Covid China

• Canada is lifting COVID-19 testing rules for travellers from China

  The move comes nearly three weeks before the measures were set to expire and quickly follows the lifting of similar requirements by the United States.

  Health

  Mar 16
  
• China reopens to tourists, resumes all visas following COVID-19 lockdowns

  China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas Wednesday as it tries to revive tourism and its economy following a three-year halt during the pandemic.

  World

  Mar 14
  
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• U.S. to relax COVID-19 testing rules on travelers from China this week: sources

  Officials said the Biden administration made the decision as cases, hospitalizations and deaths are declining in China and the U.S. has gathered better information about the surge.

  Health

  Mar 7
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• China dismisses FBI comments on COVID-19 lab leak theory

  For the second day in a row, China on Wednesday dismissed U.S. suggestions that the COVID-19 pandemic may have been triggered by a virus that leaked from a Chinese laboratory.

  World

  Mar 1
• China says it’s been ‘open and transparent’ about COVID-19 origins

  China on Tuesday said it has been “open and transparent” in the search for the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and dismissed U.S. criticism as politicizing the issue.

  World

  Feb 28
• China to fully resume travel with Hong Kong, Macau, scrapping COVID-19 protocols

  Hong Kong dropped most of its remaining COVID rules in December, but mask-wearing remains mandatory unless exercising, and students must take daily rapid antigen tests.

  World

  Feb 2
• Canada extends COVID-19 measures for travellers from China to early April

  Since Jan. 5, air travellers from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong or Macau have been required to present a negative COVID-19 test before entering Canada.

  Health

  Feb 2
• 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.

  World

  Jan 12
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• China halts visas for South Koreans, Japanese in retaliation for COVID-19 curbs

  It wasn't clear whether China would expand the visa suspensions to other countries that have imposed virus testing on passengers from China following its COVID-19 surge.

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  Jan 10
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• 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.

  World

  Jan 9