Covid Test Fear

Beijing on Tuesday launched mass coronavirus testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai.

Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing as long queues formed on Monday in a large central district for mass testing ordered by the Chinese authorities.

A mass hamster cull in Hong Kong sparked fears among animal welfare groups on Wednesday that panicky people would abandon their pets after 11 of the rodents from one pet shop in the city tested positive for COVID-19.

All samples from metro cities - that have tested positive for Covid - are being sent for genome sequencing, government sources said today, amid fears over an Omicron-driven third wave, adding that 18% of recent samples in India had the new variant.

Ashes: NSW health minister Brad Hazzard attempted to dispel fears that the match could be disrupted by the state's contact-tracing rules.

Cricket Australia chief Nick Hockley moved to allay fears over the remainder of the Ashes series after England were rocked by a Covid scare, but admitted it was a "day-by-day proposition".

With restaurants in Brooklyn closing in rapid succession and lines at Covid-19 test centers swelling by the day, fears are growing in New York of a return to the nightmare of 2020, when the city was the global epicenter of the pandemic.

Amid fears of the spread of new Covid strain 'Omicron', two South African nationals have tested positive for the coronavirus, and their samples have been sent for further tests to ascertain about the variant, a top official said.

Fans expressed fears over the threats posed by COVID-19 to IPL 2021's UAE leg after Sunrisers Hyderabad's T Natarajan tested positive for the virus.

A negative RT-PCR result not older than 72 hours has been made mandatory for passengers travelling to India from seven more countries, including, China and South Africa.

In a disturbing incident, the body of a 72-year-old man was kept at his home for three days by his daughters, one of whom committed suicide and another attempted to kill herself in Virar of Maharashtra's Palghar district, the police said on Wednesday

NEET: The Union government and National Testing Agency (NTA) had issued SOPs to conduct examinations amid the Covid fear in 2020.

A rumour that 5G testing in India has led to a spike in Covid cases and deaths has fueled fears in villages of Haryana, Punjab, and UP. The government is battle the paranoia.

India reported 2.59 lakh new Covid cases, taking its tally to 2.6 crore. The death count rose to 2,91,331 after 4,209 more patients died in the last 24 hours. Vaccinations showed a downward graph amid fears of a third wave in the next 6-8 months.

Three days after testing positive for Covid-19, "everything tasted like cardboard," recalls 38-year-old Elizabeth Medina, who lost her sense of taste and smell at the start of the pandemic. A year later, she fears she will never get them back.

Beijing on Tuesday launched mass coronavirus testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai.

Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing as long queues formed on Monday in a large central district for mass testing ordered by the Chinese authorities.

A mass hamster cull in Hong Kong sparked fears among animal welfare groups on Wednesday that panicky people would abandon their pets after 11 of the rodents from one pet shop in the city tested positive for COVID-19.

All samples from metro cities - that have tested positive for Covid - are being sent for genome sequencing, government sources said today, amid fears over an Omicron-driven third wave, adding that 18% of recent samples in India had the new variant.

Ashes: NSW health minister Brad Hazzard attempted to dispel fears that the match could be disrupted by the state's contact-tracing rules.

Cricket Australia chief Nick Hockley moved to allay fears over the remainder of the Ashes series after England were rocked by a Covid scare, but admitted it was a "day-by-day proposition".

With restaurants in Brooklyn closing in rapid succession and lines at Covid-19 test centers swelling by the day, fears are growing in New York of a return to the nightmare of 2020, when the city was the global epicenter of the pandemic.

Amid fears of the spread of new Covid strain 'Omicron', two South African nationals have tested positive for the coronavirus, and their samples have been sent for further tests to ascertain about the variant, a top official said.

Fans expressed fears over the threats posed by COVID-19 to IPL 2021's UAE leg after Sunrisers Hyderabad's T Natarajan tested positive for the virus.

A negative RT-PCR result not older than 72 hours has been made mandatory for passengers travelling to India from seven more countries, including, China and South Africa.

In a disturbing incident, the body of a 72-year-old man was kept at his home for three days by his daughters, one of whom committed suicide and another attempted to kill herself in Virar of Maharashtra's Palghar district, the police said on Wednesday

NEET: The Union government and National Testing Agency (NTA) had issued SOPs to conduct examinations amid the Covid fear in 2020.

A rumour that 5G testing in India has led to a spike in Covid cases and deaths has fueled fears in villages of Haryana, Punjab, and UP. The government is battle the paranoia.

India reported 2.59 lakh new Covid cases, taking its tally to 2.6 crore. The death count rose to 2,91,331 after 4,209 more patients died in the last 24 hours. Vaccinations showed a downward graph amid fears of a third wave in the next 6-8 months.

Three days after testing positive for Covid-19, "everything tasted like cardboard," recalls 38-year-old Elizabeth Medina, who lost her sense of taste and smell at the start of the pandemic. A year later, she fears she will never get them back.