Top news of the week: 17.01.2023.
WHO says its chief spoke with Chinese officials, welcomes COVID-19 data
The World Health Organization's head has spoken with Chinese authorities and the agency welcomed new information about the situation in the country, WHO said on Saturday after Beijing ...
China set for historic demographic turn, accelerated by COVID traumas
A glimpse of the scars caused by the pandemic to China's already bleak demographic outlook may come to light when it reports its official 2022 population data on Jan. 17.
Countries ponder wider wastewater testing amid hope airports offer China COVID clues
An international meeting this week will discuss setting up a global system of wastewater monitoring for COVID.
Merck to take legal action against unauthorized distributors of its COVID treatment in China
Merck & Co said on Wednesday it would take legal action against some pharmaceutical companies after noticing that some manufacturers were supplying COVID-19 drugs to some provinces and ...
China has recorded nearly 60,000 Covid-19 deaths since December
A large exit wave, sparked by the dumping of many restrictions seems to be weakening, with infection numbers falling, according to a health commission official.
WHO recommends that China monitor excess COVID-19 mortality
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it recommended that China monitor excess mortality from COVID-19 to gain a fuller picture of the impact of the surge in cases there.
WHO welcomes data on COVID-19 in China, meeting with Minister
Earlier today, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke with Minister Ma Xiaowei, director of China’s National Health Commission, about the COVID-19 situation in the ...
Key Covid-19 Official David Kessler to Depart Biden Administration
Chief science officer is exiting as the Biden administration recalibrates its efforts to the changing virus and public fatigue.