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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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Chinese Scientist Filed Covid Sequence Weeks Before Official Release: Report
A Chinese scientist sought to publish the genetic profile of the coronavirus two weeks before Beijing formally released the sequence, as per federal documents shared with a US congressional committee and released on Wednesday.
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China Lab Mapped COVID-19 2 Weeks Before Beijing Acknowledged: Report
Recent documents obtained from the US Department of Health and Human Services indicate that a Chinese virologist had isolated and mapped the structure of COVID-19 at least two weeks before Beijing officially acknowledged the virus.
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China's Covid Cover-Up Had Huge Help From Western Elites: Report
China's Covid ambitions, to hide crucial data and avoid blame, could not have been accomplished without Western academics eagerly playing the useful idiot for Beijing, The New York Post has claimed in a report.
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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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Curbs On China Arrivals Due To Lack Of Adequate Covid Data: US
The United States on Wednesday said that the restrictions imposed on flyers from China are because of the "lack of adequate and transparent" data from Beijing over the omicron subvariants that has the potential to spread beyond its borders.
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Sudden Covid Outbreaks Show "Lack Of Efficacy" Of Chinese Vaccines: Report
China's sudden COVID-19 outbreaks "demonstrate a lack of effectiveness of its vaccines", prompting global concerns, particularly in nations where Beijing's vaccines have been accepted, Tibet Press reported.
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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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"Worked To The Bone": Crematoriums In Beijing Buckle Under Covid Wave
Workers at Beijing crematoriums said Friday they are overwhelmed as China faces a surge in Covid cases that authorities warn could hit its underdeveloped rural hinterland during upcoming public holidays.
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From Underground Restaurants To Secret Bars: Beijing Dodges Covid Curbs
Dining in underground restaurants, drinking in secretive bars spread by word-of-mouth, and hiding their Covid symptoms -- some Beijing residents are defying strict curbs.
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What Sparked Massive Protests Across Chinese Cities: 5 Points
Hundreds gathered in China's capital Beijing and other cities to protest against the stringent Covid curbs, which include snap lockdowns, lengthy quarantines, and mass testing campaigns.
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Covid Defence, "Use Of Force" In Taiwan: Xi Jinping's Top 5 Quotes
President Xi Jinping today kicked off China's five-yearly Communist Party Congress with a wide-ranging speech defending Beijing's zero-Covid approach and reasserting its ambition to absorb Taiwan. Xi is also expected to win a historic third term.
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China Unlikely To Resume Direct Flights With India Citing Covid Rules: Report
Direct passenger flight services between India and China are unlikely to resume in the near future unless Beijing modifies its policy of sudden cancellation of scheduled flights.
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Zero Covid Cases In Beijing, Shanghai After Millions Locked In Homes
China's two largest cities have contained COVID-19 following a bruising four-month fight that saw millions of residents locked in their homes, exhaustive testing and restrictions on daily life that impacted every facet of society and the economy.
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1000s Quarantined After Beijing Man Breaks Quarantine, Tests Positive
A Beijing man has landed thousands of his neighbours in quarantine after he ignored an order to stay at home and later tested positive for COVID-19, prompting a police investigation.
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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.
-
Chinese Scientist Filed Covid Sequence Weeks Before Official Release: Report
A Chinese scientist sought to publish the genetic profile of the coronavirus two weeks before Beijing formally released the sequence, as per federal documents shared with a US congressional committee and released on Wednesday.
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China Lab Mapped COVID-19 2 Weeks Before Beijing Acknowledged: Report
Recent documents obtained from the US Department of Health and Human Services indicate that a Chinese virologist had isolated and mapped the structure of COVID-19 at least two weeks before Beijing officially acknowledged the virus.
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China's Covid Cover-Up Had Huge Help From Western Elites: Report
China's Covid ambitions, to hide crucial data and avoid blame, could not have been accomplished without Western academics eagerly playing the useful idiot for Beijing, The New York Post has claimed in a report.
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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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Curbs On China Arrivals Due To Lack Of Adequate Covid Data: US
The United States on Wednesday said that the restrictions imposed on flyers from China are because of the "lack of adequate and transparent" data from Beijing over the omicron subvariants that has the potential to spread beyond its borders.
-
Sudden Covid Outbreaks Show "Lack Of Efficacy" Of Chinese Vaccines: Report
China's sudden COVID-19 outbreaks "demonstrate a lack of effectiveness of its vaccines", prompting global concerns, particularly in nations where Beijing's vaccines have been accepted, Tibet Press reported.
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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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"Worked To The Bone": Crematoriums In Beijing Buckle Under Covid Wave
Workers at Beijing crematoriums said Friday they are overwhelmed as China faces a surge in Covid cases that authorities warn could hit its underdeveloped rural hinterland during upcoming public holidays.
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From Underground Restaurants To Secret Bars: Beijing Dodges Covid Curbs
Dining in underground restaurants, drinking in secretive bars spread by word-of-mouth, and hiding their Covid symptoms -- some Beijing residents are defying strict curbs.
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What Sparked Massive Protests Across Chinese Cities: 5 Points
Hundreds gathered in China's capital Beijing and other cities to protest against the stringent Covid curbs, which include snap lockdowns, lengthy quarantines, and mass testing campaigns.
-
Covid Defence, "Use Of Force" In Taiwan: Xi Jinping's Top 5 Quotes
President Xi Jinping today kicked off China's five-yearly Communist Party Congress with a wide-ranging speech defending Beijing's zero-Covid approach and reasserting its ambition to absorb Taiwan. Xi is also expected to win a historic third term.
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China Unlikely To Resume Direct Flights With India Citing Covid Rules: Report
Direct passenger flight services between India and China are unlikely to resume in the near future unless Beijing modifies its policy of sudden cancellation of scheduled flights.
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Zero Covid Cases In Beijing, Shanghai After Millions Locked In Homes
China's two largest cities have contained COVID-19 following a bruising four-month fight that saw millions of residents locked in their homes, exhaustive testing and restrictions on daily life that impacted every facet of society and the economy.
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1000s Quarantined After Beijing Man Breaks Quarantine, Tests Positive
A Beijing man has landed thousands of his neighbours in quarantine after he ignored an order to stay at home and later tested positive for COVID-19, prompting a police investigation.
