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Authorities urge indoor masking in major cities as 'triple epidemic' rages

Authorities urge indoor masking in major cities as ‘triple epidemic’ rages

A woman wears a mask inside Manhattan earlier this year in New York City. The city’s public health commissioner released new guidelines on Friday advising New Yorkers to wear face coverings in all public spaces. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images A woman wears a mask inside Manhattan earlier this year …

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Chinese cities ease curbs but full zero-COVID exit far from over - ET HealthWorld

Chinese cities ease curbs but full zero-COVID exit far from over – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: More Chinese cities, including Urumqi in the far west, announced an easing of coronavirus restrictions on Sunday as China tries to make its zero-COVID policy more targeted and less onerous after unprecedented protests against restrictions last weekend. Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region and where protests first broke out, will reopen shopping …

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People wearing face masks walk by a shuttered shopping mall in Beijing, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Protests against China's overzealous zero-COVID policies in Shanghai continued on Saturday afternoon, after police cleared away hundreds of protesters in the early morning hours with force and pepper spray. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Protests against strict lockdown hit Shanghai and other Chinese cities

People wearing face masks walk near a closed shopping mall in Beijing, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Protests against China’s overzealous zero COVID policies in Shanghai continued on Saturday afternoon after police evacuated hundreds of early morning protesters with force and pepper spray. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Andy Wang PA Taipei, Taiwan A protest against China’s strict …

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