Chinese officials are debating whether to reduce the amount of time people coming into the country must spend in quarantine, according to people familiar with the discussions, as the country's Covid Zero policy leaves it increasingly isolated.
According to a new multi-institutional study, certain "accessory" or nonspike genes, and their mutations, influence the pathogenesis of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
COVID-19 news: The committee said that in its 123rd report it had warned the government of the possible shortage of oxygen cylinders and supply of oxygen in hospitals.
The World Health Organization announced Thursday that a million people had died from COVID-19 in 2022. Calling it a "tragic milestone", the WHO said that people died even when all the tools existed to prevent deaths. Nearly 6.45 million deaths have been reported to the WHO since the virus was first detected in China in late 2019.