As a result of Beijing’s relaxed zero-COVID policies, millions of Chinese people are planning trips to see relatives as the Lunar New Year approaches. The festivities marking the occasion, which many Asian people will celebrate on Sunday
The brother of an imprisoned Tibetan businessman has posted videos of himself pleading with authorities to allow relatives to visit his jailed sibling, including a protest he staged in front of the prison in the western Chinese autonomous region where the younger brother, who is in poor health, is detained.
Funeral homes in Beijing are operating around the clock amid a surge of COVID-19 cases, with cremations now backed up for at least five days, funeral parlor staff told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday.
Ella Morgan is a graduate student in international relations at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom who uses Twitter and Instagram to raise awareness of violations of Uyghur human rights and to chastise the Chinese government for its abuses committed against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
COVID-19 vaccines are being given to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, as part of a nationwide vaccination push to stop the deadly virus from spreading.Bangladeshi authorities are leading the Vaccination programme, with technical assistance from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), and other humanitarian partners
Nigerian doctors are on strike due to unpaid salaries and poor benefits. However, the walkout by about 40% of Nigeria’s medical workforce comes amid a new surge of coronavirus infections that is putting the country’s healthcare system under extreme strain
Some Chinese state media outlets have removed a report on the origins of the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic that cited a “Swiss biologist” after the Swiss embassy said there was no such person
This month, the US intelligence community is likely to give President Joe Biden a report evaluating the two primary ideas about COVID-19’s origins. The virus was unintentionally released from a lab, according to one theory, and it emerged from human interaction with an infected animal, according to the other
The global economic impact of the pandemic has resulted in business failures and job losses. A growing number of Malaysians are looking for fast cash to keep their families and business afloat
Hospitals In Indonesia Are Overburdened As The Delta Variety Spreads At An Unprecedented Rate. Many Residents Are Being Forced To Care For Sick Families Themselves As A Result Of The Situation