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Passengers are seen upon their arrival at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport from other countries, in Shanghai on January 8, 2023. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China welcomes first batch of int-'l travellers after scrapping of...

First flights under China-'s new -'no quarantine-' rules for international travellers landed at airports in Guangzhou...

8 Jan 2023 6:53 AM GMT

People wearing face masks take a rest as they tend to their elderly relatives rest along a corridor of the emergency ward to provide intravenous drips at a hospital in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China state media plays down COVID wave severity before WHO meet

International health experts predict at least one million deaths in the world-'s most populous country this year

3 Jan 2023 8:14 AM GMT

Covid-19 patients on beds at Tianjin Nankai Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. - Cities across China have struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums. (Noel Celis / AFP)

Global alarm grows over China-'s COVID-19 surge

Hospitals across China have been overwhelmed by an explosion of Covid cases following Beijing-'s decision to lift strict...

29 Dec 2022 5:51 AM GMT

Passengers prepare to board a flight at the airport in north-central Chinas Jiangxi province. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

US considering COVID entry restrictions for travelers from China

Infections have surged across China as key pillars of its containment policy have been dismantled

28 Dec 2022 5:28 AM GMT

Aviation ground crew wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) working on an aircraft that flew in from abroad at the airport in Yantai in Chinas eastern Shandong province. (Photo by AFP)

China to reopen borders, scrap quarantine for international travellers...

Previously passengers coming from abroad had to mandatorily stay in over two weeks of quarantine in government...

27 Dec 2022 6:17 AM GMT

Medical staff collects swabs for covid testing at MVP Colony Ward Secretariat in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. (DC photo)

Centre-'s COVID review meeting today amid spurt in cases in US, China

Centre urged all states and union territories to ramp up the whole genome sequencing of positive samples to keep track...

21 Dec 2022 4:29 AM GMT

Workers produce antigen test kits for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a factory in Nantong, in Chinas eastern Jiangsu province on December 19, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

Over 60% of China-'s population may get COVID, deaths likely in...

Epidemiologist says more than 60 per cent of China and 10 per cent of Earth-'s population are likely to be infected over...

20 Dec 2022 4:59 AM GMT

A worker in protective overalls controls the line outside the fever clinic at a hospital in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set...

11 Dec 2022 6:58 AM GMT

This photo taken on December 5, 2022 shows people shopping at a supermarket in Urumqi, in Chinas northwestern Xinjiang region, following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the city. (Photo by CNS / AFP) / China OUT

China announces nationwide loosening of Covid restrictions

Anger over China-'s zero-Covid policy stoked unrest not seen since the 1989 pro-democracy protests

7 Dec 2022 7:37 AM GMT

People walking across a street in Haizhu district, Guangzhou city, in Chinas southern Guangdong province, following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the city. (AFP)

China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protests

Anger over China-'s zero-Covid policy has sparked protests in major cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou

1 Dec 2022 6:10 AM GMT

People gather to protest the Chinese governments continued continued zero-Covid policies at the University of California Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California, (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP)

China lockdown protests pause as police flood city streets

Rallies against China-'s unusually strict anti-virus measures spread to several cities over the weekend

29 Nov 2022 6:14 AM GMT

A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus in Jiayuguan, in Chinas northwestern Gansu province on November 24, 2022. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

China COVID cases hit fresh record high after weekend of protests

China has stuck with Xi-'s zero-COVID policy even as much of the world has lifted most restrictions

28 Nov 2022 4:50 AM GMT