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COVID-19 Pandemic News

Other Security News

COVID-19 Pandemic News

United States

• U.S. reports 25,000 weekly child COVID-19 cases People's Daily 03 Nov 2022 -- Almost 25,000 child COVID-19 cases were reported in the United States in the week ending Oct. 27, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children's Hospital Association.

China

• Chinese mainland reports 581 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases People's Daily 03 Nov 2022 -- The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 581 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Thursday.
• Beijing residents sent to quarantine for crossing paths with COVID-19 cases Radio Free Asia 03 Nov 2022 -- In an apparent escalation of Chinese leader Xi Jinping's zero-COVID policy, Beijing residents are being hauled off to compulsory quarantine if they cross paths in public with a person who tests positive for COVID-19, they told RFA on Thursday.
• 200 detained in Tibet's capital Lhasa over COVID protest Radio Free Asia 03 Nov 2022 -- Around 200 residents of Tibet's capital Lhasa were detained in the wake of massive protests in the city last week against COVID lockdowns that left many restricted to their homes without adequate food or medical care, RFA has learned.

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 3 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 03 Nov 2022 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,583 with three more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Thursday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 29,977 new COVID-19 cases, 81 deaths CNA 03 Nov 2022 -- Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported 29,977 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, all but 55 domestically transmitted, and 81 deaths from the disease.
• Taiwan to further ease border rules for China, Hong Kong, Macau residents CNA 03 Nov 2022 -- Taiwan will further relax its entry restrictions on Chinese students and Hong Kong and Macau residents with effect from Nov. 7, as part of its gradual lifting of its COVID-19 control measures, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Thursday.