A government move to further relax rules regarding face masks was bound to stir a spirited reaction among the public given that wearing facial coverings on trains as well as outdoors was customary long before COVID-19 hit, mainly as a courtesy to others during flu season and just as a general precaution.
Mainland China has ended its almost three years of self-imposed isolation though COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging at astronomical yet inprecise levels, a stark contrast to its previous "zero tolerance."
Mainland China has ended its almost three years of self-imposed isolation though COVID-19 cases and deaths are surging at astronomical yet inprecise levels, a stark contrast to its previous "zero tolerance."
Yoshihito Niki, a visiting professor of internal medicine at Showa University in Tokyo who specializes in infectious diseases. He was commenting on a government plan to impose penalties on designated hospitals that don’t accept patients suffering from any new forms of infectious diseases in the future after there were not enough hospitals…