China Covid Surge

China says Covid rules on national travellers abroad 'unacceptable', warns countries of 'countermeasures'

The United States, India, Canada, France and Japan are among a number of countries that now require travellers from China to show a negative Covid test before arrival, as the Asian nation battles massive surge in coronavirus cases

Explained: Why China's COVID-19 surge is causing panic across the globe

China's National Health Commission has ceased publishing daily nationwide infection and death statistics. This has raised concerns because the scale of the outbreak has become ‘impossible’ to track

No respite for China? Scientists say Omircon BF.7 affected Beijing may soon be struck by XBB Covid strain

BQ.1.1 and XBB are the two Covid-19 variants that have been circulating in the US and Europe over the past two months. They have shown greater ability to evade immunity from a previous infection or vaccine

China Covid surge puts world on alert: Canada, Australia, Morocco impose restrictions on Chinese travellers

Countries imposing regulations on travellers from China have cited a lack of information from the Xi Jinping government on variants and said that they are concerned about a wave of infections

Adopting tighter rules for Chinese travellers 'under review', says UK as Covid cases surge in Beijing

A number of countries, including India, have introduced mandatory RT-PCR testing for arrivals for certain countries in the region in response to China's coronavirus surge

Explained: How severe is China's COVID-19 outbreak?

In the absence of credible information from the Chinese government, determining the size and severity of the COVID-19 surge is a big scientific guessing game. Scientists from all over the world are looking for clues about the outbreak

In spirit of openness: China claims to be 'transparent' about publishing information on Covid-19 deaths

China counts Covid-19 deaths only as cases of people who died of respiratory failure induced by the virus after testing positive with a nucleic acid test, rather than other countries that include all deaths within 28 days of positive tests

‘Real intention is to sabotage’: China calls Covid curbs for Chinese travellers ‘discriminatory’

Countries including India, United States, South Korea, Italy, Japan and Taiwan have imposed mandatory COVID tests for travellers from China after the country reported spike in cases

COVID-19: Next 40 days 'crucial' as India may see surge in new cases in January

"Previously, it has been noticed that a new wave of COVID-19 hits India around 30-35 days after it hits East Asia.... This has been a trend," an official said

Is China good at controlling but not ruling? What the COVID-19 crisis says

If good governance is about transparency, responsibility, accountability and responsiveness to the needs of the people, the Chinese government has barely practised it, either in its harsh “zero-COVID” policy, or in its haphazard reopening