Paxlovid, Pfizer’s anti-viral medication to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed in this picture illustration. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Chinese health experts are warning that fake versions of Indian generic medicines are flooding the black market in China as a record surge of COVID-19 cases fuels demand for antivirals, particularly Pfizer’s Paxlovid and … Read more
Travellers arrive at Hong Kong’s Lok Ma Chau border checkpoint on the first day China reopens the border amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hong Kong, China, on January 8, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Travellers began streaming across land and sea crossings from Hong Kong to China on January 8, many eager for … Read more
A resident receives a health check before getting a COVID-19 vaccine in China’s southwestern Guizhou province on December 12, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP China’s sudden easing of restrictions on December 7 after three years of a zero-COVID policy has left many hospitals unprepared to deal with the current surge of cases in many Chinese … Read more
People sing slogans while gathering on a street in Shanghai on November 27, 2022, where protests against China’s zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region. | Photo Credit: AFP Protests in China against the government’s harsh COVID-19 lockdown measures continued to intensify over … Read more
SHANGHAI: Protesters pushed to the brink by China‘s strict COVID measures in Shanghai called for the removal of the country’s all-powerful leader and clashed with police Sunday as crowds took to the streets in several cities in an astounding challenge to the government. Police forcibly cleared the demonstrators in China’s financial capital who called for … Read more
China reported 9,005 new COVID-19 infections on Nov. 9, of which 1,185 were symptomatic and 7,820 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. That compared with 8,335 new cases a day earlier – 1,346 symptomatic and 6,989 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. There were no new deaths, same as a day earlier, … Read more
Mainland China reported 151 new coronavirus cases for June 24, of which 53 were symptomatic and 98 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday. That compared with 143 new cases a day earlier – 37 symptomatic and 106 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. There were zero new deaths, leaving the nation’s death … Read more
China’s capital Beijing has gone on high alert as the situation turned “grim” following the emergence of clusters of COVID-19, while the country’s financial hub Shanghai reported 39 more deaths due to the virus, the highest in a day so far during the current outbreak since last month. The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 21,796 … Read more
COVID-19 cases in China’s largest city of Shanghai are still rising with millions isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown, as the draconian “zero tolerance” approach to the pandemic increasingly draws complaints from residents fed up with the restrictions. Health officials on Sunday reported 438 confirmed cases over the previous 24 hours, along with 7,788 … Read more
China’s case count is far lower than those of many other countries, but the growing number could complicate Beijing’s “dynamic-clearance” ambition to suppress contagion as quickly as possible. Mainland China reported 1,807 new local symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the highest daily figure in two years and more than triple the caseload of the previous … Read more