Sunday, 8 May 2022

Reuters Global Healthcare: 'Stop asking why': Shanghai tightens COVID lockdown, Beijing keeps testing

'Stop asking why': Shanghai tightens COVID lockdown, Beijing keeps testing

The prolonged isolation and fear of being sent to quarantine centers, which sometimes lack showers and other basic conditions, have caused widespread frustration, even altercations.

Can pill prescriptions overcome U.S. state abortion bans?

If Roe v. Wade falls, they will be able to ban it altogether, experts say.

Chaos at Apple supplier shows strains of Shanghai COVID lockdown

Quanta Shanghai Manufacturing City would seem like an ideal site to implement China's "closed-loop" management system to prevent the spread of COVID that requires staff to live and work on-site in a secure bubble.

Beijing city reports 39 new local COVID infections over past 24 hours

Beijing reported 39 new domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections during the 24 hours ending at 3 p.m. (0700 GMT) on Sunday, a disease control official at the Chinese capital said.

Shanghai tightens lockdown to hit zero-COVID goal by late May

Shanghai is tightening its already strict COVID-19 lockdown in a fresh push to eliminate infections outside quarantined areas of China's biggest city by late this month, people familiar with the matter said.

Alito's abortion history lesson in dispute

Justice Samuel Alito's draft U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade hinges on a contested historical review of restrictions on the procedure enacted during the 19th century.

England reports case of rare monkeypox infection

A person in England has been diagnosed with a rare viral monkeypox infection thought to be linked to travel to West Africa, health authorities said on Saturday.

Beijing kicks off fresh round of COVID tests as Shanghai postpones crucial exams

China's capital Beijing kicked off a fresh round of mass testing for COVID-19 on Saturday and shut more bus routes and metro stations, as it seeks to avert the fate of Shanghai, where millions of residents have been locked down for over a month.

Beijing reports 45 new symptomatic COVID cases, 8 new asymptomatic cases for May 6

Beijing reported 45 new symptomatic COVID-19 cases for May 6, down from 55 cases a day earlier, state television said on Saturday.

Shanghai reports 13 new COVID-related deaths for May 6, vs 12 a day earlier

China's eastern financial hub of Shanghai reported 13 new COVID-19 deaths for May 6, up from 12 a day earlier, the local government said in a statement on Saturday.

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