Shanghai officials reported the city’s first COVID-19 deaths since imposing strict city-wide lockdowns due to the recent spread of the omicron variant. Shanghai’s municipal government said on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)
Inside Shanghai quarantine: 24-hour lights, no hot showers
Beibei sleeps beside thousands of strangers in rows of cots in a high-ceilinged exhibition centre. The lights stay on all night, and the 30-year-old real e ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands with coronavirus ordered into Shanghai quarantine center
Thousands of people in Shanghai who test positive for the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms are being ordered into quarantine centers in exhibition halls and other buildings. ( read original story ...)
Property Easing Seen Insufficient for Sales: Evergrande Update
Easing property curbs may do little to brighten the outlook for Chinese residential sales as weak home-buyer confidence remains a key hurdle, with Covid’s spread adding extra near-term threats, ... ( read original story ...)
Zero-Covid undermines support for stock market
SHANGHAI: Patience is wearing thin among China’s beleaguered stock investors as worries about the impact of the latest Covid upsurge eclipse promises of official market support. ( read original story ...)
Market LIVE Updates: SGX Nifty indicates a flat to negative start for the Indian indices; Nikkei down 2%
The Nifty futures were trading around 17,290 level on the Singaporean Exchange at 7:30 IST. Asian markets are trading lower with Nikkei down 2 percent and Shanghai Composite down 1 percent. US markets ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai reports three deaths among Covid-19 patients on April 17
The city reported 19,831 new daily asymptomatic COVID-19 cases on April 17, down from 21,582 on the previous day. New symptomatic cases stood at 2,417, down from 3,238. ( read original story ...)