China has reported nearly 60,000 deaths related to COVID-19 since early December as the virus spirals out-of-control. Infections have surged in the People’s Republic since the nation lifted its strict “Zero Covid” policy in the face of growing public backlash on December
A Beijing hospital has run out of beds, forcing patients to rest on stretchers or lay on the hallway floors as COVID-19 infections run rampant in the country and stretch thin the public health sectors’ resources. “We have no beds, we have
China defended on Thursday its handling of its raging COVID-19 outbreak after U.S. President Joe Biden voiced concern and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Beijing was under-reporting virus deaths. The WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, said on Wednesday that Chinese officials
On Tuesday, China reported 7,689 infections and five deaths related to Covid, but analysts have said the real death toll might be in the hundreds of thousands. Airfinity, a British health data organisation, has estimated that 9,000 people in China may be
Coronavirus cases have surged in China since the country relaxed its draconian “zero-COVID” strategy last month, but officials there are likely undercounting the extent of the outbreak, a World Health Organization official said on Wednesday. “We believe the current numbers being published
A “truly brutal storm” will strike the US tonight, causing flooding, landslides and “likely” deaths. As the US continues to battle with its winter weather patterns, a bomb cyclone will make landfall on Wednesday, lasting through to Thursday. According to the National
Ukraine’s attack on Makiivka, which caused the death of 89 Russian servicemen, has been blamed on mobile phones being used on the front line, despite it being forbidden. According to the Russian defence ministry, the use of the phones in an area
On Monday evening, Nigel Farage reacted to the claims by a senior doctor that around 300 to 500 people are dying each week due to delays in emergency care. Dr Adrian Boyle, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine warned
Chris Whitty ‘knows what he’s talking about’ says Dr Amir The Covid pandemic has been blamed for thousands of middle-aged people dying from heart conditions because they did not get statins or blood pressure medicines. Chief Medical Officer Sir Chris Whitty is
The Indian maker of a cough syrup that was linked to the death of 19 children in Uzbekistan said on Friday that it had halted production of all medicines after an inspection by the drug regulator. Indian media reported that the inspectors