Top news of the week: 07.12.2021.
Coronavirus
China local COVID-19 cases jump to most in nearly a month
China detected 91 domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases with confirmed symptoms for Tuesday, marking the highest daily count since Nov. 2 and a significant jump from 21 cases a day ...
North China city adds 5 risk areas as 91 new COVID-19 cases emerge
A staff member takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 29, 2021. (Xinhua/Li …
China reports 94 new COVID-19 cases on Dec 6 vs 61 a day earlier
China reported 94 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Dec. 6, up from 61 a day earlier, its health authority said on Tuesday.
Better modelling of infectious diseases: lessons from covid-19 in China
More timely, accurate, and relevant data and methodological innovation could exploit the full power of modelling, argue Feng Chen and colleagues Since Daniel Bernoulli studied smallpox ...
China sticks to its strategy in COVID-19 response: official
"We have been thinking, especially during the process of coping with the spread of the Delta variant, how to control the epidemic with more effective measures, lower costs and at …
COVID-19 curbs China's power in Indo-Pacific, risks of war 'significant' - report
The coronavirus pandemic has weakened China's power in the Indo-Pacific, and the region's deepening security uncertainties present a "significant" risk of war, the Lowy Institute said in a ...
Use of contact tracing, isolation, and mass testing to control transmission of covid-19 in China
Qingwu Jiang and colleagues discuss China’s experience of contact tracing, isolation, and quarantine of infected people and their contacts, and mass nucleic acid testing in the second phase ...
Vaccination strategy and challenges for consolidating successful containment of covid-19 with population immunity in China
Zijian Feng and colleagues argue that sustained elimination of SARS-CoV-2 in China offers flexibility in covid-19 vaccination policy and discuss the anticipated challenges and systematic ...