The death toll from the current outbreak of a new coronavirus in Shanghai has risen to 138 today despite a lockdown, with authorities in the Chinese financial capital announcing 51 deaths in the past 24 hours, an unprecedented number for the second day in a row. They also reported that during the same period, almost […]
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China: 87 COVID-19 Victims Arrive in Shanghai – Beijing on alert
The report of the current outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic in Shanghai today reached 87 deaths due to COVID-19 despite the lockdown, while the city of Beijing was called to “act without delay” amid the increase in SARS-CoV-2 cases in the Chinese capital. China, facing its worst outbreak in recent weeks since the outbreak […]
China: Shanghai residents are not yet free to leave their homes
The Shanghai authorities announced today that the strict restrictions will remain in force for the time being, even in areas that have managed to eradicate the transmission of COVID-19, prolonging the anxiety of many residents who are trapped in their homes for most of this year. month. The ominous estimate, which came as a result […]
China: 26,155 new coronavirus infections – The vast majority from Shanghai
LAST UPDATE: 08:24 In China, 26,155 new cases of coronavirus were recorded yesterday, Saturday, of which 22,626 are related to asymptomatic carriers of the virus, as announced today by the National Health Commission of the country. These numbers are higher than in the previous 24 hours, when 24,791 new infections were officially announced, of which […]
China: 24,791 new coronavirus infections – The vast majority come from Shanghai
In China, 24,791 new cases of coronavirus were registered yesterday, Friday, of which 20,895 concern asymptomatic carriers of the virus, as announced today by the National Health Commission of the country. These numbers are slightly higher than in the previous 24 hours, when 24,268 new infections were officially announced, of which 20,782 were asymptomatic carriers […]
Lockdowns are spreading to dozens of Chinese cities
Local lockdowns are proliferating across China, suggesting that Shanghai’s fight against the virus could be the prelude to a wider battle that threatens to paralyze the world’s second-largest economy, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Chinese health authorities announced more than 29,000 new infections on Thursday, the highest daily rate since the Wuhan pandemic […]
Shanghai: Authorities turn residential buildings into quarantine centers amid rising sickness
Shanghai authorities are turning apartment buildings into quarantine centers to house the growing number of covid-19 patients, but the move has provoked outrage and reactions from neighbors who are worried they are at risk of becoming infected. In an incident that was broadcast live on the Chinese messaging platform WeChat, about 30 people wearing protective […]
China: Camping Beds and Breakfast Bread for Shanghai Residents Quarantined
In one of the quarantine units in Shanghai, Covid-19-positive residents are lying on gray folding campaign beds less than a meter apart, with their suitcases and other personal items lying next to them. A video released to Reuters today by a man living in the facility shows more than 100 people huddled on the floor […]
The stock market focused on US banks and Apple, J&J suspends clinical trials on its vaccine
After seven sessions of increase in eight days, the Paris Bourse is moving towards a hesitant opening a few hours before the start of the quarterly results season in the United States . The announcement of a “pause” in clinical trials of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine candidate against Covid-19 also puts the strong progression on Wall Street yesterday into […]
The Stock Exchange turns its gaze to China, which eases its exchange rate policy
The Paris Bourse is expected to continue the momentum of the past two weeks, the prospect of a sustained recovery in the Chinese economy relegating doubts about a quick agreement in the US Congress on a fiscal stimulus package to the background. The MSCI Asia-Pacific ex- Japan index hovered at a two-and-a-half-year high this morning, driven by the 2.5% […]