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As China Gets Another Covid-Like Scare, Beijing Calls It 'Winter Occurrence'
As photos emerge on social media showing hospitals in China swamped with people amid rising cases of human metapneumovirus or HMPV - a respiratory illness with symptoms similar to those of a flu - there are concerns of another health crisis.
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Beijing Has Hit 'Temporary Herd Immunity': China Health Official
Beijing has reached "temporary herd immunity" and its Covid outbreak is nearing an end, a city health official said Tuesday, in another sign China's unprecedented virus wave is waning.
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China Says Covid Deaths Down By 80% In New Year
A wave of virus cases has washed over the world's most populous nation since Beijing abruptly ended its zero-Covid policy last month.
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Satellite Pics Show Crowds At China Crematoriums Amid Covid Spike: Report
Satellite images of a number of Chinese cities have captured crowding at crematoriums and funeral homes, amid the Covid surge across the country after Beijing lifted severe pandemic restrictions, reported The Washington Post.
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China Says "Life Is Moving Forward" In New Phase Of Covid Response
China braced for a "new phase" in its battle against COVID-19 on Monday and financial markets strengthened after Beijing dropped pandemic border controls in the latest easing of curbs that has let the virus loose on its 1.4 billion population.
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Australia Makes Covid Negative Report Mandatory For Arrivals From China
Australia on Sunday became the latest country to demand travellers from China provide a negative Covid-19 test before arrival, citing a "lack of comprehensive information" from Beijing about the country's wave of cases
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France Latest Nation To Impose Covid Tests On Travellers From China
France on Friday joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travellers from China, after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases -- and amid questions about its data reporting.
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China's Covid Pivot Sparks Fears Worldwide
Beijing's sudden pivot away from containing Covid-19 has caused jitters around the world, with the United States saying it may restrict travel from China following its decision to end mandatory quarantine for overseas arrivals.
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Chinese Plan Trips, Book Overseas Flights As Last Zero Covid Curb Removed
Chinese reacted with joy and rushed to book flights overseas Tuesday after Beijing said it would scrap mandatory Covid quarantine for overseas arrivals, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation.
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China To Distribute Pfizer Vaccine In Beijing As Covid Cases Surge: Report
As Covid cases in China continue to rise, Beijing will soon start distributing Pfizer's Covid-19 drug Paxlovid to the community health centres in forthcoming days, CNN reported citing state media on Monday.
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Amid Millions Of New Infections, China Learns To Live With Covid
Mask-wearing Beijing and Shanghai commuters crowded subway trains on Monday as China's two biggest cities edged closer to living with COVID-19 even as frontline medical workers scrambled to cope with millions of new infections.
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China Struggles To Control "Zero-Covid" Narrative As Cases Surge
China's state media is struggling and censors are working overtime as Beijing gropes for a coherent narrative in the wake of the sudden reversal of its hallmark zero-Covid policy.
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China Hospital Data Absent From WHO's Latest Reports Amid Covid Surge
The World Health Organization has received no data from China on new COVID-19 hospitalisations since Beijing lifted its zero-COVID policy, prompting some health experts to question whether it might be hiding information on the extent of its outbreak.
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"Very Concerned Over Evolving Situation In China": WHO Chief On Covid Surge
The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday said he was "very concerned" about an unprecedented wave of Covid cases in China, as the health body urged Beijing to accelerate vaccination of the most vulnerable.
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Hearses Queue At Beijing Crematorium Despite No New Covid Deaths In China
Dozens of hearses queued outside a Beijing crematorium on Wednesday, even as China reported no new COVID-19 deaths in its growing outbreak, sparking criticism of its virus accounting as the capital braces for a surge of severe cases.
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As China Gets Another Covid-Like Scare, Beijing Calls It 'Winter Occurrence'
As photos emerge on social media showing hospitals in China swamped with people amid rising cases of human metapneumovirus or HMPV - a respiratory illness with symptoms similar to those of a flu - there are concerns of another health crisis.
-
Beijing Has Hit 'Temporary Herd Immunity': China Health Official
Beijing has reached "temporary herd immunity" and its Covid outbreak is nearing an end, a city health official said Tuesday, in another sign China's unprecedented virus wave is waning.
-
China Says Covid Deaths Down By 80% In New Year
A wave of virus cases has washed over the world's most populous nation since Beijing abruptly ended its zero-Covid policy last month.
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Satellite Pics Show Crowds At China Crematoriums Amid Covid Spike: Report
Satellite images of a number of Chinese cities have captured crowding at crematoriums and funeral homes, amid the Covid surge across the country after Beijing lifted severe pandemic restrictions, reported The Washington Post.
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China Says "Life Is Moving Forward" In New Phase Of Covid Response
China braced for a "new phase" in its battle against COVID-19 on Monday and financial markets strengthened after Beijing dropped pandemic border controls in the latest easing of curbs that has let the virus loose on its 1.4 billion population.
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Australia Makes Covid Negative Report Mandatory For Arrivals From China
Australia on Sunday became the latest country to demand travellers from China provide a negative Covid-19 test before arrival, citing a "lack of comprehensive information" from Beijing about the country's wave of cases
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France Latest Nation To Impose Covid Tests On Travellers From China
France on Friday joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travellers from China, after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases -- and amid questions about its data reporting.
-
China's Covid Pivot Sparks Fears Worldwide
Beijing's sudden pivot away from containing Covid-19 has caused jitters around the world, with the United States saying it may restrict travel from China following its decision to end mandatory quarantine for overseas arrivals.
-
Chinese Plan Trips, Book Overseas Flights As Last Zero Covid Curb Removed
Chinese reacted with joy and rushed to book flights overseas Tuesday after Beijing said it would scrap mandatory Covid quarantine for overseas arrivals, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation.
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China To Distribute Pfizer Vaccine In Beijing As Covid Cases Surge: Report
As Covid cases in China continue to rise, Beijing will soon start distributing Pfizer's Covid-19 drug Paxlovid to the community health centres in forthcoming days, CNN reported citing state media on Monday.
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Amid Millions Of New Infections, China Learns To Live With Covid
Mask-wearing Beijing and Shanghai commuters crowded subway trains on Monday as China's two biggest cities edged closer to living with COVID-19 even as frontline medical workers scrambled to cope with millions of new infections.
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China Struggles To Control "Zero-Covid" Narrative As Cases Surge
China's state media is struggling and censors are working overtime as Beijing gropes for a coherent narrative in the wake of the sudden reversal of its hallmark zero-Covid policy.
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China Hospital Data Absent From WHO's Latest Reports Amid Covid Surge
The World Health Organization has received no data from China on new COVID-19 hospitalisations since Beijing lifted its zero-COVID policy, prompting some health experts to question whether it might be hiding information on the extent of its outbreak.
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"Very Concerned Over Evolving Situation In China": WHO Chief On Covid Surge
The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday said he was "very concerned" about an unprecedented wave of Covid cases in China, as the health body urged Beijing to accelerate vaccination of the most vulnerable.
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Hearses Queue At Beijing Crematorium Despite No New Covid Deaths In China
Dozens of hearses queued outside a Beijing crematorium on Wednesday, even as China reported no new COVID-19 deaths in its growing outbreak, sparking criticism of its virus accounting as the capital braces for a surge of severe cases.
