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Thu, March 30, 2023 | 22:35

US says COVID tests for China travelers based 'on science'

US says COVID tests for China travelers based 'on science'

The United States said Tuesday that the requirement of COVID tests for travelers from China was based on science and due to Beijing's lack of transparency on surging cases.

2023-01-04 11:12

EU, Beijing heading for collision over China's COVID crisis

Floods in Philippines leave 51 dead, over a dozen missing

Floods in Philippines leave 51 dead, over a dozen missing

The death toll in the massive floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend has climbed to 51, with 19 others missing, the national disaster response agency said Monday, as affected residents struggle to get back on their feet.

2023-01-02 20:07

WHO urges China to share specific data regularly on COVID situation

WHO urges China to share specific data regularly on COVID situation

The World Health Organization once again urged China's health officials, Friday, to regularly share specific and real-time information on the COVID-19 situation in the country, as it continues to assess the latest surge in infections.

2022-12-31 19:15

China to resume issuing passports, visas as virus curbs ease

China to resume issuing passports, visas as virus curbs ease

China says it will resume issuing passports for tourism in another big step away from anti-virus controls that isolated the country for almost three years, setting up a potential flood of Chinese going abroad for next month's Lunar New Year holiday.The announcement Tuesday adds to abrupt changes that are rolling back some of the world's strictest anti-virus controls as Presid...

2022-12-28 20:08

Chinese make travel plans as Beijing dismantles zero-COVID rules

Chinese make travel plans as Beijing dismantles zero-COVID rules

Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by stringent COVID-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites on Tuesday ahead of borders reopening next month, even as rising infections strained the health system and roiled the economy.

2022-12-28 12:02

Vietnam moves into pole position with win over Malaysia

Vietnam moves into pole position with win over Malaysia

Vietnam brushed aside Nguyen Van Toan's first-half sending-off to hand Malaysia a 3-0 defeat in Hanoi and move top of the Group B standings at the Asean Championship on Tuesday.

2022-12-28 10:55

China's Zhejiang battling around 1 million daily COVID cases

China's Zhejiang battling around 1 million daily COVID cases

The eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang is battling around 1 million new daily COVID-19 infections, a number expected to double in the days ahead, the provincial government said on Sunday.

2022-12-25 19:50

China says no new COVID deaths after changing criteria

China says no new COVID deaths after changing criteria

China said Wednesday that not a single person had died of COVID-19 the previous day, after changing the criteria for recording virus deaths to mean most are no longer counted.

2022-12-21 19:18

A week into easing, uncertainty over China virus direction

A week into easing, uncertainty over China virus direction

A week after China eased some of the world's strictest COVID-19 containment measures, uncertainty remains over the direction of the pandemic in the world's most populous nation.

2022-12-15 20:18

Late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's ashes are scattered at mouth of Yangtze River

Late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's ashes are scattered at mouth of Yangtze River

The ashes of late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin were scattered into the sea at the mouth of the Yangtze River on Sunday, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.

2022-12-11 21:32

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