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Beijing battles virus as Xi'an emerges from lockdown
Jan 19, 2022 (AFP)
The Chinese capital has already suspended thousands of flights and increased testing after the first community case of the Omicron variant was recorded on Satur...
Heartbreak as Hong Kong pet owners give up hamsters for Covid cull
Jan 19, 2022 (AFP)
The hamster, a new addition to the Hau family, was to be given up to Hong Kong authorities for culling after rodents in a pet shop tested positive for coronavir...
Xi'an restarts some public transport after coronavirus lockdown
Jan 19, 2022 (AFP)
The easing of transport rules -- including the resumption of some inter-city train routes -- comes just before the Lunar New Year holiday later this month, trad...
China orders overseas mail disinfection over Omicron fears
Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)
The move illustrates China's unrelenting focus on stamping out all coronavirus cases as it prepares to host the Winter Olympics next month, even as experts say ...
UN will try to keep Tonga Covid-free in relief effort
Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)
Any humanitarian efforts to help the remote kingdom will follow the country's strict protocols for keeping out the coronavirus pandemic, UN agencies told report...
Hong Kong to cull hamsters after Covid found in pets
Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)
The Chinese territory's staunch adherence to the mainland's "zero-Covid" policy has kept the number of cases low, but maintaining it has cut the finance hub off...
China drops plans to sell Olympic tickets as virus cases rise
Jan 17, 2022 (AFP)
Organisers said last year there would be no international spectators at the Games -- partly due to China's weeks-long quarantine requirements -- but they had pr...
Police charge Cathay flight attendants at centre of Hong Kong outbreak
Jan 17, 2022 (AFP)
Like China, Hong Kong maintains a strict zero-Covid strategy that has kept cases low, but has largely cut the finance hub off from both the mainland and the res...
Omicron detected in Beijing as China battles Covid clusters
Jan 15, 2022 (AFP)
The announcement comes a day after the southern city of Zhuhai imposed travel restrictions on residents as a mass testing drive uncovered seven infections. Mill...
Omicron spreads to southern China city bordering Macau
Jan 15, 2022 (AFP)
The coastal city of Zhuhai, which borders the gambling hub Macau, said late Friday Omicron had been detected in one mildly ill and six asymptomatic patients, af...
Hong Kong airport bans transit passengers from 153 countries
Jan 14, 2022 (AFP)
The move deepens Hong Kong's global isolation and comes as Beijing battles to stamp out a flurry of Delta and Omicron outbreaks in the only major economy still ...
Two hospitals in China's Xi'an closed over lockdown failures
Jan 13, 2022 (AFP)
The historic city, one of several in China experiencing coronavirus outbreaks, has been subject to strict home confinement for three weeks in line with Beijing'...
Chinese cities battle Covid as Winter Olympics loom
Jan 12, 2022 (AFP)
Here's a rundown of the measures in place in key areas of the world's most populous nation. - Tianjin - Fears are growing about China's largest domestic Omicron...
Chinese woman stuck in blind date's house after city lockdown
Jan 12, 2022 (AFP)
Over 100 virus cases have been reported in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou since last week, as China battles to contain multiple local outbreaks of the De...
Millions more locked down as China battles Omicron spread
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing is on high alert as it prepares to host the Winter Olympics next month, sticking to a zero-Covid strategy of targeted lockdowns, border restrictions and...
T cells from common colds cross-protect against infection with SARS-CoV-2
Jan 11, 2022 (SPX)
The researchers also say their findings provide a blueprint for a second-generation, universal vaccine that could prevent infection from current and future SARS...
Half of Europe on track to catch Omicron as China lockdown millions
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
The highly-transmissible variant has ripped through countries at breakneck pace, forcing governments to impose fresh measures and scramble to roll out booster s...
China detects more Omicron cases as cities tighten restrictions
Jan 10, 2022 (AFP)
The emergence of the fast-spreading variant is yet another test of China's zero Covid strategy, with authorities already battling several outbreaks -- including...
Factbox: Chinese cities battle Covid as Winter Olympics loom
Jan 10, 2022 (AFP)
Here's a rundown of the measures in place in key areas of the world's most populous nation. - Xi'an - The historic city of 13 million people is in its third wee...
Covid tests ordered for 14 million in China's Tianjin
Jan 09, 2022 (AFP)
Tianjin emerged as a new area of concern after more than 20 Covid cases were reported there in the last few days, most of them imported from abroad, according t...
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