WHO on China’s ‘excess covid mortality’

WHO on China's ‘excess covid mortality’

Beijing: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday it recommended that China monitor excess mortality from COVID-19 to gain a fuller picture of the impact of the surge in cases there. China said on Saturday that nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month, a … Read more

China Covid: Cases peak to last 2-3 months, rural areas expected to be hit

China Covid: Cases peak to last 2-3 months, rural areas expected to be hit

Beijing: The peak of China’s COVID-19 wave is expected to last two to three months, and will soon swell over the vast countryside where medical resources are relatively scarce, a top Chinese epidemiologist has said. Infections are expected to surge in rural areas as hundreds of millions travel to their hometowns for the Lunar New … Read more

China subjected covid protesters to intense surveillance measures & interrogations

China subjected covid protesters to intense surveillance measures & interrogations

Beijing: The Chinese protesters who demonstrated against the zero-Covid policy were subjected to intense surveillance measures and aggressive interrogations in police custody, reported Cate Cadell and Christian Shepherd in The Washington Post. Even though China revoked its Zero Covid Policy following the protests, China unleashed its police equipped with the latest technology to go after … Read more

Chinese book overseas flights as last zero Covid curb removed

Chinese book overseas flights as last zero Covid curb removed

Beijing: Chinese reacted with joy and rushed to book flights overseas Tuesday after Beijing said it would scrap mandatory Covid quarantine for overseas arrivals, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation. In a snap move late Monday, China said from January 8 inbound travellers would no longer be required to quarantine upon arrival, in a … Read more