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Chinese authorities were, apparently preparing on Labor Day to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicizing videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during
America’s college-going rate was generally on the upswing until the pandemic reversed decades of progress. Rates fell despite economic upheaval, which typically drives more people into higher education.
The head of the World Health Organization said yesterday [Macau time[ the agency is “concerned about the risk to life in China” amid the coronavirus’ explosive spread
Patients, most of them elderly, are lying on stretchers in hallways and taking oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as COVID-19 surges in China’s capital Beijing.
China only counts deaths from pneumonia or respiratory failure in its official COVID-19 death toll, a Chinese health official said, in a narrow definition that limits
Chinese health authorities yesterday announced two additional COVID-19 deaths, both in the capital Beijing, that were the first reported in weeks and come during an expected
Outside a funeral home in eastern Beijing, dozens of people were bundled up in parkas and hats against the freezing temperatures this weekend as workers in
China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-virus controls and authorities say new variants are weaker. But they have yet to say when
China yesterday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions following increasingly vocal public frustrations. The National
A Stock markets rose after the National Health Commission on Monday announced the long-awaited campaign. A low vaccination rate is one of the biggest obstacles
Pandemic lockdowns are expanding across China, including in a city where factory workers clashed this week with police, as the number of COVID-19 cases hits a
Employees at the world’s biggest Apple iPhone factory were beaten and detained in protests over contract disputes amid anti-virus controls, according to witnesses and videos on
The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou locked down its largest district yesterday as it tries to tamp down a major COVID-19 outbreak, suspending public transit and
China's ruling party called for strict adherence to the hard-line “zero-COVID” policy yesterday in an apparent attempt to guide public perceptions after regulations were eased slightly in
Guangdong Province’s IT hub in Shenzhen has recorded its cases of the BF.7 Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. Shenzhen reported 46 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases between
A nighttime bus crash that killed 27 people in southwest China this week has set off a storm of anger online over the country’s strict COVID-19
The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020,
Health Bureau’s director and pulmonologist Alvis Lo assured that the government’s plans for handling Covid-19 would see continuous refinement. The assurance was given in response to lawmaker Leong
Countries must avoid tensions and cooperate to support a recovery from the pandemic as it lingers in many parts of the world, Indonesian President Joko Widodo told
The Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng held a meeting on Saturday via videoconference with officials in Zhuhai in order to exchange views on pandemic control measures
A couple of factors are at play, starting with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant. Omicron is more likely to infect people, even if
Much of Asia has largely managed to keep omicron at bay even as the variant rages in other parts of the world, but the region that is
Pfizer said this evening (Tuesday) that its experimental pill to treat COVID-19 appears effective against the omicron variant. The company also said full results of its 2,250-person study confirmed the pill's
One year after lockdown, Wuhan has long since sprung back to life — but Zhu Tao remains bunkered in his 14th-floor apartment, spending his days doomscrolling through news, playing virtual
A fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been found in at least 22 U.S. states, and people are wondering: How do I protect myself now? We saw what
One of the returnees who arrived in Macau last night (Thursday) tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the government announced. The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a follow-up statement early today
Portugal is stopping flights to and from the United Kingdom from tomorrow (Saturday), blaming a COVID-19 variant first identified in the U.K.
A global team of researchers arrived today (Thursday) in the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic was first detected to conduct a politically sensitive investigation into its origins amid uncertainty
Boris Johnson pinned his hopes for a national recovery on a plan to deliver 2 million coronavirus vaccinations a week, as the U.K. went back into lockdown in an attempt
Morocco announced it has acquired 65 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from China’s Sinopharm and Britain’s AstraZeneca, as the north African kingdom prepares to launch a COVID-19 vaccination program that
South Korea had seemed to be winning the fight against the coronavirus: Quickly ramping up its testing, contact-tracing and quarantine efforts paid off when it weathered an early outbreak without
Reports from Britain and South Africa of new coronavirus strains that seem to spread more easily are causing alarm, but virus experts say it's unclear if that's the case or
Trucks waiting to get out of Britain backed up for miles and people were stranded at airports today (Monday) as countries around the world imposed stringent travel restrictions over concerns
The government has announced that from 10 p.m. today (Monday) all travellers entering the territory other than from medium risk regions in mainland China and from Taiwan will be required
From speculation that the coronavirus was created in a lab to hoax cures, an overwhelming amount of false information clung to COVID-19 as it circled the globe in 2020. Public health
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