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United States

• Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for nearly half U.S. new COVID-19 infections People's Daily 14 Jan 2023 -- Omicron new subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 43 percent of the COVID-19 cases in the United States for the week ending Jan. 14, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
• Omicron new subvariant strains U.S. hospitals amid fast spread People's Daily 14 Jan 2023 -- Omicron new subvariant XBB.1.5 is spreading quickly in the United States during the third COVID-19 winter, straining U.S. hospital systems and causing staffing shortages.
• COVID winters make long hospital waits new normal in U.S.: media People's Daily 14 Jan 2023 -- As the United States enters its third full COVID winter, officials are warning that the permanence of the coronavirus in the disease landscape could mean brutal and long-lasting seasonal surges of cold-weather illnesses for years to come, said a report of The Washington Post.

China

• Asia Fact Check Lab: Is Paxlovid too expensive for China to purchase? Radio Free Asia 14 Jan 2023 -- would place undue financial stress on China's healthcare system.
• No local Omicron XBB.1.5 infections detected in China so far People's Daily 14 Jan 2023 -- There have been no local cases of the COVID-19 Omicron XBB.1.5 detected in China so far, according to a virology expert at a press conference for COVID-19 response held Friday.
• China reports nearly 60,000 COVID deaths since dropping restrictions: Reuters Radio Free Asia 14 Jan 2023 -- China said that nearly 60,000 have died from COVID-19 and related complications since authorities lifted harsh restrictions in December after nationwide protests, Reuters reported Saturday.
• Nearly 60,000 COVID-19-related deaths reported in China in the past month; peak infection has passed: NHC Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- China announced the latest figures of epidemic-related deaths, as the National Health Commission (NHC) revealed on Saturday a total of 59,938 COVID-19-related deaths between December 8, 2022 and January 12 this year, explaining that China has insisted on classifying deaths of patients with a positive nucleic acid test as COVID-19-related deaths, which is in line with WHO and international standards.
• First batch of COVID-19 drug Molnupiravir delivered to Beijing, Guangzhou hospitals Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- Molnupiravir, a COVID-19 drug co-developed by US company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, was delivered by Sinopharm to medical institutions on Friday, marking the first delivery of the drug in the Chinese market.
• Patients reporting to fever clinics peaked on Dec 23, 2022 at 2.87 million, dropping to 477,000 on Jan 12: NHC Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- Patients reporting to fever clinics peaked on Dec 23, 2022 at 2.87 million, dropping to 477,000 on Jan 12: NHC
• China has made big contribution to global fight against COVID-19 over past three years: NHC Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- China's fight against COVID-19 has not only protected Chinese people's lives and health, but also made an important contribution to the international fight against the virus over the past three years, Mi Feng, spokesperson for the National Health Commission (NHC), said at Friday's press briefing held by the State Council joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19.
• China revises treatment guideline for critical COVID patients, reflecting 'people first, life first' principle Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- China on Friday released the fourth edition of its guidelines for treatment of COVID critical patients, which stipulated that a patient, whether or not meeting critically ill threshold, will be designated as critical if he or she is aged above 65, not fully vaccinated, and has severe underlying conditions.
• China monitors 1 XBB infection, faces continuous risk of imported cases Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- According to the monitoring data for coronavirus variants, China has found one XBB variant case domestically from December 1, 2022 to January 12, Chen Cao, a research fellow with the virology institute of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China's CDC), told a press conference on Friday.
• No local Omicron XBB.1.5 infections detected in China so far People's Daily 14 Jan 2023 -- There have been no local cases of the COVID-19 Omicron XBB.1.5 detected in China so far, according to a virology expert at a press conference for COVID-19 response held Friday.
• XBB.1.5 powering COVID hospitalizations in New York to highest level in a year: Fortune People's Daily 14 Jan 2023 -- New York COVID-19 hospitalizations are at their highest level in nearly a year just after a new, ultra-transmissible COVID variant XBB.1.5, known as Kraken, achieved dominance in the northeast United States, reported The Fortune magazine early this week.

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 1 more Iranian over past 24 hours IRNA 14 Jan 2023 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,724 with one more Iranian killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Saturday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 20,412 new COVID-19 cases, 47 deaths CNA 14 Jan 2023 -- Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) reported 20,412 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and 47 deaths from the disease.