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Chinese turn to traditional remedies to fight Covid

Ludovic Ehret, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 20 01:35 PM

As Covid-19 rips through China's vast population, making millions sick and fueling a shortage of drugs, many are turning to old-school traditional medicines to battle the aches and pains of the virus. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 28, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 29 12:45 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

WHO says China’s zero-COVID strategy unsustainable

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 03:20 AM

The Shanghai lockdown has caused outrage and rare protest in the last major economy still glued to a zero-COVID policy. Read more »

Beijing closes dozens of subway stations as Covid controls tighten

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 02:37 PM

Beijing closed dozens of subway stations on Wednesday, as Covid restrictions slowly constrict movement across the Chinese capital. Read more »

Shanghai reports first deaths in newest lockdown

EPA-EFE
Posted at Apr 19 10:30 AM

Shanghai City reported its first 3 deaths in this latest lockdown, with 22,248 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. Read more »

Worker victories over gig economy giants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 09 11:34 AM

A growing number of countries are taking on gig economy giants like Uber, Bolt and Deliveroo by giving their workers -- who are routinely treated as freelancers -- full employment rights. Read more »

G7 seeks common front on China in first talks since pandemic

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 05 03:00 AM

The G7 devoted its first session to China, whose growing military and economic clout and willingness to exert its influence at home and abroad have increasingly unnerved Western democracies. Read more »

China success vs COVID-19 shows catching up with West in innovation- Nobel laureate

Karen Yeung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 19 01:15 PM

China’s success in combating the coronavirus is a sign that it has already caught up with the United States and other Western nations in some areas of innovation, including public health policy, according to Paul Romer, co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Prize in economics.   Read more »

NBI iimbestigahan ang umano'y pagbakuna sa libo-libong POGO workers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 06:04 PM

Iimbestigahan ng NBI ang umano'y nangyaring pagbakuna laban sa COVID-19 ng nasa 100,000 Chinese workers. Read more »

Coronavirus: Chinese student found to have new variant on return from Britain

Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 04 02:23 PM

An 18-year-old tested negative for COVID-19 on arrival in China but mutation was discovered in follow-up test while he was in quarantine. The Guangzhou native is being monitored in hospital but has only mild symptoms, health authority says. Read more »

Coronavirus emerged in many places, Chinese foreign minister says

Ji Siqi, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 03 12:11 PM

China was first to identify the pathogen, but research suggests it was prevalent elsewhere, Wang Yi tells state media. Beijing is ‘resolutely against the politicization of the pandemic and labelling the virus’, he says. Read more »

Pag-angkat, paggamit ng Sinopharm vaccine sa mga sundalo palaisipan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 30 12:23 AM

Dapat malaman ng publiko kung paano nabakunahan ang ilang sundalo at opisyal, sabi ng isang eksperto sa mga bakuna.  Read more »

WHO waits for China to approve pandemic origins investigators

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 08 12:26 PM

WHO health emergencies program executive director Mike Ryan told a special meeting of the organization’s executive board on Monday that the WHO had selected expert candidates from around the world for the mission and it was now up to Beijing to say who would be on the international team and when they would enter China. Read more »

Philippines tightens guard vs China pork smugglers as potential pandemic looms

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 02 02:51 PM

The Philippines is on guard against smuggling of pork products especially from China as the government monitors a new type of swine flu which researchers fear could trigger another pandemic while the COVID-19 outbreak persists. Read more »

Australia accuses China of fuelling 'infodemic' over coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 17 05:17 AM

 Australia's foreign minister accused China Tuesday of contributing to a climate of "fear and division" over the coronavirus in a speech also attacking Russia and Turkey for spreading disinformation about the disease. Read more »

China keen to seek benefits from pandemic, distressed US assets: report

Andrea Shalal, Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 04:29 AM

US lawmakers and policymakers should be wary of China's moves to target vulnerable American assets and expand its market share in the wake of the global economic crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus, according to a study prepared for a US trade group and released on Tuesday. Read more »