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.
Three Tibetans have recently died from COVID-19 as the virus continues to spread across China’s Tibet Autonomous Region and local netizens complain of harsh and unsanitary quarantine procedures, RFA has learned
At least six people have died and 2,457 have been infected in Myanmar since the start of the month amid an outbreak of a new omicron variant of COVID-19, the junta’s Ministry of Health announced Thursday
Shanghai police have detained a prominent rights activist who called on a local official to resign over the citywide COVID-19 lockdown in April.
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu have imposed restrictions on the city in a bid to curb a surge in new COVID-19 infections, as residents complained of food shortages and panic-buying
In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted women in their mid-career and older. Around 40% have had at least one job interruption, and 70% of those who have remained unemployed for six months or longer have done so
In the wake of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, less than 1% of the population of Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, has been properly vaccinated against the coronavirus. Nigerian authorities are scrambling for additional vaccines, but they claim that disinformation and myths are deterring people from getting them
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
The coronavirus pandemic has increased hunger and food insecurity in Zimbabwe, which was already struggling with a poor economy before the pandemic began, according to a government report released this week
Turkey’s announcement of new restrictions in the face of surging Covid 19 infections is putting the spotlight on Ankara’s decision to rely almost solely on Chinese vaccines