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1.7 million locked down in China's Anhui province
Jul 04, 2022 (AFP)
The country is the last major economy wedded to a zero-Covid strategy, responding to all cases with strict isolation orders and tough testing campaigns. The out...
China halves quarantine time for overseas travellers
Jun 28, 2022 (AFP)
The new guideline cuts the length of mandatory quarantine for overseas travellers to seven days plus three more of home monitoring -- a drastic drop from about ...
Iraq announces first cholera death since new outbreak
Jun 28, 2022 (AFP)
The death was recorded in the northern province of Kirkuk, the ministry's Seif al-Badr was quoted as saying by state media. "Over the past 24 hours, 17 new case...
Shanghai reports zero Covid cases for first time in months
Jun 25, 2022 (AFP)
China is the last major economy committed to a zero-Covid strategy, stamping out all infections with a combination of targeted lockdowns, mass testing and long ...
Macau shuts almost everything but casinos to battle Covid outbreak
Jun 23, 2022 (AFP)
Case numbers are small by global comparison, with only 110 announced since the most recent outbreak began, but authorities have moved quickly to stamp out trans...
Iraq confirms 13 cholera cases, scores suspected
Jun 19, 2022 (AFP)
"Ten cases of cholera have been recorded in the province" of Sulaimaniyah, said Sabah Hawrami, district health chief in the autonomous Kurdistan region. Another...
Covid in Hong Kong shows 'signs of rebound', city leader says
Jun 17, 2022 (AFP)
The finance hub this week saw daily cases go above 1,000 for the first time in two months -- though hospitalisations have remained relatively low, with only 25 ...
US envoy sees China lockdowns extending into 2023
Jun 16, 2022 (AFP)
"I think we are going to have to live with this for a long time. My own assumption is that we'll see the continuation of zero-Covid probably into the beginning ...
China Covid pass system allegedly used to block protest
Jun 15, 2022 (AFP)
China relies on a vast coronavirus surveillance infrastructure to carry out rigorous contact tracing as part of its zero-Covid strategy to stamp out all outbrea...
Beijing tightens Covid restrictions over 'ferocious' bar cluster
Jun 13, 2022 (AFP)
China is the last major economy still committed to a zero-Covid strategy, stamping out new cases with a combination of targeted lockdowns, mass testing and leng...
Hong Kong school quarantine request hints at Xi handover visit
Jun 13, 2022 (AFP)
The first day of July marks 25 years since Hong Kong was handed to China by colonial Britain, as well as the first day in office for the city's new Beijing-anoi...
Iraq's Congo fever death toll rises to 27: ministry
Jun 11, 2022 (AFP)
The latest figure marks a sharp uptick from last month's toll, when 12 deaths were recorded among the 55 cases registered since the start of the year. Also know...
Beijing delays school reopenings after new Covid outbreak
Jun 11, 2022 (AFP)
China is the last major economy still committed to a zero-Covid strategy, stamping out new cases with a combination of targeted lockdowns, mass testing and leng...
Swathes of Shanghai to be returned to lockdown in testing drive
Jun 10, 2022 (AFP)
China is the last major economy still pursuing a policy of stamping out all outbreaks, wielding snap lockdowns, mass testing and mandatory quarantines. But the ...
The age of outbreaks: Experts warn of more animal disease threats
Jun 10, 2022 (AFP)
While such diseases -- called zoonoses -- have been around for millennia, they have become more common in recent decades due to deforestation, mass livestock cu...
Shanghai to lock down and test 2.7 million as Covid fears linger
Jun 09, 2022 (AFP)
The city eased many restrictions last week, after confining most of its 25 million residents to their homes since March as China battled its worst Covid outbrea...
Relief in Beijing as city lifts Covid dine-in curbs; college entrance exam begin
Jun 07, 2022 (AFP)
Last month, the city of 22 million stopped people from eating out, closed gyms and sealed off dozens of subway stations to try and stamp out a coronavirus outbr...
Shanghai residents chafe under fresh Covid lockdowns
Jun 06, 2022 (AFP)
Authorities in the financial hub eased many harsh restrictions last Wednesday, after confining most of the city's 25 million inhabitants to their homes since la...
Beijing to reopen schools and workplaces as Covid-19 curbs ease
Jun 05, 2022 (AFP)
After some easing in recent days, the Chinese capital -- which reported 19 new infections Sunday -- announced residents would start returning to work from Monda...
Hong Kong police make multiple arrests as Tiananmen gatherings banned
Jun 04, 2022 (AFP)
Discussion of June 4, 1989, when China set troops and tanks on peaceful protestors, is all but forbidden on the mainland. Semi-autonomous Hong Kong had been the...
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