About 24 mn people over age 60 yet to receive 1st Covid jab in ChinaNearly 23.8 million people over the age of 60 in China are yet to receive their first shot of Covid-19 vaccine as the country goes through ...
26 Dec, 2022, 11.22 AM IST
China-manufactured vaccines turn out ineffective amid rising COVID-19 casesA study by the University of Hong Kong has lowered the Chinese vaccines' effectiveness further, limiting it to just 60 per cent. It further...
25 Jun, 2022, 03.51 PM IST
Chinese city offers cash for clues in Covid 'people's war' following latest outbreakOfficials said cases of smuggling, illegal hunting and cross-border fishing should be reported immediately, adding that those who have boug...
09 Nov, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
Beijing offering COVID-19 booster shots ahead of OlympicsChina has been accused of covering up the initial outbreak and stymying investigations into the coronavirus' origins, although it said earl...
22 Oct, 2021, 11.38 AM IST
China vaccine doses pass one billion markSome provinces are offering vaccines for free to encourage people to roll up their sleeves. Residents in central Anhui province have been g...
20 Jun, 2021, 01.44 PM IST
Over 300 stranded Indians take Chinese vaccines abroad; urge Beijing to permit their returnHundreds of Indians working and doing business in China are stuck in India due to travel restrictions imposed following a prolonged spell o...
07 Jun, 2021, 07.40 PM IST
Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte prepared to deploy navy over South China Sea claimDuterte, who has embraced China since taking power in 2016, has faced growing domestic criticism for his reluctance to confront Beijing ove...
20 Apr, 2021, 11.50 AM IST
China weighs carrots and sticks in push to vaccinate millionsIt's unclear how easy it will be to opt out of having the jab in the city, which borders Muse in neighbouring Myanmar, where escalating unr...
08 Apr, 2021, 12.47 PM IST
China to issue visas to foreigners who have taken Chinese jabThe Chinese Embassy in the US said in a statement dated Monday that it would begin to process "visa applicants inoculated with Chinese Covi...
16 Mar, 2021, 01.10 PM IST
China's PLA provides COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan ArmyThe People's Liberation Army (PLA) said in a statement that the Pakistan Army has become the first foreign military to receive the COVID-19...
07 Feb, 2021, 05.57 PM IST
China approves second domestic Covid-19 vaccineThe vaccine has already been rolled out to key groups at higher risk of exposure to coronavirus but Saturday's approval allows for its use ...
06 Feb, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
China steps up vaccine diplomacy as competition with India heats upChina offered to supply vaccines to COVAX even as it awaited emergency approval for its shots from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
03 Feb, 2021, 06.41 PM IST
Covid-19: More than 100 million vaccinatedNone of the world's 29 poorest countries has formally started mass vaccination drives, while the richest nations have given more than two-t...
02 Feb, 2021, 03.59 PM IST
China plays down its vaccine rivalry with IndiaChina welcomes more countries to produce effective vaccines to benefit more people, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijiang told a ...
25 Jan, 2021, 09.14 PM IST
Beijing vaccinates thousands in Covid-19 jab driveMore than 73,000 people in the Chinese capital have received the first dose of the vaccine over the last couple of days, state media report...
04 Jan, 2021, 02.08 PM IST
China's 'vaccine diplomacy': A global charm offensiveThe strategy carries multiple possible benefits: deflecting anger and criticism over China's early handling of the pandemic, raising the pr...
10 Dec, 2020, 10.23 AM IST
US should let China keep underwater drone: TrumpThe Pentagon had alleged that the drone was unlawfully seized by China on December 15 in the SCS while it was being recovered by a US Navy ...
18 Dec, 2016, 12.41 PM IST