The WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the UN agency is concerned about the risk to life in China and has reiterated the importance of vaccination, including booster doses
As many as 10 countries have imposed restrictions on passengers arriving from China in view of the alarming Covid situation in the country. Most of these countries have made a negative Covid test report mandatory for Chinese arrivals.
Beijing stepped up quarantine efforts to end its month-old COVID outbreak as fresh signs of frustration emerged in Shanghai, where some bemoaned unfair curbs with the city of 25 million preparing to lift a prolonged lockdown in just over a week.
China s Beijing heading for a Lockdown: The new cases of coronavirus have seen a huge rise in China. The country s financial capital Shanghai is on lockdown and the nation is struggling with the crisis. Now the country s capital Beijing is heading for a lockdown.
Shanghai authorities on Thursday appealed to residents to keep cooperating with tight curbs imposed to stop COVID-19 spreading, saying they recognised their frustrations as China's most populous city entered the fourth day of a two-stage lockdown.