China Covid Outbreak
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In Rural China, Not Testing For COVID Becomes The Norm: Report
Health experts and countries such as the United States and Japan have expressed concern over how the virus is largely unchecked across China.
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China Hospital Data Absent From WHO's Latest Reports Amid Covid Surge
The World Health Organization has received no data from China on new COVID-19 hospitalisations since Beijing lifted its zero-COVID policy, prompting some health experts to question whether it might be hiding information on the extent of its outbreak.
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India Keeping An Eye On Covid Situation In China: External Affairs Ministry
India is keeping an eye on the Covid situation in China, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday amid the rapid rise in cases in the country.
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China Says No New Covid Deaths Reported After Changing Criteria
China said Wednesday that not a single person had died of the Covid-19 the previous day, after changing the criteria for recording virus deaths to mean most are no longer counted.
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China To Only Count Covid Deaths Due To "Respiratory Failures": Report
China on Tuesday said only Covid-19 deaths from "respiratory failures" will be included in the official death count, as the country witnessed a massive spike in infections fuelled by new variants of the Omicron strain.
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China Sees Nearly 40,000 Covid Cases In New Record For 4th Straight Day
China reported a record high of 39,791 new COVID-19 infections on November26, of which 3,709 were symptomatic and 36,082 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Sunday.
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China's Warning As Lockdowns To Contain Covid Outbreak Bites Into Growth
China's premier has sounded an unusually stark warning about the world's second-largest economy, saying it must return to normal as the country's zero-Covid strategy bites into growth.
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US Warns Of "Arbitrary" Covid Measures In China As Shanghai Fights Surge
The United States on Saturday warned of "arbitrary" Covid-19 measures in China and said it would let some staff leave its Shanghai consulate amid a surge of infections in the locked-down megacity.
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Half A Million People Quarantined, Factories Halt In China's Export Hub
China's economically important Zhejiang province wrestled on Tuesday with a Covid outbreak that has left half a million people quarantined and some districts under business shutdown.
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China Struggles With Worst Covid Outbreaks Since Wuhan Origin
China is resolutely sticking with its zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19, even as the delta variant continues to penetrate its formidable defenses. Officials are implementing increasingly aggressive measures in an attempt to rein in the virus.
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Flights, Weddings Cancelled As China Tackles Covid Outbreak
Beijing officials on Friday told residents to postpone weddings and keep funeral ceremonies short, as disease controls across China were tightened just months before the Winter Olympics kicks off in the capital.
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In Rural China, Not Testing For COVID Becomes The Norm: Report
Health experts and countries such as the United States and Japan have expressed concern over how the virus is largely unchecked across China.
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China Hospital Data Absent From WHO's Latest Reports Amid Covid Surge
The World Health Organization has received no data from China on new COVID-19 hospitalisations since Beijing lifted its zero-COVID policy, prompting some health experts to question whether it might be hiding information on the extent of its outbreak.
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India Keeping An Eye On Covid Situation In China: External Affairs Ministry
India is keeping an eye on the Covid situation in China, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday amid the rapid rise in cases in the country.
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China Says No New Covid Deaths Reported After Changing Criteria
China said Wednesday that not a single person had died of the Covid-19 the previous day, after changing the criteria for recording virus deaths to mean most are no longer counted.
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China To Only Count Covid Deaths Due To "Respiratory Failures": Report
China on Tuesday said only Covid-19 deaths from "respiratory failures" will be included in the official death count, as the country witnessed a massive spike in infections fuelled by new variants of the Omicron strain.
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China Sees Nearly 40,000 Covid Cases In New Record For 4th Straight Day
China reported a record high of 39,791 new COVID-19 infections on November26, of which 3,709 were symptomatic and 36,082 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Sunday.
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China's Warning As Lockdowns To Contain Covid Outbreak Bites Into Growth
China's premier has sounded an unusually stark warning about the world's second-largest economy, saying it must return to normal as the country's zero-Covid strategy bites into growth.
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US Warns Of "Arbitrary" Covid Measures In China As Shanghai Fights Surge
The United States on Saturday warned of "arbitrary" Covid-19 measures in China and said it would let some staff leave its Shanghai consulate amid a surge of infections in the locked-down megacity.
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Half A Million People Quarantined, Factories Halt In China's Export Hub
China's economically important Zhejiang province wrestled on Tuesday with a Covid outbreak that has left half a million people quarantined and some districts under business shutdown.
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China Struggles With Worst Covid Outbreaks Since Wuhan Origin
China is resolutely sticking with its zero-tolerance approach to COVID-19, even as the delta variant continues to penetrate its formidable defenses. Officials are implementing increasingly aggressive measures in an attempt to rein in the virus.
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Flights, Weddings Cancelled As China Tackles Covid Outbreak
Beijing officials on Friday told residents to postpone weddings and keep funeral ceremonies short, as disease controls across China were tightened just months before the Winter Olympics kicks off in the capital.
