China COVID-19

• China’s peak COVID-19 cases exceeded 7M daily, deaths more than 4K daily

  Nearly 60,000 people with COVID had died in hospital as of Jan. 12, roughly a month after China abruptly dismantled its strict zero-COVID policy, according to government data.

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  Jan 25
  
• WHO says China making ‘enormous progress’ on vaccinating against COVID-19

  The World Health Organization's immunization director praised China on Friday for making quick progress on vaccinating older people with COVID-19 shots.

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  Jan 20
  
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• COVID-19 in China: WHO requests more transparency on infections data

  China's Saturday announcement on nearly 60,000 deaths since early December "allows for a better understanding of the epidemiological situation," said a WHO statement.

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  Jan 15
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• Chinese worry for elderly as WHO warns of COVID-19 surge over Lunar New Year

  Concerns about China's outbreak has prompted more than a dozen countries to demand negative COVID test results from people arriving from China.

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  Jan 12
• China drops COVID-19 border rules as citizens rush to travel

  Sunday's reopening is one of the last steps in China's dismantling of its "zero-COVID" regime, which began last month after historic protests against curbs.

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  Jan 9
• Beijing hospital runs out of beds as COVID-19 spreads in China

  World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday he was concerned about the lack of outbreak data from the Chinese government.

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  Jan 5
• China vows ‘final victory’ over COVID-19 as outbreak raises global alarm

  World Health Organization officials met Chinese scientists on Tuesday amid concern over the accuracy of China's data on the spread and evolution of its outbreak.

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  Jan 4
• China’s Macao eases COVID-19 rules, but tourism and casinos yet to rebound

  The gaming hub on China’s south coast near Hong Kong has endured some of the world’s strictest anti-virus controls for nearly three years.

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  Jan 2
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• China to resume issuing passports, visas for travel abroad despite COVID-19 surge

  Also Monday, the government downgraded the official seriousness of COVID-19 and removed it from a list of illnesses that require quarantine.

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  Dec 28, 2022
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• More than 5K die daily in China due to COVID-19, U.K. health firm estimates

  Airfinity estimates the wave could have two peaks at 3.7 million a day in mid-January in regions where cases are currently rising and 4.2 million a day in March in other provinces.

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  Dec 22, 2022