Travellers entering China will no longer need to provide a negative PCR test result starting from April 29, 2023 | file photo | Photo Credit: AP Travellers entering China will no longer need to provide a negative PCR test result starting from Saturday, in another easing of China’s “zero-COVID” policies. Travellers can instead show a negative antigen … 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
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
Restaurants in Beijing have been ordered to close dine-in services over the May holidays as the Chinese capital grapples with a COVID-19 outbreak. Authorities said at a news conference Saturday that dining in restaurants has become an infection risk, citing virus transmissions between diners and staff. Restaurants have been ordered to only provide takeout services … Read more
Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing on Monday, as long queues for compulsory mass testing formed in a large central district of the Chinese capital. China is already trying to contain a wave of infections in its biggest city Shanghai, which has been almost entirely locked down for weeks and … Read more