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No new variants in weeks after China ended zero-Covid: study

Agence France Presse
Posted at Feb 08 08:38 AM

No new variants of Covid-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-Covid policy late last year, a new study said on Wednesday. Read more »

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 »

Xi 'concerned' over Covid cases in China's countryside

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 19 11:43 AM

Xi Jinping has said he is "concerned" about the virus situation in the Chinese countryside, state media reported, as millions of people head to rural hometowns ahead of upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations. Read more »

China scraps visa-free transit for S. Koreans, Japanese over COVID curbs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 05:25 PM

Beijing said Wednesday it would scrap visa-free transit for South Korean and Japanese citizens, stepping up a diplomatic tit-for-tat. Read more »

'Total mess': COVID wave hits China's rural east

Matthew Walsh, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 01:51 PM

A whirlwind of cases in China has crammed hospitals with elderly patients and sparked a free-for-all over limited supplies of medicine. Read more »

Poe calls for COVID testing from 'high risk' countries

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 09 06:06 PM

Inbound travelers from countries classified as "high risk" for coronavirus infection should be required to present negative COVID-19 test results. Read more »

90% of people in China province infected with Covid: official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 02:37 PM

Almost 90 percent of people in China's third most populous province have now been infected with Covid-19, a top official said Monday. Read more »

Workers clash with police at Covid test kit factory in China

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 09 11:11 AM

Scores of workers clashed with police at a Covid test kit factory in China, video spreading on social media showed Sunday, as the country navigates a path out of its hardline virus policy. Read more »

Japan requires negative COVID tests for China tourists

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 08 06:52 PM

Japan further tightened border controls for travelers from mainland China on Sunday, requiring proof of a negative COVID-19 test amid a surge of cases in the neighboring country. Read more »

Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg discourage travel to Covid-hit China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 03:45 AM

Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg on Saturday discouraged non-essential trips to China, the world's most populous nation, as it struggles with a surge in Covid cases after relaxing strict virus restrictions. Read more »

89 close contacts of COVID-positive Pinoys from China identified

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 03:38 PM

The Department of Health has identified 89 close contacts of 8 Filipino travelers from China who tested positive for COVID-19. Read more »

China insists COVID data 'transparent' after WHO criticism

Jing Xuan Ten, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 05:22 PM

China insisted it had been transparent with the international community about its COVID data, as it hit back against WHO criticism. Read more »

China: Hong Kong border to start reopening from Sunday

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 05 02:13 PM

China will begin normalizing travel between the mainland and Hong Kong from Sunday. Read more »

Who has imposed COVID rules on travelers from China?

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 01:27 PM

More than a dozen countries have slapped fresh travel regulations on travelers from China, as it faces a surge in COVID cases. Read more »

Why monitor wastewater of flights arriving from China for Covid?

Julien Dury, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 06:59 AM

Several countries have said they will monitor the wastewater from flights arriving in China in response to an explosion of Covid-19 cases across the nation. Read more »

Airlines slam 'ineffective' Covid tests for China travelers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 07:12 PM

The global airline association criticized on Wednesday decisions by governments to impose Covid tests and other measures on travelers from China as ineffective "knee-jerk" reactions. Read more »

COVID situation in China 'under control, normalizing', says PH envoy

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 12:40 PM

The COVID-19 situation in China is 'under control' as the situation in the country where the virus began 'seems to be normalizing,' Philippine Ambassador Jaime Florcruz said. Read more »

Experts skeptical that China travel curbs will be effective

Isabelle Tourne and Daniel Lawler, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 11:10 AM

International measures on travelers from China will likely have little effect on containing COVID, health experts said Tuesday. Read more »

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

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 10:34 AM

The United States said the requirement of COVID tests for travelers from China was based on science and due to Beijing's lack of transparency. Read more »

DOH disowns alleged China 'Upper Respiratory Infection' message

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 05:50 PM

The DOH had to issue a statement because aside from the scaremongering, it also used the agency's name. Read more »