
COVID uptick: Slight rise in cases reported across Asia.
Several countries in Asia are reporting slightly elevated numbers of COVID-19 cases. Chinese authorities expect case numbers to decline by the end of June.
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Several countries in Asia are reporting slightly elevated numbers of COVID-19 cases. Chinese authorities expect case numbers to decline by the end of June.
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In this interview, MIT and Harvard researcher Alina Chan reaffirms her conviction that COVID-19 was caused by an accidental leak at a Chinese laboratory. The recent report by the German Federal Intelligence Service lends new credibility to this assumption. However, no hypothesis can be ruled out until Beijing provides all relevant data.
By Fabian Peltsch
Sociologist Bin Xu researches man-made disasters. In this interview, he explains why Beijing's Covid policy hit China's middle and upper middle classes particularly hard. The state continues to shy away from reappraising the way it handled the pandemic.
By Fabian Peltsch
The animal welfare group Humane Society International has presented photos and film footage of overcrowded fur farms in China. Experts say that keeping foxes, magpies and minks poses an increased risk of transmitting pathogens to humans.
By Marcel Grzanna
According to a World Health Organisation official, the rise in respiratory diseases in China is not as high as before the pandemic.
By Redaktion Table
The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested more detailed information from China on the rising number of respiratory diseases and reports of increasing cases of pneumonia in children.
By Redaktion Table