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World passes 300 million Covid cases as Omicron breaks records
Jan 07, 2022 (AFP)
In the past seven days, 34 countries have recorded their highest number of weekly cases since the start of the pandemic, including 18 nations in Europe and seve...
How China is keeping to its strict 'zero Covid' strategy
Jan 07, 2022 (AFP)
The country where the coronavirus was first detected in 2019 is now among the last places still hewing to "zero Covid", placing millions under quarantine even a...
Macau bans international passenger flights for two weeks
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
The move came the same day Hong Kong banned flights from eight nations and ramped up social distancing measures, leaving the two neighbouring Chinese territorie...
Japan seeks restrictions on US troops after virus surge
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
The request to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken comes as virus cases surge in Okinawa, which hosts most of the US forces in Japan and is now seeing a rise i...
Calling Omicron 'mild' a mistake, warns WHO
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the record numbers of people catching the new variant -- which is rapidly out-competing the previously-dominant Delta ...
Chinese official apologises after woman miscarries outside lockdown hospital
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
The city of 13 million has been under strict home confinement for two weeks to stamp out an outbreak, in line with Beijing's firm "zero Covid" strategy. The dis...
China to test 13 million in Zhengzhou as Xi'an outbreak eases
Jan 05, 2022 (AFP)
Everyone in Zhengzhou, which has been placed under a partial lockdown, must be tested to "thoroughly uncover infections hidden among the public", the city's gov...
Hong Kong tests 3,700 on 'nowhere cruise' ordered back to port
Jan 05, 2022 (AFP)
Like mainland China, Hong Kong pursues a zero-Covid policy and maintains some of the world's strictest measures -- including virtually closed borders, weeks-lon...
Cyprus limits social gatherings under Covid tsunami
Jan 05, 2022 (AFP)
Ministers at a cabinet meeting imposed restrictions on church gatherings and home visits as Cypriots prepare to mark the Epiphany on Thursday, a key date in the...
China to test 12 million in Zhengzhou as Xi'an outbreak eases
Jan 05, 2022 (AFP)
Everyone in Zhengzhou, which has been placed under a partial lockdown, must be tested to "thoroughly uncover infections hidden among the public", the city's gov...
Hong Kong bans flights as Omicron surges around globe
Jan 05, 2022 (AFP)
The new coronavirus variant is spreading rapidly across continents, leaving governments rushing to roll out vaccine boosters and bolster healthcare systems as i...
China locks down city of 1.2 million after three virus cases
Jan 04, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing has pursued a "zero Covid" approach with tight border restrictions and targeted lockdowns since the virus first emerged. But the strategy has come under...
China removes two officials in locked-down Xi'an
Jan 03, 2022 (AFP)
Beijing has pursued a "zero Covid" approach with tight border restrictions and targeted lockdowns since the virus first emerged, but this strategy has come unde...
US Defense Secretary Austin contracts Covid-19
Jan 03, 2022 (AFP)
Austin's symptoms were "mild" and he will quarantine at home for the next five days, the Pentagon chief said in a statement. Austin said he is fully vaccinated ...
China says 'positive' signs as Xi'an cases ease
Jan 02, 2022 (AFP)
China has followed a "zero Covid" approach involving tight border restrictions and swift, targeted lockdowns since the virus first surfaced in a central city in...
France to ease Covid rules as England says curbs are 'last resort'
Jan 02, 2022 (AFP)
Coronavirus cases have surged globally in recent weeks, fuelled by the emergence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, and the pandemic dampened New Year...
Covid clouds world New Year party
Jan 01, 2022 (AFP)
New York revived its New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square in limited form, Paris nixed its fireworks show over rising Omicron cases and London's pyrotechnic...
WHO warns of Covid 'tsunami' as Omicron fuels record surges
Dec 30, 2021 (AFP)
Governments are walking a tightrope between anti-virus restrictions and the need to keep societies and economies open, as the highly transmissible variant drove...
Mexicans join bid for Covid compensation from China, WHO
Dec 30, 2021 (AFP)
"I'm still not sure if I did the right thing," Michaus said. "I have mixed feelings because it seems like I'm profiting from the death of my daughter," who died...
Xi'an residents complain of food shortages as lockdown drags on
Dec 30, 2021 (AFP)
China has followed a strict "zero Covid" approach involving tight border restrictions and swift, targeted lockdowns since the virus first surfaced in a central ...
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