Articles for Local Outbreak

Soaring COVID-19 cases shine light on China's healthcare gap
2 years ago

Soaring COVID-19 cases shine light on China's healthcare gap

Firstpost  

In one of the world’s most unequal economies, China’s centralised healthcare system drives money and resources towards urban hospitals at the expense of rural ones, a disparity that has become all the more intense as cases surge Tangshan, China: Understaffed and underfunded clinics stand half-empty in parts of the Chinese countryside even as hospitals in major cities heave under an …

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China Tests Entire City of Qingdao for Coronavirus After Country's First Local Outbreak Reported
4 years, 2 months ago

China Tests Entire City of Qingdao for Coronavirus After Country's First Local Outbreak Reported

News 18  

Authorities in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao said Tuesday that they have completed coronavirus tests on more than 3 million people following the country’s first reported local outbreak in nearly two months. The city’s health department said no new cases have been found among the more than 1.1 million test results returned thus far. The National Health Commission …

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Coronavirus Outbreak: Appliances, electronics industry seek nod from local authorities to restart production
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Appliances, electronics industry seek nod from local authorities to restart production

Firstpost  

Home appliances and consumer electronics manufacturers said they are gearing up to resume production and are in talks with local authorities for permission to operate factories which are located within or near city municipal limits New Delhi: Home appliances and consumer electronics manufacturers said they are gearing up to resume production and are in talks with local authorities for permission …

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Coronavirus Outbreak: Ligue 1 club PSG launch crowdfunding campaign to help local hospitals
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Ligue 1 club PSG launch crowdfunding campaign to help local hospitals

Firstpost  

PSG are launching a crowdfundng platform to help the local hospitals amid the coronavirus outbreak, the French champions said on Wednesday Paris: Paris St Germain are launching a crowdfundng platform to help the local hospitals amid the coronavirus outbreak, the French champions said on Wednesday. “By opening a crowdfunding platform… Paris St Germain is keeping the solidarity momentum toward the …

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Coronavirus outbreak: India plans to airlift components from China to help local tech industry; other sectors explore airfreight option too
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: India plans to airlift components from China to help local tech industry; other sectors explore airfreight option too

Firstpost  

India’s technology ministry has asked electronics and smartphone industry lobby groups to draw up a list of components made in China which then can be airlifted, two of the officials said. New Delhi: India is planning to backstop its growing electronics sector by arranging to airlift components from China, three government officials said, as it tries to contain the fallout …

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Coronavirus death toll climbs to nine, Chinese authorities say
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus death toll climbs to nine, Chinese authorities say

ABC  

China's National Health Commission says 440 people in 13 Chinese provinces are now infected with the new coronavirus, with nine people dying — and there is evidence of respiratory transmission from patient to patient. Key points: Chinese authorities say the outbreak can spread through human contact The coronavirus strain is believed to have started in a Chinese seafood market Hong …

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An Urgent Mystery: Who's Attacking Ebola Responders In Congo — And Why?
5 years, 7 months ago

An Urgent Mystery: Who's Attacking Ebola Responders In Congo — And Why?

NPR  

An Urgent Mystery: Who's Attacking Ebola Responders In Congo — And Why? Reached by phone in Congo, Gressly said that understanding the dynamics driving the violence will be "essential" to his mission: "It's important to figure that out at a detailed, granular level." toggle caption John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images But like many local and international observers in Congo, he said it's …

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