COVID-linked deaths seen in Beijing after virus rules easedWhen an employee with a clipboard shouted the name of the dead, a relative trundled up to the coffin to examine the body. One of the relati...
17 Dec, 2022, 11.37 AM IST
China struggles with Covid infections after curbs easedSocial media users in Beijing and other cities said coworkers or classmates were ill and some businesses closed due to lack of staff. It wa...
09 Dec, 2022, 02.48 PM IST
Beijing city relaxes Covid-19 test norms following widespread protestsAs per the new announcement, negative nucleic acid test results are no longer required to enter shopping malls, supermarkets, commercial bu...
07 Dec, 2022, 12.00 AM IST
China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protestsAnger over China's zero-Covid policy -- which involves mass lockdowns, constant testing and quarantines even for people who are not infecte...
01 Dec, 2022, 02.43 PM IST
Why are China's COVID rules so strict?China has in place many other regulations that would be familiar to most from the early months of the pandemic. Social distancing is encour...
30 Nov, 2022, 08.20 AM IST
China's Covid 19 cases touch record high; Beijing resorts to community lockdownsThe National Health Commission reported 31,444 local infections on Thursday, surpassing 29,317 cases recorded on April 13 during the height...
24 Nov, 2022, 07.11 PM IST
Beijing shuts parks, museums as China's COVID cases riseChina has reported 28,127 new local cases nationally for Monday, nearing its daily infection peak in April, with cases in the southern city...
22 Nov, 2022, 09.25 AM IST
World faces tension with China under Xi Jinping's third termXi has tightened control at home and is trying to use China’s economic heft to increase its influence abroad. Washington accused Beijing th...
24 Oct, 2022, 07.00 AM IST
Direct flights between India, China unlikely to be resumed in near future due to Beijing's COVID rules: SourcesThe flight disruption turned out to be a major problem for hundreds of Indian students as well as families of Indians working in China and ...
11 Oct, 2022, 04.40 PM IST
Beijing ramps up COVID quarantine, Shanghai residents decry uneven rulesEven as China's drastic attempts to eradicate COVID entirely - its "zero-COVID" approach - bite into prospects for the world's second-bigge...
24 May, 2022, 10.27 AM IST
Zero COVID policy not sustainable; shift strategy: WHO tells ChinaWorld Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this on Tuesday while commenting on China's zero COVID pol...
11 May, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
Beijing shuts dine-in services for holidays to stem outbreakRestaurants in Beijing have been ordered to close dine-in services over the May holidays as the Chinese capital grapples with a COVID-19 ou...
30 Apr, 2022, 05.59 PM IST
Beijing tightens rules for entering city after Omicron caseThe new rule, effective from Jan. 22 to end-March, is aimed to help with early detection of Omicron, which is surging globally, and the con...
16 Jan, 2022, 04.45 PM IST
Beijing city calls for less holiday travel to reduce COVID risks during OlympicsChina's capital is keen "to ensure zero local infection, the successful hosting of the Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games...
18 Dec, 2021, 05.35 PM IST
Hundreds of flights cancelled as China tackles Covid outbreakThe world's most populous nation has reduced infection numbers to a trickle since its initial epidemic last spring thanks to a zero-toleran...
29 Oct, 2021, 02.11 PM IST
China: Calls for 2022 Winter Olympics boycott doomed to failBeijing is the only city ever to have been given the right to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, further burnishing the ruling Commu...
03 Mar, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
China's capital steps up COVID-19 measures as outbreak persistsThe measures come amid what has become China's most serious coronavirus outbreak since March 2020 ahead of Lunar New Year holiday season, w...
20 Jan, 2021, 07.14 PM IST