Top news of the week: 21.02.2023.
EU to phase out COVID tests for travellers from China
EU countries have agreed to phase out COVID-19 restrictions on travellers from China that were put in place to guard against possible new coronavirus variants after China's reopening ...
How do pandemics begin? There's a new theory — and a new strategy to thwart them
Animals carry millions of pathogens. So it's a daunting task to find the one with the greatest potential to spark a pandemic. Now scientists are rethinking the way they hunt for that next ...
How the private sector benefitted from a £2bn NHS covid contract
When health services are stretched, the conversation invariably turns to capacity. How do we create more capacity in the system (doi:10.1136/bmj.p335)?1 Another 5000 hospital beds and 800 ...
China declares 'decisive victory' over COVID-19
China's top leaders declared a "decisive victory" over COVID-19, claiming the world's lowest fatality rate, although experts have questioned Beijing's data as the coronovirus tore across ...
China claims ‘decisive victory’ over Covid amid doubt over figures
More than 200m people treated for virus and death rate now ‘lowest in the world’, says government
China says 200 million treated, pandemic ‘decisively’ beaten
BEIJING (AP) — China says more than 200 million of its citizens have been diagnosed and treated for COVID-19 since it lifted strict containment measures beginning in November. With 800,000 ...
Hermes beats forecasts on robust growth in China, U.S.
Birkin bagmaker Hermes said that wealthy Chinese clients snapped up its products in the fourth quarter even as the rest of the luxury sector took a hit from rising COVID infections, helping ...
China set for record crude oil imports in 2023 - analysts
China is expected to import a record amount of crude oil in 2023 due to increased demand for fuel as people travel more following the dismantling of COVID-19 controls and as a result of new ...