Top news of the week: 12.07.2022.
Covid-19 vaccines saved an estimated 20m lives during their first year
Their impact in poor countries depends on how effectively governments prioritised recipients
UK's FTSE 100 flat as defensives offset China COVID-19 worries
UK's internationally-focussed FTSE 100 was subdued on Monday as a weaker sterling and defensive stocks like healthcare and utilities offset the weakness in mining stocks over worries about ...
Hong Kong mulls China-style COVID code system, South China Morning Post reports
Hong Kong is considering to implement a health code system similar to China to fight Covid infections without tightening social-distancing measures, the South China Morning Post reported on ...
Oil drops on China COVID worries
Oil prices fell on Monday in volatile trade, reversing some gains from the previous session as markets braced for new mass COVID testing in China potentially hitting demand, a worry that ...
China COVID monitoring app cuts travel history scrutiny
China's national authorities are reducing scrutiny of citizens' travel history for COVID-19 monitoring, requiring that a mandatory mobile app shows the previous seven days of travel, down ...
China willing to deepen cooperation with Russia within multilateral frameworks
China is willing to deepen cooperation with Russia within multilateral frameworks including the G20, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu told the Russian Ambassador to China, Andrey ...
China allows AstraZeneca's COVID preventive drug in southern city
AstraZeneca Plc's antibody cocktail for COVID-19 prevention has been cleared for use in a medical tourism zone in China's southern province of Hainan ahead of national approval, local media ...
Shanghai plans more COVID testing amid fresh curbs across China
Multiple Chinese cities are adopting fresh COVID-19 curbs, from business halts to lockdowns, to rein in new infections, with the commercial hub of Shanghai bracing for another mass testing ...