New Omicron subvariant BA.5.2.1 found in ShanghaiThe case, found in the financial district of Pudong on July 8, was linked with a case from overseas, said Zhao Dandan, vice-director of the...
10 Jul, 2022, 04.27 PM IST
Beijing to reopen schools and workplaces as Covid-19 curbs easeAfter some easing in recent days, the Chinese capital -- which reported 19 new infections Sunday -- announced residents would start returni...
05 Jun, 2022, 01.12 PM IST
Beijing, Shanghai ease Covid restrictions as outbreaks fadeThe lockdowns and other restrictions under China's "zero-COVID" strategy have increasingly frustrated residents as they see other countries...
29 May, 2022, 12.49 PM IST
Shanghai partly resumes public transport in patchy reopeningChina's largest city has been almost entirely locked down since April, when it became the epicentre of the country's worst coronavirus outb...
23 May, 2022, 12.19 AM IST
Shanghai to reopen subways in easing of COVID restrictionsIt wasn't immediately clear how frequent the service would be. Bus service resumed on a trial basis within three outlying districts this we...
19 May, 2022, 12.12 PM IST
Normal life is weeks away for Shanghai, despite 'zero COVID' statusUS-HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-Normal life is weeks away for Shanghai, despite 'zero COVID' status
17 May, 2022, 10.48 AM IST
Covid-19: Some Shanghai businesses to reopen Monday, officials sayThe city's Vice Mayor Chen Tong said at a daily press briefing that grocery stores, malls, convenience stores and pharmacies will be allowe...
15 May, 2022, 12.05 PM IST
Grave jobs situation as lockdowns weigh, China premier warnsLi instructed all government departments and regions to prioritize measures aimed at helping businesses retain jobs and weather the current...
09 May, 2022, 12.19 AM IST
With surge in fresh infections, China logs 319 new local Covid 19 casesMeanwhile, as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread in more and more cities in China, questions are mounting over the country's much-pu...
08 May, 2022, 09.28 AM IST
As Beijing Covid outbreak proves stubborn, mass tests becoming routineMost of the 25 million people in the commercial hub of Shanghai, China's most populous city, had been confined to their housing compounds f...
08 May, 2022, 08.58 AM IST
China's 'zero-COVID' restrictions curb May 1 holiday travelMany Chinese marked a quiet May Day this year as the government's "zero-COVID" approach restricts travel and enforces lockdowns in multiple...
01 May, 2022, 06.52 PM IST
Beijing orders schools closed in tightening of virus rulesOn Thursday, the city's Education Bureau ordered all schools to end classes from Friday and said it hadn't determined when they would resum...
28 Apr, 2022, 08.23 PM IST
View: How to not control a PandemicLocked down since March 28, Shanghai residents are feeling the heat of a draconian move, and airing their anger and frustration on Weibo, t...
11 Apr, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
China labels US concerns over Covid regulations 'groundless accusations'Shanghai is fighting China's worst Covid-19 outbreak since the virus first emerged in Wuhan in late 2019, with almost 25,000 new local case...
10 Apr, 2022, 11.11 AM IST
US warns of 'arbitrary' Covid measures in ChinaUntil March, China had kept cases low with snap lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions, but more than 100,000 cases have been repo...
09 Apr, 2022, 07.00 PM IST
Surge in cases in Shanghai is testing China’s ‘zero COVID’ strategyThe outbreak has fanned a rising debate in China over whether the government should rethink its stringent “zero COVID” strategy of eliminat...
25 Mar, 2022, 07.05 PM IST
Nearly 30 million under lockdown in China as virus surgesChina reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, more than double the previous day's tally as the highly-transmissible Omicron variant s...
15 Mar, 2022, 10.11 AM IST