The bloc recommended focusing on vaccination, surveillance and testing in preparation for a possible fall wave. E.U. states can still make their own policies.
Tag: Disease Rates
Your Wednesday Briefing: Beijing’s Mass Testing Plan
Plus more aggressive support for Ukraine and Hong Kong’s brownface controversy.
As Mask Mandates End, Canada’s Atlantic Provinces See Rise in Covid Cases
Once relatively shielded from the virus transmission waves that flooded the rest of Canada, coronavirus infections are rising in the easternmost provinces.
China’s Covid Lockdowns Stir Memories of a Planned Economy
China is meddling with free enterprise as it hadn’t in decades. The results are familiar to those old enough to remember: scarcity, and the rise of black markets.
Maskless Flying
What might a more effective mask mandate look like?
Shanghai’s Low Covid Death Toll Revives Questions About China’s Numbers
The country’s largest city has recorded just 17 Covid deaths, despite surging cases. How China defines a Covid death may be part of the reason.
‘Big Screaming Headlines’
Coronavirus cases have risen in major cities. Hospitalizations have not.
India Is Stalling the W.H.O.’s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public
The agency has calculated that 15 million people have died as a result of the pandemic, far more than earlier estimates, but has yet to release those numbers.
Covid Cases Strain N.H.S. Bid to Reduce Hospital Treatment Backlog, Doctors Say
The British government’s promise to shorten wait times for elective hospital procedures is threatened by high rates of positive coronavirus tests among patients and staff.
Covid in the Northeast
Cases are rising there, but it’s uncertain if it’s the beginning of a larger surge.