Infected doctors, no beds, long queues: How Chinese hospitals are struggling with COVID surge
1 year, 11 months ago

Infected doctors, no beds, long queues: How Chinese hospitals are struggling with COVID surge

Firstpost  

COVID-19 cases are increasing as China opens up. Doctors are working despite being infected and beds are full of elderly people struggling to breathe Tianjin: Doctors working despite being infected, beds filled with dozens of elderly straining to breathe — on the front lines of China' s worst-ever COVID outbreak, hospitals are struggling. At Nankai Hospital in Tianjin, around 140 kilometres southwest of the capital Beijing, AFP on Wednesday saw more than two dozen mostly elderly patients lying on gurneys in public areas of the emergency department. In the hospital’s separate fever clinic, AFP saw doctors in hazmat suits attending to around 30 mostly elderly patients, some of whom were clutching printouts of CT scans. “Try not to move too much,” murmured a man to a groaning elderly woman on a gurney in an emergency department corridor, as patients and medical personnel streamed past.

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Hundreds of patients died after catching COVID in Victorian hospitals, new data shows
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Hundreds of patients died after catching COVID in Victorian hospitals, new data shows

ABC  

When Dean's* father was rushed to hospital with a bad case of gastro in February, he assumed he'd be back on his feet in a few days. "The numbers indicate that there is a big problem here — these infections and deaths are potentially preventable," said Associate Professor Suman Majumdar, chief health officer for COVID and health emergencies at the …

Covid and norovirus hospital admissions soar as NHS leaders issue cold weather warning
11 months ago

Covid and norovirus hospital admissions soar as NHS leaders issue cold weather warning

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He said: “These figures show this continues to be …

‘Not by novel virus’: What China said on ‘mysterious pneumonia’
1 year ago

‘Not by novel virus’: What China said on ‘mysterious pneumonia’

Hindustan Times  

A pneumonia outbreak in China has alerted the world including the World Health Organization which sought more information about the situation from the country. Medical staff in protective suits treat a patient with pneumonia On Sunday, China's health ministry asked local authorities to increase the number of fever clinics amid the latest crisis. "Efforts should be made to increase the …

Review hospital preparedness: Centre to states amid mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China
1 year ago

Review hospital preparedness: Centre to states amid mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has written to all states and Union Territories asking them to review the hospital preparedness as the health ministry is closely monitoring the rise of respiratory illness cases in China among children. China is witnessing a sudden spike in cases of respiratory illness among children. All cases of influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory illness among children and …

Chinese hospitals ‘overwhelmed with sick children’ after surge in respiratory illness
1 year ago

Chinese hospitals ‘overwhelmed with sick children’ after surge in respiratory illness

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China insists it has not …

China says seasonal germs, rather than ‘unusual or novel pathogens,’ behind spike in pediatric respiratory illness, WHO says
1 year, 1 month ago

China says seasonal germs, rather than ‘unusual or novel pathogens,’ behind spike in pediatric respiratory illness, WHO says

CNN  

CNN — Chinese health authorities told the World Health Organization on Thursday that a spike in cases of children with pneumonia or respiratory illness in the northern part of the country stems from typical seasonal germs rather than any novel or unknown pathogen, the organization said. At Thursday’s teleconference, WHO said, the Chinese officials reported enhanced surveillance of respiratory illnesses …

Without other pandemic precautions, hospital mask rules didn’t stop COVID spread, study finds
1 year, 8 months ago

Without other pandemic precautions, hospital mask rules didn’t stop COVID spread, study finds

LA Times  

In a world moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and medical offices have been the last bastions of mandatory masking. But new research finds that in communities where pandemic precautions have been largely abandoned, mask mandates in healthcare settings do little to prevent coronavirus infections among patients. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to recommend indoor …

Doctors make house calls to check in on elderly
1 year, 10 months ago

Doctors make house calls to check in on elderly

China Daily  

Doctors visit seniors at home to check on their health in Jimo district, Qingdao, Shandong province, on Feb 2. CHINA DAILY Wang Zhuying, an 85-year-old resident who lives alone in Caijia village in Qingdao, Shandong province, received a gift from his family doctor before Spring Festival - a health kit containing fever-reducing drugs, a thermometer and sanitation items. In Nancun …

China says Covid-19 deaths, severe cases have fallen over 70% since peak
1 year, 10 months ago

China says Covid-19 deaths, severe cases have fallen over 70% since peak

India Today  

Critically ill COVID-19 cases in China are down 72% from a peak early this month while daily deaths among COVID-19 patients in hospitals have dropped 79% from their peak, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. The CDC said the number of critically ill patients in China peaked on Jan. 4 at 128,000 cases and fell to …

China says critical COVID cases have peaked as holiday travel surges
1 year, 11 months ago

China says critical COVID cases have peaked as holiday travel surges

The Hindu  

The number of COVID patients needing critical care in China's hospitals has peaked, health authorities said on Thursday, as millions travelled across the country for long-awaited reunions with families, raising fears of fresh outbreaks. There has been widespread scepticism over China's official COVID data since it abruptly axed anti-virus controls last month that had shielded China's 1.4 billion people from …

Opinion: In China’s countryside, a Covid-19 tsunami is brewing
1 year, 11 months ago

Opinion: In China’s countryside, a Covid-19 tsunami is brewing

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Yanzhong Huang is a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations and a professor at Seton Hall University School of Diplomacy and International Relations, specializing in Asia. An elderly rural population Is China’s rural healthcare system able to withstand skyrocketing Covid-19 cases? Is China’s rural healthcare system able to withstand skyrocketing Covid-19 cases? A …

China reports huge rise in COVID-related deaths after data criticism
1 year, 11 months ago

China reports huge rise in COVID-related deaths after data criticism

ABC  

China says nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 have died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month, a huge increase from previously reported figures that follows global criticism of the country's coronavirus data. Key points: China had previously reported just over 5,000 deaths since the pandemic began The WHO had said earlier this week said that China was …

China reports 60,000 COVID-related deaths, says peak passed
1 year, 11 months ago

China reports 60,000 COVID-related deaths, says peak passed

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December, offering hard numbers for an unprecedented surge that was apparent in overcrowded hospitals and packed crematoriums, even as the government released little data about the status of the pandemic for weeks. China stopped reporting data on COVID-19 deaths and infections after abruptly lifting …

China reports almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths since December
1 year, 11 months ago

China reports almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths since December

The Hindu  

China’s National Health Commission on Saturday said the country had reported close to 60,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the ending of the stringent “zero-COVID” policy on December 7, 2022. In a 36-day period from December 8, 2022 to January 12, 2023, there were a total of 59,938 deaths, Jiao Yahui, director of the National Health Commission’s medical affairs department, said …

China says 60,000 people have died of Covid since early December
1 year, 11 months ago

China says 60,000 people have died of Covid since early December

CNN  

CNN — Close to 60,000 people have died of Covid in China since the country abruptly abandoned its tight “zero-Covid” policy in early December, a medical official from the National Health Commission told a press conference in Beijing on Saturday. The World Health Organization and the United States have accused China of “under-representing” the severity of its current outbreak, while …

China Asks Citizens Not To Go Home To Visit Elderly Relatives During New Year Holidays Amid Covid Surge: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

China Asks Citizens Not To Go Home To Visit Elderly Relatives During New Year Holidays Amid Covid Surge: Report

ABP News  

People in China have been urged not to visit their elderly relatives during the lunar new year break because Covid is spreading swiftly through cities, regional districts, and rural communities, The Guardian reported. Prof Guo Jianwen, a member of the state council's pandemic prevention team, advised people not to "go home to visit them" if their elderly relatives were not …

Health workers striving around the clock in COVID fight
1 year, 11 months ago

Health workers striving around the clock in COVID fight

China Daily  

Xie Yanjie, a doctor working with the 120 medical emergency ambulance, carries a patient on a stretcher with colleagues down the stairs of an old building without elevators in Tianjin in late December. ZHAO ZISHUO/XINHUA On Dec 30, Shen Runkun, a doctor at an emergency center in North China's Tianjin, started work at 7 am and was rushed off her …

Six fallacies and truths about China's epidemic control
1 year, 11 months ago

Six fallacies and truths about China's epidemic control

China Daily  

An employee works at an automobile company in Yuyao, East China's Zhejiang province, Jan 5, 2023. "Now, all the production lines of Foxconn's plant in Zhengzhou are running normally, and we have taken various measures to motivate our employees," said Wang Xue, deputy general manager of Foxconn Technology Group. The optimized response China adopted to deal with COVID-19 is expected …

People's health is priority in COVID-19 fight
1 year, 11 months ago

People's health is priority in COVID-19 fight

China Daily  

Medical professionals vaccinate a senior citizen at her home in Huiwen township, Wenchang, Hainan province, in December. Since securing the strategic outcomes in the battle to defend Hubei province and its capital city of Wuhan, China has effectively tackled more than 100 cluster infections over the past three years, fighting different variants of the virus including the Delta and Omicron …

People's health is priority in COVID-19 fight
1 year, 11 months ago

People's health is priority in COVID-19 fight

China Daily  

Medical professionals vaccinate a senior citizen at her home in Huiwen township, Wenchang, Hainan province, in December. Since securing the strategic outcomes in the battle to defend Hubei province and its capital city of Wuhan, China has effectively tackled more than 100 cluster infections over the past three years, fighting different variants of the virus including the Delta and Omicron …

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 spreads
1 year, 11 months ago

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 spreads

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Mostly older men and women wearing masks rested on cots in hallways, while others slept upright in crowded waiting rooms with numbered chairs. At the Chuiyangliu hospital in the east of Beijing on Thursday, signs of the COVID-19 outbreak stretching public health facilities in the world’s most populous nation were on full display. The crush of people seeking …

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as China's Covid cases surge
1 year, 11 months ago

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as China's Covid cases surge

Hindustan Times  

Patients, most of them elderly, are lying on stretchers in hallways and taking oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as COVID-19 surges in China's capital Beijing. The surge in severely ill people needing hospital care follows China abandonment of its most severe pandemic restrictions last month after nearly three years of lockdowns, travels bans and school closures that weighed heavily on …

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 brings more sick people
1 year, 11 months ago

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 brings more sick people

The Hindu  

Patients, most of them elderly, are lying on stretchers in hallways and taking oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as COVID-19 surges in China's capital Beijing. The surge in severely ill people needing hospital care follows China abandonment of its most severe pandemic restrictions last month after nearly three years of lockdowns, travels bans and school closures that weighed heavily on …

A Beijing hospital runs out of beds amid a COVID surge in China
1 year, 11 months ago

A Beijing hospital runs out of beds amid a COVID surge in China

LA Times  

An emergency ward in a Beijing hospital is filled with people as COVID-19 cases surge in China’s capital. The crush of people seeking hospital care follows China abandonment of its most severe pandemic restrictions last month after nearly three years of lockdowns, travels bans and school closures that weighed heavily on the economy and prompted street protests not seen since …

Beijing hospitals run out of beds as Covid patients increase in China
1 year, 11 months ago

Beijing hospitals run out of beds as Covid patients increase in China

India Today  

Hospitals in Beijing, China's capital, are running out of beds as an increasing number of Covid patients - most of them elderly - flock to clinics to get treated. This comes amid the World Health Organisation saying China is "under-representing" Covid data, especially the death toll since the spike in cases. Covid cases surged in China after the government abruptly …

Viral Video: COVID-19 patients in China receive treatment on street outside hospital in Beijing
1 year, 11 months ago

Viral Video: COVID-19 patients in China receive treatment on street outside hospital in Beijing

Firstpost  

The footage opens on a street in front of the hospital. Some senior citizens were also present among them China has been going through a turbulent situation after COVID cases in the country surged dramatically since December. A Twitter user named Jennifer Zeng dropped the clip on her personal Twitter handle, where a number of coronavirus patients can be spotted …

70% of Chinese megacity infected with Covid, doctor says
1 year, 11 months ago

70% of Chinese megacity infected with Covid, doctor says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. WHO officials have met counterparts from China’s National Health …

70% of Shanghai's 25 million people may have had Covid: Top doctor
1 year, 11 months ago

70% of Shanghai's 25 million people may have had Covid: Top doctor

Hindustan Times  

At least 70 percent of Shanghai's population may have been infected with Covid amid China's massive surge in infections, a top doctor at one of Shanghai's hospital said, state media reported. Chen Erzhen, vice president at Ruijin Hospital and a member of Shanghai's Covid expert advisory panel, said that the majority of the the city's population- 25 million people- may …

Covid has infected over 70% population in this Chinese city in recent surge
1 year, 11 months ago

Covid has infected over 70% population in this Chinese city in recent surge

Live Mint  

Around 70% of Shanghai's total population has been infected by COVID during the recent surge in China, a senior doctor at one of Shanghai's top hospitals expressed recently as reported by the state media on Tuesday. "Now the spread of the epidemic in Shanghai is very wide, and it may have reached 70 percent of the population, which is 20 …

China Covid surge: As Beijing relaxes travel curbs, all eyes on overburdened health infra
1 year, 11 months ago

China Covid surge: As Beijing relaxes travel curbs, all eyes on overburdened health infra

India Today  

As China moves to reopen borders, millions isolated in the country for over three years now have welcomed the decision with an outpouring of joy and relief. Searches for popular destinations increased tenfold within minutes of the announcement, with several searching for outbound group tours during the Lunar New Year holiday season in late January. However, the decision to relax …

Hospitals overflowing with patients, Covid testing down, says Indian-origin doctor in China
1 year, 11 months ago

Hospitals overflowing with patients, Covid testing down, says Indian-origin doctor in China

India Today  

China has eased coronavirus-related restrictions even as it grapples with a fresh spurt in virus cases. India Today TV spoke to Dr Abhishek Kundu, an Indian-origin doctor living in China's Zhejiang province, which is witnessing close to one million Covid-19 cases daily according to some reports. If earlier the first two floors of the hospital saw Covid-19 patients, the cases …

Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID roils Chinese towns
1 year, 11 months ago

Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID roils Chinese towns

Associated Press  

BAZHOU, China — Yao Ruyan paced frantically outside the fever clinic of a county hospital in China’s industrial Hebei province, 70 kilometers southwest of Beijing. In recent days, headlines in state media said the area is “ starting to resume normal life.” But life in central Hebei’s emergency wards and crematoriums is anything but normal. “There’s been so many people …

‘Chinese city seeing half a million COVID cases a day’
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Chinese city seeing half a million COVID cases a day’

The Hindu  

Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with COVID-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgement that the country's wave of infections is not being reflected in official statistics. A news outlet operated by the ruling Communist Party in Qingdao on Friday reported the municipal health chief …

China towns grapple with packed ICUs, crematoriums amid severe Covid wave
2 years ago

China towns grapple with packed ICUs, crematoriums amid severe Covid wave

Live Mint  

China grapples with its first-ever national Covid-19 wave, emergency wards in small cities and towns southwest of Beijing are overwhelmed. In recent days, headlines in state media said the area is “ starting to resume normal life.” But life in central Hebei's emergency wards and crematoriums is anything but normal. “There's been so many people dying,” said Zhao Yongsheng, a …

Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID-19 roils Chinese cities and towns
2 years ago

Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID-19 roils Chinese cities and towns

The Hindu  

Yao Ruyan paced frantically outside the fever clinic of a county hospital in China’s industrial Hebei province, 70 kilometers southwest of Beijing. “There’s been so many people dying,” said Zhao Yongsheng, a worker at a funeral goods shop near a local hospital. “They work day and night, but they can’t burn them all.” Over two hours at the Gaobeidian crematorium …

Photos: How COVID roils small Chinese towns
2 years ago

Photos: How COVID roils small Chinese towns

Al Jazeera  

As China grapples with surging COVID-19 cases, emergency wards in small cities and towns southwest of the capital, Beijing, are overwhelmed. The towns and small cities in Baoding and Langfang prefectures, in central Hebei province, were the epicentre of one of China’s first outbreaks after the state loosened coronavirus controls in November and December. Experts have forecast between a million …

Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID roils Chinese towns
2 years ago

Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID roils Chinese towns

LA Times  

A patient is moved onto a gurney in a crowded hospital in Bazhou city in northern China’s Hebei province on Thursday as China grapples with its first-ever wave of COVID mass infections. “There’s been so many people dying,” said Zhao Yongsheng, a worker at a funeral goods shop near a local hospital. “They work day and night, but they can’t …

Elderly COVID-19 patients fill hospital wards in China's major cities
2 years ago

Elderly COVID-19 patients fill hospital wards in China's major cities

The Hindu  

Elderly patients lined the wards of hospitals in major cities in China Thursday as the country battled a wave of COVID-19 cases. Attached to a breathing tube under a pile of blankets, an old man racked with COVID-19 lay groaning on a stretcher in the emergency department of a hospital in central China Thursday. A paramedic at Chongqing Medical University …

Elderly Covid patients fill hospital wards in China's major cities
2 years ago

Elderly Covid patients fill hospital wards in China's major cities

Firstpost  

The virus is surging across China in an outbreak authorities say is impossible to track after the end of mandatory mass testing Chongqing: Elderly patients lined the wards of hospitals in major cities in China Thursday as the country battled a wave of Covid cases. “A lot of hospital staff are positive as well, but we have no choice but …

China’s actual Covid numbers may be much higher than what’s reported: WHO
2 years ago

China’s actual Covid numbers may be much higher than what’s reported: WHO

Live Mint  

Covid numbers in China may be much more than what the official figures show, as per Mike Ryan, the emergencies director at the World Health Organization. More than any other nation, China possesses nine locally made Covid-19 vaccinations that are licensed for use. On December 21, despite China reporting no new Covid deaths in its increasing outbreak and facing criticism …

Beijing facing spike in severe Covid cases, says leading respiratory expert
2 years ago

Beijing facing spike in severe Covid cases, says leading respiratory expert

Hindustan Times  

Beijing is likely to see an increase in severe Covid-19 cases over the next two weeks, a leading Chinese respiratory specialist warned on Tuesday, as the capital continues to battle rising infections following the abrupt withdrawal of stringent ‘zero-Covid’ policies in early December. Respiratory disease expert Wang Guangfa warned that medical infrastructure in Beijing faces “additional stress” and advised the …

Exhausted doctor collapses in China hospital amid Covid surge; video goes viral
2 years ago

Exhausted doctor collapses in China hospital amid Covid surge; video goes viral

Hindustan Times  

As China is grappling with a sudden resurgence of Covid cases, reminding the world of how the year 2020 had begun, several videos of the present mayhem at the hospitals in China have surfaced. 5 points In a video, a doctor can be seen collapsing apparently from exhaustion of attending to Covid patients in a China hospital. ) Read: China's …

Beijing expects COVID surge as mutation risks concern experts
2 years ago

Beijing expects COVID surge as mutation risks concern experts

Al Jazeera  

Hospitals should expand ICU beds as a priority, with COVID peak expected to last until end of January, respiratory expert says. Beijing faces a surge in severe COVID-19 cases over the next two weeks, a respiratory expert in China has said, amid global concerns over possible mutations and knock-on effects for the world economy after the recent surprise lifting of …

China's crematoriums, hospitals 'packed' as Covid cases rise | Top 10 points
2 years ago

China's crematoriums, hospitals 'packed' as Covid cases rise | Top 10 points

Hindustan Times  

China is reportedly registering a massive surge in coronavirus or Covid-19 cases in the wake of the Chinese government's sudden decision last month to lift nearly three years of lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing. Eric Feigl-Ding estimates that more than 60 per cent of China and 10 per cent of Earth's population are likely to be infected over the next …

China reports first coronavirus deaths since easing zero-COVID policy
2 years ago

China reports first coronavirus deaths since easing zero-COVID policy

Firstpost  

Official case numbers are widely considered unreliable following the end of mandatory mass testing, while fears are mounting of a wave of infections in poor rural areas during the upcoming Lunar New Year holidays Beijing: China on Monday reported its first deaths from Covid-19 since loosening its hardline containment policy, as hospitals and crematoriums struggle with outbreak authorities say is …

China could see nearly a million deaths as it exits zero-Covid, study says
2 years ago

China could see nearly a million deaths as it exits zero-Covid, study says

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Hong Kong CNN — China’s abrupt and under-prepared exit from zero-Covid could lead to nearly 1 million deaths, according to a new study, as the country braces …

Funeral homes overwhelmed, bodies seen? China may be covering Covid deaths
2 years ago

Funeral homes overwhelmed, bodies seen? China may be covering Covid deaths

Hindustan Times  

The number of people dying due to Covid in Beijing is rising, according to media reports, despite China not reporting a fatality from the virus for two weeks. Yang Lianghua, a former People's Daily reporter, died on December 15, aged 74, while Zhou Zhichun, a former China Youth Daily editor, died on December 8, aged 77, according to financial magazine …

In COVID-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up
2 years ago

In COVID-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up

The Hindu  

Funeral homes across China's COVID-hit capital Beijing, a city of 22 million, scrambled on Saturday to keep up with calls for funeral and cremation services as workers and drivers testing positive for the novel coronavirus called in sick. In Beijing, which has yet to report any COVID-19 deaths since the policies changed on December 7, sick workers have hit the …

China orders rural hospitals to prepare for migrants' return
2 years ago

China orders rural hospitals to prepare for migrants' return

The Independent  

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