…Industrial production, which powered Chinese growth in the first two years of the pandemic , rose 6.3 per cent last month….

The physical fitness levels of most age groups in Japan declined in fiscal 2021 compared with two years earlier, before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, a recent government survey showed.

Japan on Sunday reported 30,873 new coronavirus cases, down 3,300 from Saturday.

In Denmark we have all but forgotten the pandemic.

Japan on Saturday reported 34,173 new coronavirus cases, up 2,580 from Friday.

Japan on Friday reported 31,593 new coronavirus cases, down 4,517 from Thursday.

The number of weekly COVID-19 cases in Japan increased for the first time in about two months, health ministry data showed Thursday, as some health experts warned that the country has already entered a new wave of infections.

There was a dramatic divergence in the average life expectancy of people in different global regions during the second year of the pandemic, a study found, as higher vaccination rates helped some nations recover far more quickly than others.

An Environment Ministry official, commenting on the results of a survey of 3,000 people aged 18 or older across the country, that showed 75.3% of respondents are very or somewhat interested in nature, down from 90.6% in the previous survey in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Particularly among a handful who had not previously had the virus and were last vaccinated late last year.