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Shanghai Covid curbs drag on despite officials declaring victory
Jun 02, 2022 (AFP)
The metropolis of 25 million people was closed in sections from late March after becoming the epicentre of China's worst Covid outbreak in two years. After grad...
Shanghai eases Covid curbs in step towards ending lockdown
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
The commercial hub of 25 million people was closed down in sections from late March, when the Omicron virus variant fuelled China's worst outbreak in two years....
Shanghai prepares to lift more Covid curbs after lengthy lockdown
May 31, 2022 (AFP)
The commercial hub of 25 million was shuttered in sections from late March, when an Omicron-variant spread in China's worst outbreak since the virus first emerg...
Thousands quarantined after Beijing man breaks Covid rules
May 30, 2022 (AFP)
The Chinese capital has ordered hundreds of thousands of residents to stay home over the last five weeks to curb its largest coronavirus outbreak since the star...
Deadly nose-bleed fever shocks Iraq as cases surge
May 29, 2022 (AFP)
The sight of the health workers, dressed in full protective kit, is one that has become common in the Iraqi countryside, as the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever...
Shanghai to gradually reopen schools in June as lockdown eases
May 26, 2022 (AFP)
The country has been fighting its worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic, with the epicentre Shanghai banning its 25 million residents from ...
Blinken to call for China to adhere to rules
May 26, 2022 (AFP)
Days after President Joe Biden visited Japan and South Korea to shore up key alliances, Blinken will give a long-awaited speech billed as the most comprehensive...
'The pandemic won't stop us': the Beijingers skirting Covid rules
May 26, 2022 (AFP)
Meanwhile in Shanghai, a growing number of residents are being allowed to briefly venture outside as the city gradually eases out of an extended lockdown, celeb...
Monkeypox: 'too early to call it an epidemic'
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
Q: Cases are on the increase in North America and Europe: can it be called an epidemic? A: We're seeing the emergence of an unusual phenomenon, but it's still d...
Chinese province of 100 million to Covid test every 2 days; Beijing quarantines 1000s
May 23, 2022 (AFP)
China has persisted with its zero-Covid policy, imposing hard lockdowns and movement restrictions on several cities even as much of the world has transitioned t...
Shanghai partly resumes public transport in patchy reopening
May 22, 2022 (AFP)
China's largest city has been almost entirely locked down since April, when it became the epicentre of the country's worst coronavirus outbreak since the early ...
Thousands of Covid-negative Beijing residents sent to quarantine
May 21, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing has been battling its worst outbreak since the pandemic started. The Omicron variant has infected over 1,300 since late April, leading city restaurants,...
In Xi's big year, political price of China's pandemic policy climbs
May 21, 2022 (AFP)
Hard lockdowns, mass testing and tight border controls had for two years batted back the virus and led to relatively few deaths in the world's most populous nat...
WHO authorises China's CanSinoBIO Covid-19 vaccine
May 19, 2022 (AFP)
The WHO granted emergency use listing (EUL) authorisation to the single-shot Convidecia vaccine as China battles a resurgence of the virus triggered by the Omic...
North Korea sent planes to China for Covid supplies: reports
May 19, 2022 (AFP)
Pyongyang announced its first-ever Covid cases last week and has since reported nearly two million cases of "fever" and 63 deaths as the virus tears through its...
Xi says China will 'open still wider' despite tight border controls
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
Xi's remarks come as many foreign businesses have found their operations halted due to a lingering Covid-19 lockdown in financial hub Shanghai, with the America...
Shanghai says 'zero-Covid' achieved but millions still in lockdown
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
Confronted with its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic, China -- the last major economy still closed off to the world -- put the city of 25 mill...
Beijing students protest against Covid controls
May 16, 2022 (AFP)
China is the only major country adhering to a rigid zero-Covid policy and its restrictions have prompted frustration with lockdowns, spartan quarantine faciliti...
Covid-hit Shanghai announces gradual reopening of businesses
May 15, 2022 (AFP)
Confronted with its worst Covid-19 outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic, China -- the last major economy still closed off to the world -- put the city o...
In a haze of disinfectant, China struggles with invisible enemy
May 14, 2022 (AFP)
China is tied to a zero-Covid strategy, wielding snap lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines as part of unrelenting efforts to quash virus outbreaks no...
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