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Qatar requires negative PCR test for travelers from China as COVID-19 cases surge
Qatar will now require travelers flying in from China to present a negative COVID-19 PCR test upon arrival starting from Tuesday, the official Qatar ... Coronavirus -
China’s Xi warns of tough COVID-19 fight, acknowledges divisions in society
President Xi Jinping said tough challenges remain in China’s fight against COVID-19 and acknowledged divisions in society that led to rare spontaneous ... Coronavirus -
China’s state media seek to underscore control over COVID-19
Thousands of Chinese took to the streets to mark the New Year as authorities and state media sought to reassure the public that the COVID-19 outbreak ... Coronavirus -
Australia to demand negative COVID-19 test for China arrivals
Australia on Sunday became the latest country to demand travelers from China provide a negative COVID-19 test before arrival, citing a “lack of ... World News -
Taiwan’s President Tsai offers China assistance over virus surge
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen extended an olive branch to Beijing on Sunday, pledging to offer assistance if needed as COVID-19 cases surge in China ... World News -
Xi calls for unity as China enters ‘new phase’ of COVID-19 policy
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Saturday for more effort and unity as the country enters a “new phase” in its approach to combating the ... Coronavirus -
New Year Eve spurs hope in China even as censors target online COVID-19 content
New Year’s Eve in China prompted an outpouring of reflection online, some of it critical, about the strict zero-COVID policy the country adhered to ... Coronavirus -
China’s manufacturing activity drops despite lifted COVID-19 rules
China’s manufacturing activity contracted sharply in December for the third month in a row, according to official figures released Saturday, despite ... Coronavirus -
Indonesia lifts all coronavirus-related restrictions
Almost three years after officials announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Indonesia, the country’s leader said Friday they are lifting all ... Coronavirus -
France to reduce COVID-19 sequencing capacity despite EU calls to continue
France is set to reduce from next week its capacity to carry out sequencing of COVID-19 infections, just as the epidemic is soaring in China and the ... Coronavirus -
Spain to check airport arrivals from China for COVID-19
Passengers arriving at Spanish airports from China will be screened for COVID-19, Madrid’s health minister said on Friday, following an explosion of ... Coronavirus -
WHO says it needs more information on China’s latest COVID-19 surge
The World Health Organization needs more information to assess the latest surge in infections in China, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ... Coronavirus -
China insists official data on COVID-19 is transparent despite influx of infections
China has insisted the data it publishes on COVID-19 deaths has always been transparent, state media reported, despite the official figures being tiny ... Coronavirus -
US considers airline wastewater testing as COVID-19 surges in China
As COVID-19 infections surge in China, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering sampling wastewater taken from international ... Coronavirus -
South Korea joins places restricting Chinese travelers, citing COVID-19
Places around the world are imposing or considering curbs on travelers from China amid a COVID-19 surge there after authorities relaxed “zero-COVID” ... Coronavirus -
EU seeks joint stance on measures toward China’s decision to lift COVID restrictions
Top health officials from the European Union were holding talks on Thursday to try to coordinate very different views on how to respond to China’s ... Coronavirus -
No need for French border controls over China’s COVID-19 surge: Health official
There is no need for France to impose border controls in reaction to a surge of COVID-19 infections in China, the head of France’s health risks ... Coronavirus -
Philippines will not ban travelers from China despite COVID-19 surge
The Philippines’ Department of Health doesn’t see a need yet to close borders or impose tighter Covid restrictions on inbound Chinese travelers, the ... Coronavirus -
China’s vast countryside in rush to strengthen COVID-19 defenses
China’s sprawling and thinly-resourced countryside was racing to beef up medical facilities amid a surging COVID-19 wave as hundreds of millions of ... Coronavirus -
Russians flock to Thailand as tourism rebounds from collapse post pandemic
Thailand is receiving an influx of Russian visitors, with data showing monthly arrivals doubling in November and up nearly seven times than September, ... World News -
Demand for travel jumps as China loosens COVID-19 restrictions
A surge in holiday bookings shows China’s vast population is ready and hungry for travel as the country dismantles border controls and emerges from ... Coronavirus -
US weighs new COVID-19 rules for travelers from China: Officials
The US government may impose new COVID-19 measures on travelers to the United States from China over concerns about the “lack of transparent data” ... World News -
Oil rises as China loosens travel rules, US battles winter freeze
Oil climbed as China took more steps to unwind its COVID-zero policy and freezing weather across the US prompted refinery closures in the vital Texas ... World News -
China to boost financial support to COVID-hit catering, tourism sectors
China will step up financial support to small and private businesses in the catering and tourism sectors that were hit hard by the COVID-19 epidemic, ... Coronavirus -
Japan to require negative COVID-19 test upon arrival for China travelers
Japan will require a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival for travelers from mainland China due to the rapid spread of the virus in the country, Prime ... Coronavirus -
China’s Xi urges steps to ‘protect’ lives as China lifts COVID-19 curbs
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged officials to take steps to protect lives on Monday in his first public remarks on COVID-19 since Beijing ... World News -
‘The ICU is full:’ medical staff on frontline of China’s COVID-19 fight say
In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing-based doctor Howard Bernstein said, he has never seen anything like this.Patients are ... World News -
Beijing, Shanghai return to work as life resumes in COVID-hit China
Mask-wearing Beijing and Shanghai commuters crowded subway trains on Monday, with China’s two biggest cities moving closer to living with COVID-19, as ... World News -
China’s Zhejiang battling 1 mln daily COVID-19 cases, number expected to double
China’s Zhejiang, a big industrial province near Shanghai, is battling around a million new daily COVID-19 infections, a number expected to double in ... World News -
India introduces random COVID tests for intl. arrivals, mandatory PCR result for some
India has reintroduced random COVID-19 testing for all international inbound passengers with mandatory PCR test results required for travelers from ... Coronavirus