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China: Tourism city Xiamen partially seals off two districts, one hospital after COVID-19 cases

Sep 14, 2021, at 10:44 pm

Beijing: China's  tourism city Xiamen has partially sealed off two districts and one local hospital early Monday as two positive COVID-19 patients were detected, media reports said.

Chinese mainland reports 59 new locally transmitted Coronavirus cases

Sep 14, 2021, at 09:05 pm

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 59 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, all in Fujian Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.

North Korea rejects Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Sep 04, 2021, at 06:03 pm

UNICEF said on Thursday that North Korea has rejected around three million doses of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine.

RT-PCR tests mandatory for India arrivals amid concern over C.1.2 Covid variant

Sep 03, 2021, at 04:31 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Passengers arriving to India from seven more countries, including China and South Africa will need a negative RT-PCR test result within 72 hours amid the concern over the C.1.2 COVID variant, the Union Ministry of Health has said in its latest guideline.

Chinese mainland now reports 83 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

Aug 11, 2021, at 02:46 pm

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua:: The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 83 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 54 in Jiangsu Province, 14 in Hubei, seven in Henan, five in Hunan, two in Yunnan and one in Beijing, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.

China: Heavy floods kill 302 in Henan province, 50 others missing

Aug 02, 2021, at 11:48 pm

Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The floods caused by torrential rainfalls in central China’s Henan province have killed 302 people with 50 others still missing, the provincial government said on Monday.

Outpatient care in China’s Nanjing suspended amid new COVID-19 outbreak, say city authorities

Aug 02, 2021, at 11:14 pm

Beijing/UNI/Sputnik: Hospitals in the Chinese city of Nanjing in the eastern Jiangsu province are suspending outpatient appointments amid the new coronavirus outbreak, the city government said.

China may be failing in its fight against myopia amid COVID-19 pandemic

Jul 21, 2021, at 05:08 pm

Beijing: China has been battling hard against the trouble of myopia and with children getting more involved in studying online amid COVID-19, the problem may be accelerating.

China: Man dies from rare Monkey B virus (BV)

Jul 21, 2021, at 03:32 am

Beijing: The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) recently reported that a man died from the rare Monkey B virus (BV), media reports said.

China starts vaccinating children, teenagers against COVID-19

Jul 20, 2021, at 12:59 am

Beijing/UNI/SPUTNIK: Several Chinese regions on Monday began vaccinating minors aged between 12-17 against the coronavirus after health authorities approved two inactivated vaccines for emergency use on those over three years old.

WHO supremo Tedros urges China to to be more cooperative in finding the origin of COVID-19

Jul 17, 2021, at 01:59 am

Geneva: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has asked China to be more cooperative with the WHO's second phase of the investigation into the origins of Covid-19.

Study reveals Chinese cities among 25 big producers of greenhouse gases

Jul 15, 2021, at 11:09 pm

An analysis of emission trends has shown Chinese cities are among the big emitters responsible for more than half the carbon produced by 167 urban centres worldwide, media reports said on Thursday.

Sidestepping China, Taiwan tech companies buy 10m Covid vaccine doses

Jul 14, 2021, at 03:20 am

Taipei:  Major Taiwanese tech companies have drafted a deal to buy 10m vaccine doses for Taiwan, completely sidestepping China, media reports said.

Nepal-China rail link may go through protected Himalayan park

Jun 28, 2021, at 10:19 pm

Beijing: A senior engineer has claimed that the railway, which will link China and Nepal, will run through the main protected area of the Himalayan mountains, media reports said.

Medical supplies from China disrupted by damaged roads in northern Nepal

Jun 28, 2021, at 02:24 am

The supply of crucial medical equipment to hospitals across northern Nepal has been disrupted as heavy rain, witnessed in the last three weeks, swept away many crucial roads and bridges. The Tatopani crossing point on the Nepal-China border also remained closed due to damaged roads.

First case of COVID-19 emerged between early October and mid-November 2019 in China: Study

Jun 25, 2021, at 03:02 pm

London: Research led by Dr David Roberts at the University’s School of Anthropology and Conservation has found that the first case of Covid-19 likely arose between early October and mid-November 2019 in China, with the most likely date of origin being 17 November 2019.

China continues dog meat festival despite COVID-19 scare, 5000 dogs are expected to be butchered during the next 10 days

Jun 22, 2021, at 04:38 am

Beijing: COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks seems to have made no impact on Chinese people as a region in the country is currently celebrating dog meat festival.

Study shows infertility rate rising in China

Jun 19, 2021, at 04:22 am

Beijing: A recent study has unveiled that China is witnessing a rise in infertility in recent years.

Bangladesh: CREA analysis reveals major flaws in environmental paperwork of China-backed Banskhali coal power project

Jun 17, 2021, at 05:50 am

Helsinki: A Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air has claimed that a  Chinese-backed coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh is failing to ensure proper environmental inspections.

Chinese mainland reports 8 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

Jun 09, 2021, at 02:46 pm

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported eight new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, all in Guangdong Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.

China: Seven locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases reported from Guangdong

Jun 06, 2021, at 11:00 pm

Beijing: Guangdong Province in China on Saturday registered seven locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and three locally transmitted asymptomatic cases, media reports said on Sunday.

Restoration call for area ‘the size of China’ to protect falling biodiversity and food insecurity

Jun 04, 2021, at 09:55 pm

New York: An area of land roughly the size of China needs restoring if the planet’s biodiversity and the communities who rely on it are to be protected, UN agencies said on Thursday.

Nepal to administer Sinopharm vaccine to people aged 60- 64 years

Jun 03, 2021, at 03:33 am

Around 800,000 Sinopharm vaccines that Nepal has received on Tuesday from China will be used to inoculate people aged between 60-64 years, Nepali officials have decided. China has promised to donate a million doses of Sinopharm vaccines to Nepal.

Chinese deal to build fishing harbour in Sierra Leone triggers protests

Jun 02, 2021, at 12:50 am

Conservationists, human rights and animal welfare groups, and local landowners have started protesting against Sierra Leone government's plan of selling 250 acres of pristine beach and rainforest to China in a $55 million deal that would see an industrial fishing harbor built on the site, media reports said.

China: Guangzhou tightens measures as cases rise

Jun 01, 2021, at 09:50 pm

Beijing: Five subdistricts in Liwan district, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, were put under strict management on Saturday as the city reported one more confirmed local COVID-19 patient and five local asymptomatic carriers on May 28, officials said on Tuesday.

Controversy over price of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine in Sri Lanka

May 31, 2021, at 11:05 pm

A controversy erupted in Sri Lanka over the alleged differential pricing of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines that the Sri Lankan government has been procuring from China, with authorities facing the allegation of signing the deal at a relatively higher price.

Chinese mainland reports 20 new COVID cases

May 31, 2021, at 06:22 pm

Beijing/UNI: The Chinese mainland reported 20 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Guangdong Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.

Study claims COVID-19 was created in Chinese labs

May 31, 2021, at 04:06 am

Beijing: A study has revealed that Chinese scientists created COVID-19 in a Wuhan lab and then even attempted to cover their tracks by reverse-engineering versions of the virus to make it look like it evolved naturally from bats.

WHO COVID-19 investigators points out at overlooked Chinese data for further study: Reports

May 27, 2021, at 05:34 pm

Geneva:  Previously overlooked Chinese data on extensive screening of animals for coronavirus around the time the pandemic erupted is among several areas that have now been identified for further study by World Health Organization (WHO) scientists who are probing the origins of deadly virus which has ravaged nearly all corners of the globe, media reports said.

Experts warn China likely to make the world suffer another pandemic deadlier than COVID19

May 26, 2021, at 11:54 pm

Experts have warned that China may lead the world to face another pandemic in the future which might be worse than even COVID-19.