China reports over 100 COVID-19 cases amid virus spikeChina, which has been pursuing a Zero COVID policy, continues to experience periodic outbreaks of the virus in different places despite vac...
03 Nov, 2021, 10.43 AM IST
China sounds Covid-19 alarm as Delta variant spreads to 18 provincesAt least 18 provinces in China have sounded alarm about Covid-19 as more than 300 domestic cases were detected in 10 days, posing great cha...
03 Aug, 2021, 10.25 AM IST
China says 200 million citizens have been vaccinatedChina is now giving millions of shots a day and a top government doctor, Zhong Nanshan, has announced a goal of vaccinating 560 million of ...
21 Apr, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
China says it aims to vaccinate 40% of population by JuneChina plans to vaccinate 40% of its 1.4 billion people against Covid-19 by the end of June, the country’s top health expert said.The ambiti...
03 Mar, 2021, 12.40 AM IST
China aims to vaccinate 40% of population by end of July: Senior adviserZhong Nanshan, a coronavirus expert who helped shape China's COVID-19 response, said on Monday the current ratio of vaccine doses administe...
02 Mar, 2021, 12.50 PM IST
China says 16 Chinese COVID-19 vaccines undergoing clinical trialsChina is conducting clinical trials of 16 COVID-19 vaccines, seven of which have entered phase-III trials and one has conditionally hit the...
31 Jan, 2021, 09.24 PM IST
China passed 'extraordinary and historic' virus test, says bullish Xi JinpingXi doled out gold medals to four "heroes" from the medical field in front of hundreds of applauding delegates on Tuesday, all wearing face ...
08 Sep, 2020, 10.55 AM IST
China vulnerable to another COVID-19 wave due to lack of immunity, says top health advisorDoctor Zhong Nanshan, senior medical advisor of the Chinese government on Saturday was quoted in an exclusive CNN report as saying: "The ma...
17 May, 2020, 06.59 AM IST
China steps up scrutiny of inbound travellers as imported coronavirus cases hit recordGuangzhou is enforcing anti-virus measures on anyone who enters the city from across the national border, regardless of nationality, race o...
12 Apr, 2020, 01.14 PM IST
China starts to report asymptomatic coronavirus casesAsymptomatic infections would not cause a major outbreak if the transmission chain was cut, the Chinese government’s senior medical adviser...
02 Apr, 2020, 03.08 PM IST
Pandemic ‘over by June’ if countries act: China senior medical adviserZhong Nanshan, the Chinese government’s senior medical adviser, said at a news conference on Thursday that as long as countries take the ou...
12 Mar, 2020, 11.30 PM IST
Experts question delayed action as death toll in China's coronavirus climbs to over 2780Forty four more people have died of the novel coronavirus in China, taking the death toll in the outbreak to 2,788, Chinese health official...
28 Feb, 2020, 11.13 AM IST
WHO team visits Wuhan city as China's Coronovirus death toll jumps to 2,442By the end of Saturday, a total of 2,442 people had died of the disease and 76,936 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection had been ...
23 Feb, 2020, 08.57 AM IST
China virus death toll tops 1,100 as new cases fallAs Beijing scrambles to contain the virus, the number of people infected on a cruise ship off Japan's coast rose to 174 - the biggest clust...
12 Feb, 2020, 11.20 AM IST
Coronavirus outbreak may be over in China by April: ExpertIn an interview with Reuters, Zhong Nanshan, an 83-year-old epidemiologist who won fame for combating the SARS epidemic in 2003, shed tears...
11 Feb, 2020, 06.04 PM IST
China's top virus expert says outbreak may peak this monthZhong, who had previously predicted an earlier peak, said the forecast was based on modelling and developments in recent days, as well as g...
11 Feb, 2020, 02.36 PM IST
China's first MERS patient in serious conditionConcerns over the spread of the virus in China were raised after a S Korean man, who flew into Hong Kong, tested positive for MERS.
05 Jun, 2015, 09.05 AM IST