Residents in the capital city buy up at-home tests and fever medication following the government’s decision to ease its “zero Covid” policy.
Tag: Vaccination and Immunization
Key Partner in Covax Will End Support for Middle-Income Nations
Many of the poorest countries will continue to get free Covid shots, but global demand for them has plummeted, driving a shift away from the goal of broad coverage.
The Covid Pandemic’s Hidden Casualties: Pregnant Women
Many expectant women have avoided vaccination, unaware that the virus poses great risks to both fetus and mother.
‘Ebola Could Have Wiped Us All’: Slow Lockdown Haunts Uganda
The authorities hesitated to impose restrictions in the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak because of residual trauma from the Covid lockdown. Ebola then spread to the capital, killing dozens of Ugandans.
China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Policy Changes, Explained
The Chinese government ordered officials to cut back on mass testing and hair-trigger regional lockdowns, in a pivot from stringent pandemic rules.
China Eases ‘Zero Covid’ Restrictions in Victory for Protesters
Beijing’s costly policy of lockdowns has pummeled the world’s second-largest economy and set off mass public protests that were a rare challenge to China’s leader, Xi Jinping.
Global Partners May End Broad Covid Vaccination Effort in Developing Countries
The board of Gavi, the international vaccine agency, meets Wednesday to debate shutting down the program, known as Covax, amid swiftly waning demand for the shots.
Her Baby Needs Heart Surgery. But She Is Demanding ‘Unvaccinated’ Blood.
New Zealand’s health service is seeking to take temporary custody of a critically ill infant so it can perform a lifesaving operation.
As Officials Ease Covid Restrictions, China Faces New Pandemic Risks
Huge swaths of the nation’s elderly remain vulnerable, scientists say, and a surge in deaths and hospitalizations may be inevitable.
One Step Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine?
Scientists have tested in animals a vaccine that may protect against 20 strains of influenza, helping to prevent another pandemic.