Hina punishes ozens of officials ver Covid surge
China has punished a of officials for failing to a Covid-19 outbreak that’s ned nearly 900 symptoc infections across the counn less than a month. he eastern Chinese city of zhou issued warnings to officials for mishandling s testing that they said wed the virus to continue ading. The city has overn nearby Nanjing, where the a-driven outbreak first ed, as the biggest hotspot in a, with 308 confirmed cases rted as of Monday. Six nts are critically ill and if were to die, it would be a’s first Covid-19 death in e than six months. ore than 30 officials nation, ranging from mayors and l health directors to the s of hospitals and airports, been punished for neglie and mishandling local reaks, according to the -backed Global Times. hina is dealing with its dest outbreak of Covid-19 e it crushed the virus that emerged in the central Chicity of Wuhan in late 2019. uhan has also seen infecs take root again after the
They found nine locally transmitted coronavirus infections.
Fauci favours booster jabs for most vulnerable
Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious-disease expert, said Covid-19 vaccine booster shots should be given “reasonably soon” to people with weakened immune systems. “We would certainly be boosting those people before we boost the general population that’s been vaccinated, and we should be doing that reasonably soon,” Fauci told CNN.
Asked if other groups should get booster shots, Fauci said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ready to give such recommendations “as soon as” they see clear evidence to do so from the data.
France on Monday began enforcing a Covid-19 pass in cafes, restaurants and trains, a tightening of rules the govern