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Tag: Public Health

Posted inChina

China’s Covid death count far from morbid reality

by Jeff Pao January 17, 2023January 21, 2023

As suspicions grow countrywide and worldwide that official Chinese figures on Covid deaths bear little relationship with the actual numbers, the World Health Organization has asked the government to disclose more data. A research report published by the National School of Development of Peking University said that 900 million people, or 64% of the total […]

Posted inOpinion

IMF unhappy as China sticks to zero-Covid policy

by Daniel Alan Bey January 27, 2022January 27, 2022
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by Sachi Satapathy November 23, 2021November 23, 2021
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by Matt Aizawa December 11, 2020December 14, 2020
Posted inIndia

How India can contain coronavirus

by Sumit Sharma September 22, 2020September 23, 2020
Posted inCovid-19

Global experts warn of Covid-19 airborne threat

by Issam Ahmed July 7, 2020July 7, 2020
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Covid-19, culture and trust

by Tej Parikh June 15, 2020June 15, 2020
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Covid-19 tightens its grip on the Big Apple

by Spengler April 2, 2020April 4, 2020
Posted inAnalysis

Vital questions on the virus answered by experts

by Martin La Monica March 25, 2020March 25, 2020
Posted inOpinion

A question of choice, not of human ability

by Edward R Dougherty March 19, 2020March 19, 2020
Posted inBreaking News

Global coronavirus infections top 200,000

by AT Contributor March 19, 2020March 19, 2020
Posted inBreaking News

US leads stimulus drive, EU shuts borders

by AT Contributor March 18, 2020March 19, 2020
Posted inNortheast Asia, South Korea

Why are Korea’s Covid-19 death rates so low?

by Andrew Salmon March 11, 2020March 31, 2020
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Posted inOpinion

Engage with smokers, urges anti-smoking expert

by Sachi Satapathy March 9, 2020March 11, 2020
Posted inUnited States

Downplaying virus could lose Trump the election

by David P. Goldman March 6, 2020March 8, 2020
President Donald Trump has blamed Pakistan for failures in the continuing conflict in Afghanistan. Image: iStock/Juanmonino
Posted inAfghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia

Coronavirus threatens Afghanistan, Pakistan

by David Stout February 27, 2020February 28, 2020
Posted inJapan

Japan PM calls for closure of schools over virus

by Sara Hussain February 27, 2020February 27, 2020
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Epidemic jeopardizes global recovery: IMF to G20

by AT Contributor February 24, 2020February 24, 2020
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Bitcoin price correlates with virus outbreak

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Travelers from mainland face quarantine in HK

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