Government Chinese set a slightly lower annual economic growth target on Sunday compared with last year’s target, as the world’s second-largest economy is just beginning to emerge from three years of severe coronavirus restrictions. COVID-19. China set its 2023 growth target for its economy at around 5%, according to a government report released at the […]
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From condoms to cosmetics, sales in China grow after lockdowns end
The world’s leading consumer and luxury goods companies have seen growth in China sales of everything from cosmetics to condoms since Beijing ended strict restrictions on the COVID-19another sign that the world’s second largest economy is reactivating after the pandemic. Upbeat comments on Wednesday from Reckitt Benckiser, Beiersdorf (maker of Nivea), Moncler and Puma followed […]
Canada donates “deep freezers” to Peru to reinforce vaccine preservation
The government of Canada donated 22 “deep freezers” to Peru that will reinforce the cold chain of vaccines against covid-19 and other diseases that are sent to the different regions of the country, reported this Wednesday the Ministry of Health (Minsa). The Minsa detailed in a statement that it received the donation thanks to the […]
China scoffs at FBI claims Wuhan lab leak likely caused pandemic
He fbi assessed that a leak from a laboratory in the central city China of wuhan probably caused the pandemic covidsaid director Christopher Wray, a claim that China said “I had no credibility.” “The FBI has long considered that the origin of the pandemic is probably due to a possible incident in a laboratory in […]
The COVID probably arose from a leak in a Chinese laboratory, says a US agency.
The US Department of Energy believes that the coronavirus pandemic it likely arose from a leak in a Chinese lab, though the White House said Sunday that US intelligence is divided on the issue. The statement, contained in a classified report by the office of Avril HaineDirector of National Intelligence, marks a shift in stance […]
Government announces plan to reduce poverty in the country
Target set. Of the 8.5 million poor people left behind by the pandemic, with the National Development and Social Inclusion Policy, the indicator would drop to about 5.2 million. Executive assures that they will not only focus on economic needs. The COVID-19 caused Peru to go back 10 years in terms of the fight against […]
EMA considers that vaccination against COVID-19 can be annual
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) considered this Wednesday that vaccination against COVID 19 can be administered “once a year” and warned that the virus “still represents a significant burden” for health systems in Europe, especially for the low rate of reinforcements in vulnerable groups. The agency “will continue to monitor emerging data over the coming […]
COVID-19 taught Latin America the need for universal healthcare, estimates PAHO
The director of the Pan American Health Office (PAHO)the brazilian Jarbas Barbosabelieves that Latin American countries have realized the need to have a universal and quality healthcare system after the coronavirus pandemic. coronavirus and ensures that those who build them “they will recover better” in the long run. In an interview with EFE in Madrid, […]
First Chinese tourist groups travel abroad after “COVID zero”
The first groups of Chinese tourists arrived in Thailand on Monday on the first day that the Beijing authorities allow its citizens to join organized trips to around twenty countries after abandoning the “zero COVID” policy. After almost three years of restrictions, the Chinese can resume group travel today to about twenty countries, including Asian […]
3 things the world is doing to prepare for the next pandemic
Since the outbreak pandemic three years ago, about a virus that appeared, few could have imagined the devastation that was about to be unleashed. In order to ensure that the world is better prepared for the next health emergency invisible, an association of nations, foundations, and civil society organizations has launched the financial intermediary fund […]