China says COVID outbreak has infected 80% of populationThe possibility of a big COVID-19 rebound in China over the next two or three months is remote as 80% of people have been infected, a promi...
China reports first Covid deaths since hardline policy easedThe country is pressing ahead with unwinding years of its zero-Covid policy, with people in one megacity now even told they can go to work ...
In COVID-hit Beijing, funeral homes and crematoriums are busyIn recent days in Beijing the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant has hit services from catering to parcel deliveries. Funer...
In COVID-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep upAfter declaring that the Omicron strain has weakened, and unprecedented public protests against a zero-COVID policy championed by President...
Don't touch foreigners to reduce monkeypox risk, says senior Chinese health officialA senior Chinese health official advised people to avoid physical contact with foreigners to prevent possible monkeypox infection after the...
Top Chinese epidemiologist asks citizens not to touch foreigners to avoid monkeypox, faces backlashChina on Friday reported its first case of monkeypox in Chongqing city after a person who arrived from abroad developed rashes while in COV...
Eat only one meal a day: Shanghai's stringent COVID lockdown puts megacity out of foodOn April 3, the Chinese government announced the deployment of thousands of military personnel to Shanghai to assist in the mandatory testi...
Why are Shanghai's COVID infections nearly all asymptomatic?Although outbreaks overseas have demonstrated that Omicron was less deadly than its predecessors, with lower levels of hospitalisation, the...
China continues 'severe and complex' fight against COVID-19The country has counted more than 56,000 cases since March 1.
China reports 34 new coronavirus cases; submits virus genome sequence to WHOBeijing reported 22 newly confirmed domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases and two asymptomatic cases on Friday, the municipal health comm...
China shares virus genome data, officials suggest European strainChina, which had been under pressure to make the data public sooner rather than later as Covid-19 cases mount in the country's capital, sai...
COVID-19: China reports 37 new cases; Beijing implements wartime measuresThe National Health Commission (NHC) said that 32 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country on Thursday of which 28 were do...
Beijing coronavirus outbreak has been contained, says top China expertWhile schools have been closed and travel tightened, an across-theboard lockdown has not yet been enacted. Such a move would risk undoing s...
What is China doing to stop Beijing's new coronavirus outbreak?Until the new outbreak, most of China's recent cases were nationals returning from abroad as COVID-19 spread globally, and the government h...
Beijing Covid-19 cases reach 106, mass testing of nearly 90,000 people underwayThe Covid-19 cases in Beijing have jumped to 106, a senior city official said on Tuesday, warning that the situation is "extremely severe" ...
COVID-19: China begins mass testing in Beijing as 67 new cases appearIn a bid to stem the spread of the contagion, the authorities in Beijing have conducted the nucleic acid test on 29,386 people who had visi...
China's symptom-free coronavirus carriers raise fears of new wave of infectionsAs the virus continues to wreak havoc across the world, China is close to declaring victory and is already easing travel restrictions. The ...