Infectious diseases
- Asia Pacific, Canada, China, Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Protest, US foreign policy, World news, Xi Jinping
Covid restrictions lifted in Guangzhou and Chongqing after China protests
Announcements ordered the removal of ‘control orders’ and to designate areas as low riskAuthorities have abrup…
- Asia Pacific, China, Coronavirus, Health, Infectious diseases, Older people, Protest, Science, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
China sends students home amid calls for crackdown on protests
Authorities flood streets with police as top security body urges action against ‘hostile forces’China has sent…
-
China’s zero-Covid policy explained in 30 seconds
Rampant and sudden lockdowns have sparked anger as pressure piles on officials to curb outbreaksChina’s Covid …
-
Protests erupt in China over strict zero Covid measures: in pictures
Protesters have taken to the streets in several Chinese cities after a deadly apartment fire in Xinjiang provi…
-
Depressed, powerless, angry: why frustration at China’s zero-Covid is spilling over
Public protests are the most visible signs of anger and scepticism over latest series of draconian lockdownsVi…
-
Covid lockdown protests break out in western China after deadly fire
Protesters in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, blame restrictions for death toll of 10 in apartment block fire…
-
Death of baby in China incites anger on social media over ‘zero Covid’ rules
Four-month-old denied treatment as she tested negative for coronavirus and family was told case not urgentThe …
-
China eases some Covid rules amid growing discontent and economic pressure
Quarantine periods shortened by two days but Beijing government ‘will not waver’ from strict zero-Covid policy…
-
China’s ‘unswerving’ zero-Covid rules see no let up
Unexpected announcement quashes hopes of lifting lockdowns, quarantining and rigorous testing Health officials…
-
Rumours of zero-Covid easing spread in China amid anger at restrictions
Despite relatively low case numbers, there are reportedly about 200 lockdowns across the countryWaves of outra…
- Asia Pacific, Business, China, Chinese economy, Coronavirus, Foxconn, Infectious diseases, Technology sector, World news
China braces for wave of workers fleeing iPhone factory in Covid-hit Zhengzhou
Cities near Foxconn plant draw up plans to isolate migrant workers who are returning to home townsCities in ce…
-
Reports of teenager dying in Covid quarantine cause outcry in China
Video of girl struggling to breathe is circulating online, with claims family’s pleas for help were ignoredRep…
- Coronavirus, Global development, Health, India, Infectious diseases, South and Central Asia, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
First Covid, now monkeypox – India’s role is key in the scramble for jabs
As the west buys early doses, India’s vaccine preparedness matters not just at home but for other developing n…
-
Monkeypox: don’t touch foreigners, says China health chief, as first case reported
Official Wu Zunyou also called for people to avoid ‘skin-to-skin contact’ with those who had been abroad recen…
-
Xinjiang lockdown: Chinese censors drown out posts about food and medicine shortages
‘Internet commentary personnel’ told to deluge social media with thoughts on anything from cooking to their pe…