カテゴリー: Coronavirus
Changes to zero-Covid policy could prove insufficient if lockdowns are expected to continueChina’s nearly three-year policy of enacting strict lockdowns to contain outbreaks of Covid-19 came with a heavy price for the world’s second largest economy.The…
Amid signs that supply chain woes are improving, economists remain uncertain that China is ready to live with CovidGlobal shares and the price of some key commodities have risen on hopes that the easing of China’s strict zero-Covid measures would help …
Exclusive: comments by diplomat involved in recent Manchester clash appeared threatening, student saysA senior Chinese diplomat involved in the recent violence against pro-democracy protesters in Manchester has suggested Chinese students in Britain sho…
New Zealand needs a robust debate about the success of its elimination strategy in 2020, and the messy failure in late 2021It’s hard to describe just how good New Zealand felt as summer began at the end of 2020.Aotearoa had seemingly got through the pa…
New Zealand high court case has become a focus of protests from anti-vaxxersA New Zealand high court judge has ruled in favour of health authorities who sought guardianship of a baby boy after his parents refused to consent to a transfusion of “vaccina…
Move marks a significant shift away from strict zero-Covid policy that Beijing has pursued for almost three years China’s government has said people with Covid-19 who have mild or no symptoms can quarantine at home, in a significant shift towards livin…
Joseph Wu backs Chinese protesters but says Beijing ‘might try to create external crisis to divert domestic attention’Taiwan’s foreign minister has backed China’s anti-Covid protesters but also expressed concerns that Beijing could seek to scapegoat Ta…
Footage shows large protest at Nanjing Tech University, as rules persist despite steps to ease zero-Covid policy‘Now I see it’s not just me who’s angry’: readers in China on wave of protestsStudents at a university in eastern China have staged a protes…
Scores of people have contacted the Guardian to share their reaction to protests against zero-Covid policyPeople living in China have expressed feelings of shock at the eruption of protests last week, with hopes that they continue, mixed with reservati…
While strict Covid-19 response was broadly considered one of the most successful in the world, PM says inquiry will help prepare for next pandemicNew Zealand will launch an official inquiry into its Covid-19 response so that future governments are bett…
Unnamed expert tells state media outlet Yicai that Covid could be downgraded from a category A disease to category CCoronavirus is weakening and management protocols could be downgraded, an expert on China’s state media has claimed, after unprecedented…
Shanghai and Urumqi to reopen markets and restaurants and loosen public transport restrictionsChinese cities, including the financial hub of Shanghai and Urumqi in the far west, have announced an easing of coronavirus curbs after unprecedented protests…
Dramatic U-turn following widespread unrest leaves country ill-prepared for OmicronThe portable PCR testing booth dangled in the air over a dark Beijing street, captured on camera as it was winched away by a crane in the middle of the night. The image …
Despite daily Covid-19 cases near all-time highs and recent protests over lockdowns, US intelligence see no threat to Xi’s stabilityChinese leader Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept western vaccines despite the challenges China is facing with Covid-19, …
Beijing’s endless lockdowns are causing shortages for western firms such as Apple, and it may not be long before they move their supply chains elsewhereThe anti-lockdown unrest gripping China has forced the authorities in Beijing to respond by easing s…