategy crumbles

COVID-Positive forced to work as China’s pandemic strategy crumbles

As China experiences a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases following the sudden reversal of its zero-COVID policies in early December, experts say the situation in the country is almost a mirror image of life under the draconian policies. which have seen millions of people in strict lockdowns or quarantine facilities over the past three years. …

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US and world health officials worry about China's lack of transparency on Covid outbreak

US and world health officials worry about China’s lack of transparency on Covid outbreak

US and world health officials say Beijing is not sharing enough information about the spread of Covid-19 in China, leaving the international community in the dark about the scale and severity of the current wave of outbreaks. infection in the most populous country in the world. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in …

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EDITORIAL: Secrecy undermines China’s chances of overcoming its COVID-19 crisis | The Asahi Shimbun: latest news, updates and analysis from Japan

China’s abrupt decision to quickly and drastically relax its “zero COVID” policy of strict government restrictions in response to a wave of nationwide protests has triggered an exponential spread of new coronavirus infections. Beijing has also announced that from January 8 it will remove quarantine requirements for all international arrivals. The Chinese government, however, has …

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'Immunity is limited': China's COVID-19 surge raises chances of novel coronavirus mutant

‘Immunity is limited’: China’s COVID-19 surge raises chances of novel coronavirus mutant

Could China’s COVID-19 surge unleash a novel coronavirus mutant into the world? Scientists don’t know, but fear it might happen. This could be similar to the omicron variants currently circulating there. It could be a combination of strains. Or something completely different, they say. “China has a very large population and its immunity is limited. …

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'ICU is full': Medical staff on frontline of China's COVID fight say hospitals are 'overwhelmed'

‘ICU is full’: Medical staff on frontline of China’s COVID fight say hospitals are ‘overwhelmed’

BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters) – In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing doctor Howard Bernstein said he had never seen anything like it. Patients arrive at his hospital in ever-increasing numbers; almost all are elderly and many are very sick with symptoms of COVID and pneumonia, he said. Bernstein’s account mirrors similar testimony …

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Earthquake deaths, apartment fires: Why China’s ‘zero-COVID’ policy sparked historic protests

The Covid-19 pandemic that began nearly three years ago has tested many nuances of human behavior and endurance. And in these difficult times, the world has also witnessed many bizarre incidents and policies that often bordered on the violation of human rights. In India, for example, the sudden government-imposed lockdown led to a migrant worker …

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China’s COVID-19 outbreak raises chances of novel coronavirus mutant

Could China’s COVID-19 surge unleash a novel coronavirus mutant into the world? Scientists don’t know, but fear it might happen. This could be similar to the omicron variants currently circulating there. It could be a combination of strains. Or something completely different, they say. “China has a very large population and its immunity is limited. …

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