Although infection numbers on the mainland are relatively low, the authorities are enforcing a "zero tolerance" strategy to find and quarantine every ...
On the mainland, 831 new cases were reported on Sunday in Changchun, 571 in the nearby provincial capital city of Jilin and 150 in the eastern port city of Qingdao. China, where the first coronavirus cases were detected in late 2019 in the central city of Wuhan, has reported a total of 4,636 deaths on the mainland out of 115,466 confirmed cases since the pandemic started. A city of 17.5 million people in China has gone into lockdown after a spike in coronavirus cases in neighbouring Hong Kong.
A nationwide surge in cases across China has seen authorities lock down millions of people after cases of Covid-19 tripled in the worst outbreak the country ...
Bus services in the city of 24 million people were suspended and a negative Covid-19 test was required from anyone who wanted to enter.
It was not clear how many of its 7.3 million people were affected. The number of new coronavirus cases in an outbreak in China’s north-east tripled on Sunday and authorities tightened control on access to Shanghai in the east. The number of new coronavirus cases in an outbreak in China’s north-east tripled on Sunday and authorities tightened control on access to Shanghai in the east.
Hong Kong health authorities reported 32430 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, as the city's leader said her government was trying build capacity to deal with ...
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Mainland China reported 1807 new local symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the highest daily figure in two years and more than triple the caseload of the ...
If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. If you opt out we will not be able to offer you personalised ads and will not hand over your personal information to any third parties. If you have enabled privacy controls on your browser (such as a plugin), we have to take that as a valid request to opt-out. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. CCPA Right to Opt-Out of the Sale of Your Personal Information If you are a California consumer, you have the right, at any time, to direct a business that sells your personal information to third parties to not sell your personal information. You may exercise your right to opt out of the sale of personal information by using this toggle switch. Additionally, you may contact our legal department for further clarification about your rights as a California consumer by using this Exercise My Rights link. You may exercise your right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information through Reuters.com by clicking here. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Please note that opting-out may not mean you will stop seeing advertisements. China Daily via REUTERS Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBEIJING, March 13 (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 1,807 new local symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the highest daily figure in two years and more than triple the caseload of the previous day, as surging infections in a northeastern province squeeze health resources.
Data from the National Health Commission showed on Sunday that the number of domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms reported for Saturday spiked ...
As of 12 March, mainland China had reported 115,466 cases with confirmed symptoms, including both local ones and those arriving from outside the mainland. Overall, the country reported 3,200 domestic Covid cases across its 19 provinces on Sunday, the worst since 2020. Data from the National Health Commission showed on Sunday that the number of domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms reported for Saturday spiked to 1,807, more than triple the number of infections of 476 the previous day.
The country's early response to the pandemic was held up as an example of how to battle the virus - but with Omicron's arrival, it is now leaning on ...
At the very least, we need global cooperation to monitor for the emergence of new variants and counter misinformation and disinformation that persuades people and governments to reject vital public health measures. We switched to trying to minimise the spread of Covid-19 using vaccine and mask mandates and vaccine passes. Again, we were successful, and by early December, thanks to our high vaccination rates, we were looking forward to a summer of festivities and festivals, at least for the vaccinated. It worries me how much the world is ignoring potential long-term impacts of even mild infection on organs including the brain, heart and testicles. New Zealand’s colonial past and systemic racism that continues to this day means the burden is disproportionately felt by Māori and Pacific Islander communities. We’ve joined the rest of the world While some remain cautious and in self-imposed forms of lockdown, others are living as though Covid-19 isn’t in the community – through choice or necessity. Our ability to investigate and genome sequence every case showed how the virus transmitted on international and domestic flights – and even through the act of briefly opening hotel room doors that were more than two metres apart. We saved thousands of lives and bought time for safe and effective vaccines to be developed and rolled out. I’ve been surprised how quickly people have adapted to the increase. It enabled us to embrace a “go hard and early” elimination strategy, stamping out any cases that leaked through the border. The absence of tourists, backpackers and foreign students has been difficult for many industries.
China placed the 17.5 million residents of the southern city of Shenzhen into a lockdown that's due to last until March 20.
– The southern Chinese tech hub Shenzhen was put under a citywide lockdown on March 13, 2022, the local government announced, after it reported 66 new ...
“The closures are too sudden, my friend woke up in the morning to find her building was sealed overnight without warning. Some schools, businesses, restaurants and malls have also been closed over close-contact fears. The mayor of Jilin and the head of the Changchun health commission were dismissed from their jobs Saturday, state media reported, in a sign of the pressure placed on local authorities to contain virus clusters. Jilin — the city at the centre of the outbreak in the northeast — was partially locked down Saturday, while residents of Yanji, an urban area of nearly 700,000 bordering North Korea, were also confined to their homes Sunday. But the latest flare-up, driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant and a spike in asymptomatic cases, is testing the efficacy of that approach. The surge in infections across China has also prompted authorities to close schools in Shanghai and lock down multiple northeastern cities, as 18 provinces battle clusters of the Omicron and Delta variants.