China will set up a line of separation at Mount Everest s summit, as Nepal struggles to control a COVID-19 outbreak. In this photograph, on May 2, 2021 mountaineers trek along the Khumbu glacier near Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district, some 140 km northeast of Nepal s capital Kathmandu.
China will set up a line of separation on one side of Mount Everest s peak, saying the measure is needed to keep Nepal s COVID-19 outbreak from crossing the border, according to state media.
The plan is part of China s zero contact strategy to keep climbers from the Chinese and Nepalese sides of Everest from mixing if they reach the summit on the same day, said Nyima Tsering, head of the Tibetan Sports Bureau, according to the state-run Xinhua news outlet.
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In Geneva, the WHO approved for emergency use the Sinopharm vaccine, the first fully non-Western vaccine to get the green light, and build up the global arsenal against the virus. Reuters pic
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GENEVA, May 8 The World Health Organisation yesterday approved the first Covid-19 vaccine from China in a bid to boost global immunisation drives, as India logged yet another record number of infections that have spilled over into neighbouring countries.
And while many Western countries are starting to reopen as vaccinations gain pace, authorities in Tokyo and other parts of Japan extended virus states of emergency, less than three months before the Olympics.
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People walk past a public service display promoting social distancing in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward. Fears are growing that Covid-19 variant strains spreading rapidly in other parts of the country may soon wreak havoc in the Capital as well.
TOKYO: A virus state of emergency in Tokyo and other parts of Japan was extended on Friday, less than three months before the Olympics, as India logged yet another record number of infections.
While many western nations have begun a gradual opening-up buoyed by rapid vaccine roll-outs and falling case numbers, much of the world continues to battle a virus that has now claimed over 3.2 million lives.
WHO approves Chinese Covid vaccine as India logs new virus record 08 May 2021 / 12:05 H. -Reuters
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation yesterday approved the first Covid-19 vaccine from China in a bid to boost global immunisation drives, as India logged yet another record number of infections that have spilled over into neighbouring countries.
And while many Western countries are starting to reopen as vaccinations gain pace, authorities in Tokyo and other parts of Japan extended virus states of emergency, less than three months before the Olympics.
In Geneva, the WHO approved for emergency use the Sinopharm vaccine (
pix), the first fully non-Western vaccine to get the green light, and build up the global arsenal against the virus.