China Covid

Youths in China rush to become flight attendants as travel rebounds after three years

During Covid-19 pandemic, there was a decline of 11 per cent in the total number of flight attendants in China

Is it time to start believing in the COVID-19 ‘lab leak’ theory?

We heard about it early on in the pandemic and it’s back in the news. Now the US energy department and the FBI have endorsed the theory that COVID-19 originated in a lab in China’s Wuhan. Is this the truth? What do scientists say?

China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory

The report hasn’t been made public and officials in Washington stressed that U.S. agencies are not in agreement on the origin of the virus

Japan to ease Covid restrictions for Chinese travellers from Wednesday 

Airlines will also be allowed to operate direct flights from China to more Japanese airports, Matsuno said. For now, direct flights from China can only land at the Narita, Haneda, Kansai and Chubu airports

China's top leaders hail 'miracle' of zero-Covid reversal

A meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee -- the apex of Communist Party power -- affirmed Thursday that China 'created a miracle in the history of human civilisation in which a country with a large population successfully emerged from a widely circulating epidemic'

'Hello, Hong Kong': Chinese city offers half a million free flights to welcome world after Covid isolation

Promising 'no isolation, no quarantine and no restrictions' during a speech to business and tourism heavyweights, Chief Executive John Lee announced 500,000 free air tickets for visitors to experience the city's 'hustle and bustle'

First Kraken, now Orthrus: What’s this highly transmissible COVID variant that US, China are tracking?

Monsters from Greek mythology are taking a new form – of COVID-19 variants. Now experts warn of Orthrus. Officially called CH.1.1, this Omicron spawn could leave the fast-spreading Kraken behind

Big Covid rebound over next two or three months, says China

Around December 22, the number of daily infections hit a peak of more than 7 million per day, while the daily deaths crossed 4,000-mark on 4 January

Why are few people in Hong Kong receiving COVID shots?

Hong Kong will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 starting 30 January as part of its strategy to return the semi-autonomous Chinese city to normalcy

Year of COVID-19? Will the Lunar New Year trigger another spike in China?

It is expected that the Lunar New Year holiday travel rush – known as Chunyun – can drive a new wave of infections in China, especially in its vulnerable countryside. Last week, Xi Jinping also acknowledged concerns about a COVID-19 spike in rural China