Experts say tourism rebound in China will take time.
AFP Updated 28 Dec, 2022 07:38am
Directs the NCOC, NIH to issue a precautionary Covid variant risk advisory for the public, relevant stakeholders based on scientific analysis of data.
Ikram Junaidi Published 26 Dec, 2022 09:30pm
Calls for fortifying "line of defence for epidemic prevention and control and protecting people's lives, safety, and health".
AFP Published 26 Dec, 2022 06:31pm
Medical staff across China are scrambling to cope after China’s abrupt U-turn on its previously strict Covid-19 policies this month.
Reuters Published 26 Dec, 2022 04:52pm
Directions come from health dept after rising virus cases in country.
Ashfaq Yusufzai Updated 25 Dec, 2022 09:41am
Says it is “fully prepared” to tackle and control any variant of Covid-19 and that threat is low due to vaccination campaign.
Naveed Siddiqui Updated 25 Dec, 2022 05:15pm
The abrupt change in country's Covid-19 policy has caught the country’s fragile health system unprepared.
Reuters Published 21 Dec, 2022 01:05pm
Crematoriums across China are straining to deal with an influx of bodies as the country.
AFP Published 20 Dec, 2022 03:45pm
Megacity of Chongqing says people with symptomatic Covid can work "as normal".
Reuters | AFP Updated 19 Dec, 2022 12:27pm
Global economy in its steepest slowdown, says report.
Amin Ahmed Updated 19 Dec, 2022 08:53am
Experts fear the country is ill-equipped to manage the “exit wave” of infections; streets remain deserted as new virus surge looms.
AFP | Reuters Updated 18 Dec, 2022 05:47pm
Many asymptomatic people are no longer participating in nucleic acid testing, says National Health Commission.
AFP Updated 15 Dec, 2022 09:10am
Many with symptoms have opted to self-medicate at home, while others are staying in to protect themselves from getting infected.
AFP Published 14 Dec, 2022 12:29pm
China is ill-prepared to handle the surge with millions still not fully vaccinated and hospitals lacking capacity to take on huge numbers of patients.
AFP Published 11 Dec, 2022 04:31pm
China's top health body says shift in tactics intended to help country “keep abreast of the changing times”.
AFP Published 08 Dec, 2022 11:25am
Under the new guidelines, some asymptomatic and mild cases can now quarantine at home.
AFP Updated 07 Dec, 2022 12:08pm
People in China's capital allowed to enter parks, supermarkets, offices, airports without showing proof of negative Covid test.
Reuters Published 06 Dec, 2022 02:34pm
In capital Beijing, commuters are no longer required to show negative virus test taken within 48 hours to use public transport.
AFP Published 05 Dec, 2022 11:27am
Anger over China's zero-Covid policy has sparked protests in major cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
AFP Updated 02 Dec, 2022 09:33am
“I’m grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, which has kept my case mild,” he says.
Reuters Updated 01 Dec, 2022 09:41am
Herbal drug being tested on 80 local volunteers .
Asif Chaudhry Updated 29 Nov, 2022 10:08am
BBC says police assaulted and detained one of its journalists, releasing him several hours later.
Reuters Published 28 Nov, 2022 11:27am
The wave of civil disobedience is unprecedented in mainland China since President Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago.
Reuters Updated 27 Nov, 2022 09:57pm
As the infections spread to numerous cities, authorities have enforced lockdowns on movement and business.
Agencies Updated 27 Nov, 2022 08:41am
Crowds took to the streets on Friday night in Xinjiang’s capital of Urumqi, chanting “End the lockdown!”
Reuters Updated 27 Nov, 2022 07:56am