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Macau,
The phone call comes in the early afternoon, six hours or so after the mandatory morning test. The number is immediately recognizable because it’s so
China has ordered inhabitants of the southern city of Baise to stay home and suspended transportation links amid a surge in COVID-19 cases at least partly
Many Asian countries are facing a spike in COVID-19 infections after the widely-celebrated Lunar New Year holidays, as health officials grapple with the highly-transmissible omicron variant
The National Health Commission (NHC) of China announced a series of guidelines last week which banned restrictions on home-travel during the Lunar New Year. Lunar
On the humaneness of allowing some airport staff just seven days per month to spend time with families, a healthcare official has suggested they may be
Hong Kong expanded a partial lockdown and tightened pandemic restrictions yesterday after more than 200 cases of Covid-19 were discovered at a public housing estate.
A fresh outbreak in Beijing has prompted authorities to test millions and impose new measures two weeks ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics, even as
The sweeping “zero-tolerance” strategy that China has used to keep COVID-19 case numbers low and its economy functioning may, paradoxically, make it harder for the country
New Zealanders are set to face new COVID-19 restrictions after nine cases of the omicron variant were detected in a single family that flew to Auckland
Thousands of people gathered in European capitals Saturday to protest vaccine passports and other requirements governments have imposed in hopes of ending the coronavirus pandemic. Demonstrations took place
Both health authorities and the Public Security Police Force (PSP) agree that private institutions and companies can “force” citizens to record their itinerary on entry
When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Spaniards were ordered to stay home for more than three months. For weeks, they were not allowed outside even
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center announced early today (Friday) that from midnight January 24 flights to Macau from regions outside China “will be
The second round of mass SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid tests (NAT) in Zhuhai has yielded only negative results, local media reports. According to deputy director of
Face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and schools in England and COVID-19 passports will be dropped for large events as infections level off in large parts
Health authorities said that as of yesterday, all close contacts in Macau and those who had traveled to the high risk areas of Zhongshan and Zhuhai received negative
Chinese President Xi Jinping called yesterday for greater world cooperation against COVID-19 and said China would send an additional 1 billion doses of vaccine to other
Starting from today, cross-border teachers and students who live in Nanping village in Zhuhai and Tanzhou village in Zhongshan, along with those who have visited Guoji
State media are reporting the Chinese city of Xi’an has gradually begun lifting restrictions after over three weeks of lockdown as authorities sought to stamp out
Hong Kong International Airport said today (Friday) that it would ban passengers from 153 countries and territories from transiting in the city for a month, as it sought to stem
Almost 3,000 people living, working, or studying in Macau are being tracked to various degrees after a confirmed Covid-19 case was registered in Tanzhou, a
A staff member at a nursery located at the Nova City real estate in Taipa has been identified by the government as a Covid-19 close contact, according to Radio Macau. The
The northern Chinese city of Tianjin ordered a second round of COVID-19 testing of all 13 million residents yesterday following the discovery of 97 cases of
Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19’s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which
State broadcaster CCTV said the government has divided Tianjin and its 14 million residents into three levels of restrictions, starting with lockdown areas where people are
One of two people who attended a large gathering with senior Hong Kong officials and was believed to be infected with COVID-19 turned out to be
The city should buckle up early for vaccinated dining-in, though it remains too early to permit border crossings, a government doctor suggested at yesterday’s health press
The imported case of asymptomatic infection announced on January 3 is associated with the Omicron variant, according to health authorities. As the person concerned
Hong Kong authorities announced a two-week ban on flights from the United States and seven other countries and held 2,500 passengers on a cruise ship for coronavirus testing today (Wednesday)
Authorities in Xi’an say they can provide food, health care and other necessities for the residents under a now almost two-week-old partial lockdown. But in
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center confirmed that the imported asymptomatic case of Covid-19 infection announced on December 27 is associated with the Omicron variant, following genome sequencing of the virus
After struggling with the coronavirus for far too long, the world understands all too well Belgium’s word of the year, “knaldrang!” — the urge to party,
Public facilities will continue to allow entry of those who do not track their itinerary with the health code app, confirmed officials during the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination
China is redoubling efforts to control new virus outbreaks with a lockdown of the 13 million residents of the northern city of Xi'an following a spike in coronavirus cases. The measure
An adverse case was reported after complications arose from a 14-year-old’s vaccination on Saturday, December 18, according to the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre.
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