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'No new Covid variants emerged during China's recent outbreak'
Two known Omicron sub-variants – rather than any new variants – have chiefly been responsible for the recent COVID-19 surge in China, according to a...
Foxconn freezes hiring due to shortage of quarantine space
The company requires 1,00,000 new workers to get back to full capacity, but due to a shortage of quarantine space, it has frozen the hiring, reports...
China reports 5 new local Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours
Meanwhile, a total of 22 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified in nine provincial-level regions, including six in Shanghai, four in Inner...
Covid: Lockdowns, curfews not required if people are disciplined, says...
"We have to learn to live with Covid at present. We are living in the presence of this virus for the past few months. I know that curfews disturb...
How the copycats came for Clubhouse
A slew of copycat chat apps debuted this year, challenging Clubhouse and wooing its users.
Never-ending crisis: When Covid anxiety, depression take hold
It is still unclear how much of a threat the fast-spreading Omicron variant poses, but fear and a sudden revival of restrictions have added to an...
UK ministers considering contingency plans for local lockdowns
British ministers are considering contingency plans for local lockdowns or a delay to reopening after June 21 in response to concern about the spread...
Lockdowns cut south Asia smog, and could fill reservoirs too
Cleaner skies over South Asia that resulted from pandemic lockdowns last year likely affected the timing of snowmelt in the Indus River basin of...