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

Funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up in Covid-hit Beijing

Funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up in Covid-hit Beijing

Beijing/Shanghai: Funeral homes across China’s Covid-hit capital Beijing, a city of 22 million, scrambled on Saturday to keep up with calls for funeral and cremation services as workers and drivers testing positive for the novel coronavirus called in sick. After declaring that the Omicron strain has weakened, and unprecedented public protests against a zero-Covid policy … Read more