Covid
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World
How Will China Fare With Covid? ‘Meaningless’ Data Clouds the Picture.
Despite assurances that the situation is under control, information on infections has become more opaque now that Beijing has rolled…
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World
As Covid Spreads Fast, Beijing Isn’t in Lockdown. But It Feels Like It.
Almost no one is venturing out even after an easing of pandemic measures. Cold and flu medicines are scarce, but…
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World
‘It Doesn’t Hurt at All’: In China’s New Covid Strategy, Vaccines Matter
As the government drops its restrictions, it not only needs to convince people that the virus is nothing to fear,…
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Opinion
A Contagion the U.S. and China Both Fear: Each Other
For decades, the United States and China have each treated the other’s ideology as a kind of infection. Then came…
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World
China’s Looming ‘Tsunami’ of Covid Cases Will Test Its Hospitals
To conserve resources for the severely ill, the government is urging residents not to seek help unless necessary. But the…
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Food
Key Partner in Covax Will End Support for Middle-Income Nations
Many of the poorest countries will continue to get free Covid shots, but global demand for them has plummeted, driving…
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US
Covid Rates Are Climbing in Los Angeles, but Residents Are Weary
Los Angeles County may bring back a mask mandate if hospitalizations continue to increase.
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World
Beijing Braces for Covid Surge After China Lifts Pandemic Curbs
Residents in the capital city buy up at-home tests and fever medication following the government’s decision to ease its “zero…
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World
How Will China Turn Its Economy Back On? The World Is About to Find Out.
Strict “zero Covid” curbs have been smothering growth. After easing them, Beijing faces the twin challenges of rising caseloads and…
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US
As Covid Cases Rise in a Weary Los Angeles, So Does Apathy
Hospitalizations and Covid cases have increased sharply in Los Angeles since Thanksgiving. But fear — and masks — are missing…