Tag: Covid-19
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Beijing orders schools closed in tightening of virus rules
Beijing is closing all city schools in a further tightening of COVID-19 restrictions, as China’s capital seeks to prevent a wider outbreak. The city of ... -
Surging sales at McDonald’s offsets trouble in China, Russia
Higher U.S. menu prices and easing COVID-19 restrictions elsewhere helped McDonald’s offset troubled markets like China and Russia in the first quarter. Revenue rose 11% to ... -
Gov’t will not deliver supplies if there is a mass Covid-19 outbreak
The government will not organize the central delivery of supplies for affected residents in the event of a mass outbreak of Covid-19 in Macau, Secretary for ... -
Shanghai seeks ‘societal zero Covid’ with rounds of testing
Shanghai city authorities said yesterday they will start rounds of COVID-19 testing over the next few days to determine which neighborhoods can safely be allowed a ... -
Beijing enforces lockdowns, expands mass testing
Workers put up fencing and police restricted who could leave a locked-down area in Beijing yesterday as authorities in the Chinese capital stepped up efforts to ... -
Beijing districts placed under lockdown as cases mount
Beijing began testing millions of residents and shutting down residential and business districts yesterday amid a new outbreak of COVID-19. While only 70 cases have been ... -
Hong Kong Disney opens as Covid eases; Shanghai deaths rise
Hong Kong relaxed pandemic restrictions yesterday, with Disneyland and museums reopening and night time restaurant dining resuming as the city’s worst COVID-19 outbreak appears to be ... -
Shanghai allows four million out of homes as virus rules ease
Shanghai allowed 4 million more people out of their homes yesterday as anti-virus controls that shut down China’s biggest city eased, while the International Monetary Fund ... -
Shanghai reports first deaths in current outbreak
Shanghai authorities yesterday reported the first COVID-19 deaths in the latest outbreak in China’s most populous and wealthiest city. All three people who died were elderly, ... -
Shanghai releases more from virus observation amid lockdown
Shanghai released 6,000 more people from the central facilities where they were under medical observation to guard against the coronavirus, the government said yesterday, though the ... -
Shanghai eases two-week shutdown, letting some residents out
Some residents of Shanghai were allowed out of their homes as the city of 25 million eased a two-week-old shutdown yesterday after videos posted online showed ... -
Non-local medical staff may be invited to help in makeshift hospital
If there is an outbreak in Macau necessitating the use of the makeshift hospital, non-local medical staff may be called upon to help, A&E doctor Lei ... -
Guangzhou closes to most arrivals as China’s outbreak grows
The manufacturing hub of Guangzhou closed itself to most arrivals today (Monday) as China battles a major COVID-19 surge in its big eastern cities. Shanghai has ... -
Shanghai to start easing lockdown after another mass testing
China’s largest city of Shanghai will soon begin lifting lockdown in communities that report no positive cases within 14 days after another round of COVID-19 testing, ... -
Macau follows mainland standards on Covid-19 positive identification
Leong Iek Hou was also questioned about the mismatching thresholds for positive SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test (NAT) results between Macau, Hong Kong and mainland China. In ... -
Shanghai to allow parents to stay with infected kids
Following a public uproar, Shanghai is allowing at least some parents to stay with children infected with COVID-19, making an exception to a policy of isolating ... -
China sends in military to help with Shanghai virus outbreak
China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from around the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 from the military, as it struggles to stamp out a ... -
Shanghai lockdown triggers complaints as Covid cases rise
COVID-19 cases in China’s largest city of Shanghai are still rising with millions isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown, as the draconian “zero tolerance” approach ... -
Only 13% of booster shots were vaccine ‘cocktails’
Only around 24,000 out of 181,527 doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered as booster shots were done with different vaccines from the primary vaccination course of two ... -
China reopens one city as Shanghai lockdown enters second phase
The city of Shanghai prepared yesterday to reopen its eastern half and shut its western half, while authorities elsewhere announced the lifting of a citywide lockdown ... -
Five Covid-19 FDCT funded projects presented
The Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) yesterday presented five funded projects involving technological developments related to Covid-19. In a meeting held at the conference hall ... -
Shanghai lockdown tests ‘zero-Covid’ limits, shakes markets
A two-phase lockdown of Shanghai’s 26 million people is testing the limits of China’s hard-line “zero-COVID” strategy, which is shaking markets far beyond the country’s borders. ... -
Shanghai starts China’s biggest Covid-19 lockdown in two years
China began its most extensive lockdown in two years yesterday to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about ... -
Hotel quarantine shortened to two weeks for Macau residents
The Health Bureau has announced that from March 28, residents entering the city from non-mainland locations will have their quarantine period shortened to 14 days. Public ... -
Hotel quarantine shortened to two weeks for Macau residents
The Health Bureau has just announced that from March 28, all entrants from non-mainland Chinese locations will have their quarantine period shortened to 14 days, although ... -
Mail quarantined 70-hours before distribution
All incoming mail will be quarantined in the indoor parking lot of the Macao Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT) for 70 hours before being distributed, a ... -
CT value: How low is too high?
From the discovery of Covid-19, there has been a battle among scientists and public health specialists over how to test people for the virus, and the ... -
Shanghai Disneyland closes as virus rises, Shenzhen reopens
Shanghai Disneyland closed yesterday as China’s most populous city tried to contain its biggest coronavirus flareup in two years, while the southern business center of Shenzhen ... -
Events canceled over the weekend due to Covid-19 scare
A series of cultural, leisure, and major sporting events planned to take place over the weekend suffered last-minute cancelations. Organizers justified the hasty decision with the ... -
China weighs exit from ‘zero Covid’ and the risks involved
Even as authorities lock down cities in China’s worst outbreak in two years, they are looking for an exit from what has been a successful but ... -
Lam cabinet will review Covid-19 restrictions as cases decline
Hong Kong’s leader said yesterday that the government would consider lifting strict social distancing measures as new COVID-19 infections in the city continued trending downward. “I ... -
Gov’t presents plans to face an outbreak, capacity increased to 2,700 beds
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center presented yesterday the contingency plans in the event of a large-scale outbreak of Covid-19 in Macau. The plan comes ... -
Shenzhen to reopen, still trying to contain virus
Companies in Shenzhen, a major Chinese business center, will be allowed to reopen while efforts to contain coronavirus outbreaks progress, the government said yesterday, following a ... -
Covid outbreak leaves Hong Kong in limbo
As a COVID-19 outbreak overwhelms Hong Kong, it’s hard for its 7.4 million residents to know what’s next. Uncertainty is the only certainty as store shelves ... -
Chinese virus cases climb, raise threat of trade disruption
Chinese authorities yesterday tightened anti-virus controls at ports, raising the risk of trade disruptions after some auto and electronics factories shut down as the government fights ...
