China's COVID-19 outbreak: Shanghai plans to launch new round of nucleic acid testing
Mar 29, 2022, at 03:27 am
Shanghai: Shanghai city in China, which is witnessing a massive rise in COVID-19 cases, will launch a new round of nucleic acid testing across the city starting from 5 am on Monday, local authorities told Xinhua on Sunday.
China reports 1,947 fresh COVID-19 cases
Mar 21, 2022, at 07:13 pm
Beijing: Chinese mainland on Sunday registered 1,947 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases,media reports said on Monday.
Chinese mainland registers 2,157 new local COVID-19 cases
Mar 19, 2022, at 02:28 pm
Beijing: China is once again battling COVID-19 and on Friday it registered 2,157 locally transmitted cases, media reports said.
China registers 2,388 new local COVID-19 cases
Mar 18, 2022, at 03:13 pm
Beijing: China registered 2,388 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, continuing the trend of spike in daily count, media reports said on Friday.
China battling fresh COVID-19 outbreak suspected to be driven by Omicron BA.2 variant
Mar 15, 2022, at 10:51 pm
Beijing: China is witnessing a massive surge in COVID-19 cases with tens of millions of people are living under lockdown at present to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus, media reports said.
China imposes lockdown in Shenzhen as COVID-19 cases spike
Mar 15, 2022, at 07:23 pm
Shenzhen, China: China is facing yet another wave of COVID-19 pandemic outbreaking, forcing authorities to put 17.5 million residents of Shenzhen into lockdown for at least a week, media reports said on Monday.
Chinese mainland reports 1,807 Covid-19 cases
Mar 13, 2022, at 03:16 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 1,807 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Sunday.
China reports 476 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Mar 12, 2022, at 03:21 pm
Beijing: China on Friday reported 476 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, media reports said.
COVID-19: Chinese mainland reports 104 locally transmitted cases
Jan 15, 2022, at 11:26 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 104 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Saturday.
China: Millions of people now forced to remain in lockdown amid spike in COVID-19 cases
Jan 13, 2022, at 03:54 am
Beijing: Millions more people in China have been ordered into lockdown and Hong Kong has banned transit passengers from 150 places as China still continues to battle the deadly COVID-19 virus outbreak, just weeks ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
COVID-19: Chinese authorities impose strict lockdown on Yuzhou
Jan 05, 2022, at 09:49 pm
Beijing: Chinese government authorities have put Yuzhou into complete lockdown after just three asymptomatic Covid cases were discovered, media reports said.
Chinese mainland registers 101 fresh COVID-19 cases
Jan 03, 2022, at 06:02 pm
Beijing: The Chinese mainland reported 101 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.
US registers record child COVID-19 hospitalizations
Dec 31, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Washington/UNI/Xinhua: The number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States has hit record high due to the Omicron-fueled surge.
COVID-19 situation remains critical in China's Xi'an despite lockdown
Dec 30, 2021, at 04:58 am
Xi'an, China: Health situation in China's Xi'an city remains critical as daily COVID-19 case count remains high even after six-day lockdown imposed recently.
China: Mainland reports 182 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Dec 28, 2021, at 09:48 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 182 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.
China will have great difficulty with Omicron and zero covid policy: South African scientist
Dec 28, 2021, at 01:09 am
Cape Town, South Africa: South African scientist, who had informed the world about Omicron, said China's 'Zero Covid' policy won't work against the super-transmissible mutant variant.
China: 13 million residents put under lockdown as Xi'an city registers 52 new Covid-19 cases
Dec 25, 2021, at 10:09 pm
Xi'an: Authorities in the Chinese city of Xi'an put an estimated 13 million residents under lockdown as 52 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the region.
China: Mainland reports 87 locally transmitted COVID cases
Dec 25, 2021, at 03:53 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 87 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Saturday.
Chinese mainland records 57 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Dec 22, 2021, at 03:16 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 57 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.
Chinese mainland reports 38 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases
Dec 06, 2021, at 06:11 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 38 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.
China: Harbin adds more risk areas as Covid-19 cases spike
Dec 06, 2021, at 02:27 am
Harbin/UNI/Xinhua: Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, has designated five more neighborhoods as medium-risk areas for Covid-19 starting Sunday noon.
China: Shijiazhuang reports 4 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Dec 04, 2021, at 09:27 pm
Beijing: The Luquan District in China's Shijiazhuang region recorded four new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Friday, media reports said.
Chinese mainland reports 80 locally transmitted Coronavirus cases
Dec 03, 2021, at 03:24 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 80 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.
Evidence points to animal market, not lab, as epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic: Study
Nov 19, 2021, at 11:03 pm
New York: The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, has emerged as the most likely source of the COVID-19 outbreak, making a possible alternative explanation that the virus leaked from a research lab increasingly unlikely, according to a paper published in the journal Science by Michael Worobey, a virus evolution expert at the University of Arizona.
Chinese mainland registers 8 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Nov 19, 2021, at 08:47 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported eight new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday.
China: Fresh COVID-19 infection reported from 21 provinces, 1379 infected
Nov 16, 2021, at 12:32 am
Beijing: A Chinese official has said the latest COVID-19 infection spread was recorded from 21 provinces across the nation.
Chinese mainland reports 57 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases
Nov 13, 2021, at 09:17 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 57 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Saturday.
Chinese mainland reports 22 imported COVID-19 cases, 2 local infections
Oct 18, 2021, at 08:21 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 22 imported COVID-19 cases and two locally-transmitted infections on Sunday, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.
Chinese mainland reports 22 new imported Coronavirus cases
Oct 13, 2021, at 02:21 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 22 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, all imported from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.
China PCR test orders soared before first confirmed COVID case in 2019: Reports
Oct 06, 2021, at 12:28 am
Canberra: An Australian cyber security company has claimed purchase of PCR tests in China's Hubei Province surged months before the first official reports of a novel coronavirus case there.