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EU 'strongly' encourages COVID-19 test for travellers from China

China is struggling to contain a mass outbreak of coronavirus infections after the Communist Party relaxed its draconian "zero-COVID" policies.

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Watch: Shanghai hospital overloaded as Covid cases surge

Mostly elderly patients receive treatment at a crowded emergency ward in a Shanghai hospital as state media reports 70% of the megacity's population may have been infected with Covid-19 during China's huge surge in cases.

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Brussels offers COVID vaccines to China to help contain virus

The EU is also concerned that the lack of transparency in China could mean new variants are not identified quick enough.

China

Chinese travel industry welcomes end to strict COVID-19 restrictions

The Chinese travel industry and airlines have welcomed with relief, news that China is about to end almost three years of strict controls and quarantines on travellers.

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Health news

As COVID cases soar in China, so does the risk of a new variant

Many hospitals have been overwhelmed with patients since China drastically eased its COVID-19 restrictions earlier this month.

China

China opens 'fever consulting' centres as COVID cases soar

After effectively revoking its zero-COVID policy, China is facing a pandemic surge that's becoming ever more difficult to monitor and control

China

'Tragic battle': Half of Shanghai will get COVID, warns hospital

China's official death count since the pandemic began three years ago stands at 5,241 as critics claim its definition of COVID-related death is too narrow.

China

China did not report any COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday

A health official in China says the country is limiting how it is recording COVID-19 deaths.

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New long COVID rehab programme could unlock the key to treatment

The programme is based on a gradual increase in physical activity.

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How much can COVID alter our brains? A lot, brain scan study reveals

Scientists compared the brains of recovered COVID-19 patients with those of a healthy control group.

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COVID may have collectively changed our personalities, study finds

A large-scale study has found changes in people’s big five personality traits when comparing features before and after the pandemic.

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Scientists design face mask that could detect COVID and other viruses

Its developers say the smart mask would be especially useful in enclosed spaces like elevators.

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Austria

Tributes to doctor found dead after COVID-19 anti-vax hate campaign

Austrian authorities say Lisa-Maria Kellermayr committed suicide after she closed her practice, citing months of threats from opponents of coronavirus measures and vaccines.

Health news

Hair loss and erectile dysfunction among new long COVID symptoms

The study found there are a wider set of symptoms associated with long COVID than previously thought.

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COVID cases triple across Europe as hospitalisations double

Coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally, according to the WHO.

Cyprus

Cyprus president tests positive for COVID-19

President Nicos Anastasiades is in a good condition and has exhibited only mild symptoms, according to a government spokesperson.

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How the ‘Centaurus’ Omicron subvariant could become dominant worldwide

BA.2.75, which has picked up the nickname "Centaurus," is now dominant in India, overtaking the previously most transmissible subvariant BA.5.

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Parts of Shanghai will be locked down as part of a test campaign.

Shanghai will impose new containment measures on residents in several parts of the city this weekend as part of a mass testing campaign.

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Dogs can detect COVID as reliably as lab tests: study

With their superior sense of smell, our canine friends were found to be as reliable as PCR tests for detecting COVID-19 cases among hundreds of people.