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The figure suggests that 88.5 million people in Henan province tested positive. Amid China's alarming surge in cases, an expert claimed last week that nearly 70 per cent of the population in Shanghai is aleady infected with Covid.

Over 387 passengers were aboard two flights from Toronto and Singapore on the final day when the country lifted the strict COVID-19 travel restrictions. Additionally, cross-border travel between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Chinese mainland resumed on Sunday.

The company will grant ten individuals, including the founder, management, and staff, independent voting rights, effectively removing Ma's voting control of Ant, according to the announcement on Saturday. The shift will not impact the economic interests of any shareholders.

Rajnath Singh's visit comes a month after Indian and Chinese troops clashed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Tawang sector of Arunachal. He did not visit any forward areas but the 100-metre bridge over the river Siyom is a key link for the military.

Samsung is planning to change its design strategy for smartphones and to make that happen it has roped in a new chief designer who used to work with Mercedes-Benz in China and the US. The South Korean giant now has Hubert H. Lee as its design chief for the mobile division, who will work on flagship products like the Galaxy S series.

On December 9, 2022, Chinese troops tried to cross the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Tawang Sector of Arunachal Pradesh to "unilaterally change the status quo" but were forced to retreat due to "timely intervention of Indian military commanders".

Director of the SKIMS Hospital in Kashmir, Dr Parvaiz Koul, made the remarks in the context of highly transmissible Omicron strains, primarily BF.7, causing a spike in coronavirus cases in many countries, including China. Koul said, "It's uncertain when or if Covid will become endemic, but it's unlikely to be eliminated."

At least 39 international passengers have been found positive for COVID out of 6,000 tested in 2 days. Following this, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya is expected to visit Delhi airport on Thursday.

Taiwan on Tuesday announced an extension in mandatory military service from four months to one year, citing the threat from an increasingly hostile China.The extended requirement will apply to men born after January 1, 2005, Tsai added.

In the wake of a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in China, mock drills were held in a number of health facilities in several states and Union territories to ensure their readiness to deal with any eventuality related to Covid-19.