U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday proposed a simplified approach for future vaccination efforts, allowing most adults and children to get a once-a-year More...
China reports nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 died since early December
China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December, offering hard numbers for an unprecedented surge that was apparent More...
COVID-19 data from China underrepresents surge of cases and deaths, WHO says
The World Health Organization is “concerned” about the surge in COVID-19 infections in China, director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, More...
Beijing condemns newly reimposed COVID-19 travel requirements for Chinese travellers
China’s foreign ministry labelled travel entry curbs imposed by countries including Canada as “simply unreasonable,” saying they “lacked More...
Lack of information on China’s COVID-19 surge stirs global concern
Six countries, including Italy and the U.S., have announced testing requirements for passengers from China, as the country continues to be accused of not being More...
U.S. to require negative COVID-19 test for travellers from China — but Canada not changing policy yet
The U.S. announced new COVID-19 testing requirements Wednesday for all travellers from China, joining other nations that have imposed restrictions because of a More...
China to scrap quarantine for inbound travellers as COVID-19 rules ease further
Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by COVID-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites on Tuesday ahead of borders reopening, even as rising More...
Some hospitals in China overwhelmed in national COVID-19 wave
As China grapples with its first national COVID-19 wave, emergency wards in small cities and towns southwest of Beijing are overwhelmed, while emergency rooms are More...
China battles 1st wave of COVID-19 surge as wider spread looms
Streets in major Chinese cities were eerily quiet on Sunday as people stayed home to protect themselves from a surge in COVID-19 cases that has hit urban centres More...
COVID-19 cases surge in Beijing after China eases virus rules
China is seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases as the government last week dramatically eased some of the world’s strictest containment measures. On Wednesday, More...