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• Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas En Route El Paso, Texas The White House 08 Jan 2023

COVID-19 Pandemic News

China

• Downgrading of COVID-19 response 'not waiving control'; NHC explains updated protocol Global Times 08 Jan 2023 -- Sunday marked the first day of China's downgraded management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B, and the State Council joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19 explained the latest edition of China's epidemic response protocol, as a move to further refine management toward reopening, based on science and the epidemic situation.
• 8% of Chinese COVID-19 patients develop pneumonia: NHC official Global Times 08 Jan 2023 -- The proportion of COVID-19 patients of common type who developed pneumonia is about 8 percent of the total, Jiao Yahui, an official from the National Health Commission (NHC), said on Sunday in response to the public's concerns about the number of pneumonia cases around them, noting that the vast majority of the cases with pneumonia can be treated and cured after timely treatment and intervention.
• Border ports in full swing as COVID restrictions are lifted Global Times 08 Jan 2023 -- Major border ports in North China's Inner Mongolia and Southwest China's Yunnan on Sunday officially lifted restrictions related to COVID-19 as part of the country's new optimized management, fully resuming normal operations following pandemic disruptions in the past three years.
• China ends quarantine requirements for overseas travelers Press TV 08 Jan 2023 -- China has officially scrapped its quarantine requirements for inbound travelers after nearly three years, despite struggling with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases.

India

• COVID-19 UPDATE India PIB 08 Jan 2023 -- 220.13 cr Total Vaccine doses (95.14 cr Second Dose and 22.43 cr Precaution Dose) have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 2 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 08 Jan 2023 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,708 with two more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Sunday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 23,411 new COVID-19 cases, 36 deaths CNA 08 Jan 2023 -- Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported 23,411 new COVID-19 infections Sunday -- all but 331 domestic cases -- and 36 deaths from the disease.