“Almost all patients have COVID,” said an emergency department pharmacy staff member. He said the hospital does not have any stock of Covid-specific medicine and can instead provide medicines for specific symptoms like cough. Zhang Yuhua, an official at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, said the patients who have come in recently are mainly elderly and suffer…
Wednesday’s strike, which also involved workers affiliated with two other trade unions, lasted 12 hours, Unison said in a statement, adding that next month two Unison strikes will last 24 hours. The walkout will involve all ambulance workers as opposed to just emergency response workers, although many will be exempt from strike action under emergency…
China’s capital Beijing on Tuesday dropped the requirement for people to show negative COVID tests to enter supermarkets and offices, the latest in a string of nationwide restrictions following last month’s historic protests. “Beijing prepares itself for life again” read a headline in the state-owned China Daily newspaper, which said people were “slowly embracing” a…