Four protesters against pandemic policy released on bail

Officials in Beijing have released four women on bail who were arrested for joining rare nationwide protests in late November against China’s tough anti-coronavirus policies, an

Ignoring experts, China’s sudden zero-Covid exit cost lives

When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a massive onslaught of cases. Hospitals turned away ambulances, crematoriums burned bodies around the clock, and relatives hauled dead loved ones to warehouses for lack of storage space.

Gov’t prepares plan to relax pandemic measures

The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Elsie Ao Ieong U, yesterday said that as new variants have been reported to be weaker, Macau’s policies

Tibetans in India support ‘zero Covid’ protesters

About 150 Tibetan exiles held up blank pieces of paper as they rallied in India’s capital last week to express solidarity with people in China protesting

Chinese university students sent home amid protests

Chinese universities are sending students home as the ruling Communist Party tightens anti-virus controls and tries to prevent more protests after crowds angered by its severe

Zero-Covid limits saved lives but no clear exit

China's strategy of controlling the coronavirus with lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines has provoked the greatest show of public dissent in decades. Most protesters

Crowds angered by lockdowns call for leadership to step down

Protesters pushed to the brink by China’s strict COVID measures in Shanghai called for the removal of the country’s leadership and clashed with police yesterday as crowds

Anti-virus curbs spur fears of global economic impact

Anti-virus controls that are confining millions of Chinese families to their homes and shut shops and offices are spurring fears of further damage to already

China announces first Covid-19 death in almost six months

China yesterday announced its first new death from COVID-19 in nearly half a year as strict new measures are imposed in Beijing and across the country

Guangzhou plans 250,000 quarantine beds to fight virus

China's southern metropolis of Guangzhou announced plans yesterday to build quarantine facilities for nearly 250,000 people to fight surging coronavirus outbreaks even as the national

One case locks down Peking University

Chinese authorities locked down a major university in Beijing yesterday after finding one COVID-19 case as they stick to a “zero-COVID” approach despite growing public discontent.

New cases will not affect upcoming large-scale events

The city’s most recent Covid cases reported yesterday will have no effect on upcoming events including the Grand Prix, Macau Food Festival, as well as the

Authorities blame the elderly for the continuing policy

Local health authorities identify the unsatisfactory vaccination rate of the elderly and those with chronic diseases as the reason for maintaining the “zero-Covid” policy in

City resumes normalcy as double-round of mass testing finds no cases

Macau has now returned to the previous pandemic prevention state after two consecutive rounds of citywide mass testing failed to detect a single positive result, the

Beijing marathon returns but China sticks to ‘zero-Covid’

Thousands of runners took to the streets of China’s capital yesterday for the return of the Beijing marathon after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus, even as

New round of mass testing without ‘exemptions’

Those who have performed a NAT the previous day will not be exempt from the new round of citywide nucleic acid tests (NATs), the coordinator of

Urgent NAT drive following uncertainty over positive case

Local health authorities have ordered a citywide nucleic acid test (NAT) for today following the discovery of a positive case in Zhuhai from a man who works in Macau as

Testing in target zones identifies three new cases, two related to imported case

Testing conducted Sunday in the target zones, as well as buildings classified as red zones in Fai Chi Kei and Areia Preta, have returned three positive results. Of these, two

Shanghai district orders mass Covid-19 testing, lockdown

China's largest city of Shanghai is ordering mass testing Friday of all 1.3 million residents of its downtown Yangpu district and confining them to their homes at

RAT tests rolled out as city logs four Covid-19 positives in a single day

The government requires all people in Macau to conduct a rapid antigen test (RAT) each day from yesterday until November 1. Failing to declare a valid RAT

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