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The World Health Organization's emergencies director Michael Ryan warns that China's official statistics "under-represent the true impact" of its Covid-19 outbreak, "particularly in terms of deaths". His comments come amid growing concern over China's steep rise in Covid infections since Beijing last month abruptly lifted years of hardline restrictions, with hospitals and crematoriums quickly overwhelmed. SOUNDBITE
Images of skyline in the eastern district of Shanghai as millions of people in China's financial hub are confined to their homes on Monday. The eastern half of the city goes into lockdown to curb the nation's biggest Covid outbreak. IMAGES
India starts giving booster vaccine shots to health workers and the elderly as the country undergoes an infection surge driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the virus. IMAGES
Staff at a vaccine centre in a Bangalore hospital create a colourful floor display to mark India administering its one billionth Covid-19 vaccine dose on Thursday. About three-quarters of adults in the country of 1.3 billion people have had one shot and 30 percent are fully vaccinated, according to government figures. IMAGES
New Delhi residents receive a Covid-19 vaccine dose in a vaccination centre as India administered its billionth jab on Thursday, half a year after a devastating surge in cases brought the health system close to collapse. IMAGES
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