Top news of the week: 17.05.2022.
Coronavirus
More than half of early Covid-19 patients at one hospital had symptoms two years later, study finds
Even two years after their initial infection, the majority of people who were hospitalized with Covid-19 early in the pandemic had lingering symptoms, according to a new study that may be ...
Factbox: COVID-hit Chinese cities seek exit from painful lockdown
Plans by COVID-hit Chinese cities to exit or avoid lockdown are more fraught and uncertain than ever as the pursuit of zero cases grows more prolonged, taxing and complex, with the highly ...
North Korea Reports More COVID-19 Deaths
North Korea reported 15 more COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, bringing the country’s death toll to 42. State media also reported another 296,180 infections, adding up to a total of 820,620 in ...
Lucid CEO concerned about chip supplies from China due to COVID-19
The chief executive of Lucid Group Inc on Wednesday expressed concern about chip supplies from China due to COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdowns, adding that the U.S. electric vehicle ...
COVID-19 outbreak hobbles Chinese demand for cobalt, nickel, lithium
China's COVID-19 outbreak is suppressing the country's consumption of cobalt, nickel and lithium by disrupting transportation and cutting battery manufacturing, state-backed research house ...
China denies suspending passports, invalidating foreign residency cards
China's immigration authority is still providing services for necessary trips outside the country, it said on Friday, denying rumours that passport issuances were halted and that residency ...
Covid-19: WHO chief calls for a shift in China’s “unsustainable” policy
China’s pandemic restrictions have become unfeasible and require a rethink, the World Health Organization’s director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a rare criticism of the ...
Global brands set too much store in China recovery
China’s Covid-19 “new normal” will challenge Western multinationals’ hopes for a quick rebound in the world’s second largest economy. Big groups from Apple to General Electric suffered a ...