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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 »

Shanghai residents sent out of city during crackdown

Vivian Lin, with Laurie Chen in Beijing, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 03:51 PM

Hundreds of thousands of COVID-positive Shanghai residents have been taken to makeshift facilities as China does not allow them to quarantine at home. Read more »

Beijing COVID spike prompts mass testing, panic buying

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 25 11:15 AM

Fears of a hard COVID lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing as long queues formed on Monday in a large central district for mass testing. Read more »

Shanghai official COVID death toll hits 25

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 21 03:45 PM

Shanghai logged 8 official COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, reporting a mounting death toll even as daily cases appear to be tapering off. Read more »

Shanghai cautiously eases lockdown as deaths rise

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 20 02:29 PM

China reported 7 COVID-19 deaths in Shanghai on Wednesday, raising the toll in the city to 17 fatalities. Read more »

Shanghai defends separating COVID-hit kids from parents

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 04 05:40 PM

Shanghai health officials defended a policy of separating babies and young children from their parents if they test positive for COVID-19. Read more »

Half of Shanghai in lockdown to curb COVID outbreak

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 28 12:06 PM

Millions of people in China's financial hub were confined to their homes on Monday as the eastern half of Shanghai went into COVID-19 lockdown. Read more »

Oil prices plunge on China lockdowns; stocks diverge

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 05:34 AM

Brent oil futures finished under $100 a barrel for the first time in nearly 3 weeks, but that is not entirely good news, one analyst says. Read more »

China's biggest COVID-19 surge in 2 years brings new measures, anxiety

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 06:21 PM

China reported its highest daily total of coronavirus cases in 2 years on Friday as authorities stepped up targeted lockdowns and testing. Read more »

Virus-hit HK invokes emergency powers to allow in China medics

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 10:02 AM

Hong Kong's government invoked emergency powers on Thursday to allow doctors and nurses from the Chinese mainland to practice in the financial hub. Read more »

Hong Kong parents decry child separations during virus surge

Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 12:37 PM

Hong Kong parents are being separated from children and babies who test positive for the coronavirus, compounding public anger over the financial hub's lack of readiness for a major outbreak now sweeping the city. Read more »

China seeks to develop next-gen vaccines amid trial complications

Josephine Ma, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 22 07:28 PM

A lack of international cooperation to compare vaccines will make it more difficult for China to come up with convincing data for future vaccines using new technologies or targeting new variants of COVID-19, although China is not alone, experts said. Read more »

China pledges more COVID-19 vaccine donations to Philippines

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 06:07 PM

China will donate more coronavirus vaccines to the Philippines, as it faces the threat of the highly infectious COVID-19 Delta variant, an envoy of Beijing said on Thursday, while the 2 countries remain locked in a maritime dispute.  Read more »

China gives 1-billionth COVID shot, eyes ambitious vaccination target

Agence France-Presse bureaus
Posted at Jun 23 03:57 AM

Authorities have set an ambitious target of fully vaccinating 40 percent of China's nearly 1.4 billion people by the end of this month.    Read more »

China sees domestic tourism boom, as COVID-19 fears ease

Holly Chik, South China Morning Post
Posted at May 06 06:50 AM

One travel industry analyst said there would be an "explosive" increase in demand, possibly exceeding pre-pandemic levels. Read more »

China offers South Asian countries help with accessing COVID-19 shots

Reuters
Posted at Apr 28 05:36 AM

China expresses its "deep sympathy for the raging epidemic in India and extends its sincere condolences to the Indian people," a minister said. Read more »

WHO expects decision on 2 Chinese COVID-19 vaccines in next 2 weeks

Reuters
Posted at Apr 27 04:18 AM

The WHO could decide on a vaccine made by Sinopharm by the end of this week, and one made by Sinovac Biotech by the end of next week. Read more »

China, 4 other countries included in travel ban vs new COVID-19 variant

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 12 02:32 PM

Foreign travelers from China and 4 other territories will be banned from entering the Philippines to halt the spread of a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant, Malacañang said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Why was China excluded from travel ban?

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 01:59 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has not yet included China in travel restrictions because international authorities have yet to confirm the reported case of the new, more contagious COVID-19 variant in the Asian giant.  Read more »

'Acceptable' for Chinese COVID-19 vaccine to have 50-percent efficacy- DOST

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 24 01:21 PM

The reported 50-percent efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac is "acceptable", the Department of Science and Technology said on Thursday.  Read more »