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REFILE-China’s healthcare system put to the test as COVID restrictions ease

(Refiles to fix ‘disrupting’ typographical error, paragraph 8) By Ella Cao and Ryan Woo BAODING, China, Dec 11 (Reuters) – When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding, northern China, he prepared for a five-day quarantine at a local makeshift hospital in the under the country’s strict pandemic controls. Instead, China the next …

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Risk of severe asthma attacks increased after COVID-19 restrictions eased

Risk of severe asthma attacks increased after COVID-19 restrictions eased

Ending or easing COVID-19 restrictions has been associated with an increased risk of severe asthma attacks. Easing of COVID-19 restrictions and decreased use of face coverings have coincided with a significant increase in exacerbations of asthma and acute respiratory illness (ARI), according to the results of a recent study . This population-based study, the results …

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Residents line up for COVID-19 tests in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Xinjiang eases some restrictions after lockdown protests

Residents line up for COVID-19 tests in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) By Han Guan PA Taipei, Taiwan Authorities in China’s western Xinjiang region opened some neighborhoods in the capital Urumqi on Saturday after residents staged extraordinary late-night protests against the city’s draconian “zero-COVID” lockdown that had lasted more than three …

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