カテゴリー: Coronavirus
Infectious disease experts believe strategy more effective in slowing virus spread than new travel restrictions, as health data firm says thousands are likely dying daily in ChinaThe United States is considering sampling wastewater taken from internati…
Politicians and experts call for border testing to be introduced, but others question usefulness of moveMinisters are coming under pressure to screen arrivals from China as the number of Covid-19 cases there continues to surge after Beijing’s abrupt de…
After long pursuing a strict zero-Covid regime, restrictions have been lifted in China as new variants emergeAfter long pursing a zero-Covid policy, China has relaxed many restrictions including quarantine rules for travellers. But some experts have ra…
Italy urges action at European level as more than 50% of recent arrivals from China test positive at Milan airportMember states of the European Union have resisted pressure from Italy to immediately impose mandatory anti-Covid checks on travellers ente…
Poorly resourced regional hospitals brace for flood of cases during upcoming lunar new year holiday as infections soar China’s sprawling and thinly resourced countryside was racing to beef up its medical facilities amid a surging Covid-19 wave as hundr…
Other countries including Italy have taken similar steps after Beijing’s rollback of ‘zero-Covid’ policies led to surge in casesThe US has announced all travellers from China must provide a negative Covid-19 test to enter the country, joining other nat…
China is to drop some of its toughest coronavirus restrictions – including scrapping quarantine for travellers – ending the government’s zero-Covid policy. Experts are watching nervously to see how this may affect variants and their global spread….
Japan, India and Taiwan introduce measures to prevent influx of cases as experts say lack of data makes it difficult to assess riskVirologists are watching nervously to see how China’s abrupt decision to drop some of its toughest Covid-19 restrictions,…
Health workers report huge jump in mostly elderly Covid patients as China adjusts to living largely without virus restrictionsChinese hospitals were under intense pressure as a surging wave of Covid-19 infections strained resources in the last major co…
China to lift quarantine requirement for inbound travellers and resume issuing visas for overseas travel from 8 JanuaryChinese people have rushed to book overseas travel as authorities scrapped the last big plank of the country’s zero-Covid policy des…
Eight days of isolation will no longer be needed, and officials say citizens’ ability to travel will be slowly restoredChina will drop Covid-19 quarantine requirements for passengers arriving from abroad from 8 January, its National Health Commission h…
The National Health Commission’s decision comes as the country’s health system faces enormous strain after the sudden end to the zero-Covid policyChina’s National Health Commission (NHC) has stopped publishing daily Covid-19 data, amid concerns about t…
The figures reported by Qingdao’s municipal health chief were in stark contrast to official statistics from the central governmentHalf a million people a day are being infected with Covid-19 in a single Chinese city, a senior health official has said, …
Covid-19 situation across the strait, and concern at home sparked by Taiwan’s reopening for travel, have put strain on medicine suppliesTaiwan may restrict the bulk buying of pain relief medications as people stock up, with some planning to ship their …
With one of the lowest coronavirus tolls in the world, China has been routinely accused of downplaying infections and deaths for political reasonsThe sudden end to China’s controversial zero-Covid strategy caught the country’s fragile health system unp…