Shanghai reports 322 confirmed, 3,625 asymptomatic local COVID-19 cases
A staff member takes a swab sample from a man for nucleic acid test in Huangpu district, Shanghai, May 8, 2022. Shanghai has set up fixed and mobile acid testing sites in areas such as residential communities, office spaces, business parks and in the vicinities of...
No new COVID-19 strain found in Shanghai
Medical workers check residents’ information with a community staff member in East China’s Shanghai, April 26, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] Shanghai refuted rumors that a new mutated COVID-19 strain had emerged in the municipality on Sunday. Zhao Dandan, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, said that...
FAQs about antigen self-testing for COVID-19
China has approved COVID-19 antigen testing as a supplementary means to improve early detection, and 10 domestically made antigen kits have been allowed for home use. Who can use a COVID-19 antigen self-test? Where to buy the self-testing kits? Can antigen self-testing be a substitute for...
Hard-won progress in fight against COVID-19 must not go to waste
Shanghai yesterday announced that the city has cut off the community transmission of COVID-19 in all its 16 districts. This latest progress in containing the virus again shows that China must unswervingly implement its epidemic response policy and consolidate its gains in the fight against COVID-19....
More ‘fever’ deaths after DPRK reveals COVID-19
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea yesterday reported 15 additional deaths from “fever,” days after officially confirming its first-ever COVID-19 case and ordering nationwide lockdowns. The number of feverish people in the country has surpassed 820,620, among whom 496,030 have recovered and 324,550 are still under...
James mum on Abdul-Jabbar’s COVID-19 flak
LeBron James said he had no response to National Basketball Association great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who criticized the Los Angeles Lakers forward for a social media post in which he appeared to question the difference between COVID-19 and the flu and common cold. James had posted an...
COVID-19 toll hits 25 as city looks to stymie ‘free zone’ drift
Shanghai reported eight new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total since the pandemic resurgence in March to 25. The average age of the fatalities was 77.5 years, all of whom had severe underlying ailments, such as advanced cancer, severe heart disease, hypertension, brain infarction and...