WHO "very concerned" about reports of severe COVID in China “Vaccination is the exit strategy from omicron,” WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said. World 22 Dec, 2022
Chinese cities ease curbs but full zero-COVID exit seen some way off More Chinese cities including Urumqi in the far west announced an easing of coronavirus curbs on Sunday as China tries to make its zero-COVID policy more targeted and less onerous after unprecedented protests against restrictions last weekend. World 04 Dec, 2022
Indian opposition seeks higher compensation for COVID deaths after damning WHO report India's main opposition Congress party on Friday demanded a hefty rise in compensation for the families of those who died of COVID-19, after the World Health Organization estimated the country's toll was nearly 10 times the reported figure. COVID-19 06 May, 2022
India releases 2020 death data ahead of WHO COVID mortality study it objects India registered about 475,000 more total deaths in 2020 than the previous year, government data released months ahead of schedule on Tuesday showed, as the World Health Organization readies its estimates of excess COVID-19 deaths whose methodology New Delhi has opposed. COVID-19 04 May, 2022
WHO: COVID deaths jump by 40%, but cases falling globally WHO: COVID deaths jump by 40%, but cases falling globally World 30 Mar, 2022
China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year China's national health authorities reported two COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, the first recorded rise in the death toll since January 2021, as the country battles an omicron-driven surge. World 19 Mar, 2022
Asia's COVID deaths surpass 1 million - Reuters tally Asia passed the grim milestone of 1 million coronavirus-linked deaths on Friday, a Reuters tally showed, as a spike in Omicron variant infections spreads across the region after starting in nations such as Japan and South Korea. World 11 Mar, 2022
Easing curbs in 'COVID-zero regions' could cause 2 mln deaths in a year: China study Restoring normal population mobility to "COVID-zero regions" like China will cause some 2 million deaths in a year and the key to controlling the virus is developing vaccines that are better at preventing infection, Chinese researchers said. World 07 Feb, 2022
US death toll from COVID-19 hits 900,000, sped by omicron Propelled in part by the wildly contagious omicron variant, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 900,000 on Friday, less than two months after eclipsing 800,000. World 05 Feb, 2022
India's COVID deaths cross 500,000 but some analysts count millions more India's official COVID-19 death toll crossed 500,000 on Friday, a level some data analysts said was breached last year but was obscured by inaccurate surveys and unaccounted dead in the hinterlands, where millions remain vulnerable to the disease. World 04 Feb, 2022
A divided nation: Western Australia stays shut as COVID deaths mount in east Australia will remain a divided nation with the vast mining state of Western Australia cancelling plans to reopen its borders on Feb. 5 citing health risks from a surge in the Omicron COVID-19 variant in eastern states. World 21 Jan, 2022
'Just want to go home': China's Xian in COVID lockdown for 7th day A lockdown of 13 million people in the Chinese city of Xian entered its seventh day on Wednesday, with many unable to leave their residential compounds and virtually dependent on deliveries of necessities as new COVID-19 infections persisted. World 29 Dec, 2021
