China Covid cases climb in new risk to economic activityChina's daily tally of Covid-19 cases rose to the highest level in more than seven weeks, as infections spread in some central, northwester...
16 Jul, 2022, 11.30 PM IST
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
China reduces quarantine for people arriving from abroadChina has kept tight restrictions on international travel under a "zero-COVID" strategy that seeks to keep the virus out and stop any infec...
28 Jun, 2022, 05.11 PM IST
'Tomorrow will be better': Shanghai inches towards COVID re-openingShanghai aims essentially to end its lockdown from Wednesday. More people have been allowed out of their homes and more businesses permitte...
28 May, 2022, 11.33 AM 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
Beijing orders COVID-19 tests for its 21 million people; Shanghai reports 52 more deathsThe Chinese capital, which is battling the spread of the Omicron variant in the city, similar to Shanghai, has ordered mass testing from Tu...
26 Apr, 2022, 10.18 AM IST
Shanghai reports more deaths as COVID-19 toll risesBeijing insists its zero-Covid policy of hard lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines has averted fatalities and the public health ...
19 Apr, 2022, 09.27 AM IST
Shanghai's COVID-19 surge stalls construction of China's third aircraft carrierShanghai reported 3,590 confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and over 21,500 local asymptomatic carriers on Saturday, the city muni...
17 Apr, 2022, 05.16 PM IST
More Chinese cities impose COVID curbs as Shanghai cases riseThe Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, a central Chinese manufacturing area that includes Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, announced a 14-day lock...
16 Apr, 2022, 01.34 PM IST
Indian Consulate in Shanghai closes in-person services as COVID crisis worsens in ChinaIndian citizens in Eastern China Region may apply at the Embassy of India, Beijing for availing urgent consular services, the Consulate sai...
13 Apr, 2022, 12.30 PM IST
China reports 1,787 new local COVID-19 cases in past 24 hoursOf the new local infections, 1,363 were reported in Jilin, 358 in Shanghai, 16 in Heilongjiang, 10 in Zhejiang, and nine in Jiangsu, accord...
01 Apr, 2022, 11.25 AM IST
Shanghai to lock down in two stages for testing as Covid cases spikeShanghai has battled a new COVID-19 surge for nearly a month and for Saturday it reported its highest daily number of cases since the initi...
27 Mar, 2022, 08.52 PM IST
China boosts bed spaces as Omicron outbreak spreadsAuthorities previously sent all patients with any symptoms to specialist hospitals. But the National Health Commission late Tuesday said pa...
16 Mar, 2022, 06.28 PM IST
China's worst virus outbreak in a year grows, 1 city sealedNow, the country is on high alert as a cluster of cases connected to the international airport in the eastern city of Nanjing touched at le...
04 Aug, 2021, 01.40 PM IST
A year after Wuhan lockdown, China reports small rise in COVID-19 casesThe National Health Commission said 107 new COVID-19 cases had been identified on Saturday, up from 103 cases the day before.
23 Jan, 2021, 10.35 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 reports record number of imported coronavirus casesNow the focus is on guarding against cases arriving from abroad as the spread of the coronavirus in Europe and North America sparks a rush ...
20 Mar, 2020, 12.03 PM IST