Topline An emerging outbreak of Covid-19 cases in Shanghai has prompted officials to initiate mass testing in more than half of the city’s neighborhoods while infection surges in other parts of China ...
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China Eases Covid Testing Requirements For U.S. Travelers, Shanghai Inches Towards Reopening
Topline Chinese authorities have eased Covid-19 testing requirements for travelers flying from the U.S. and a few other countries as China seeks to restore normalcy after its economy was hit by pandem...
Shanghai’s Strict 6-Week Lockdown Nears End As Covid Outbreak Eases
Topline Covid-19 cases in Shanghai continued to decline, prompting authorities on Monday to announce plans for a phased reopening of the city after it endured six weeks of stringent lockdowns that lef...
Beijing And Shanghai Tighten Covid Restrictions Triggering More Discontent From Residents
Topline China enacted tighter pandemic restrictions in two of its biggest cities—Beijing and Shanghai—on Monday in a renewed push to quash out the spread of Covid-19 in the two cities even as it faces...
China Begins Mass Testing Beijing’s Biggest District After Raising Alarm About Undetected Covid Spread
Topline Officials in Beijing will require the people who reside or work in Chaoyang—the city’s main business district—to undergo three Covid-19 tests this week starting on Monday, a move that comes af...
Shanghai Loosens Restrictions For Millions Of Residents After New Covid Cases Appear To Slow
Topline Shanghai on Wednesday eased Covid restrictions for an additional 4 million people and allowed more factories to resume operations as two districts in the city reported no new Covid-19 cases ou...
Shanghai Loosens Some Covid Curbs But U.S. Orders Non-Essential Consulate Staff To Leave City
Topline The U.S. State Department ordered non-emergency consulate staffers to leave Shanghai after previously flagging concerns about the city’s “arbitrary enforcement” of pandemic rules even as local...
Hard-Hit Shanghai Extends Covid Lockdown As Cases Surge
Topline Shanghai reported more than 13,000 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday as the city’s outbreak surges despite an ongoing lockdown, prompting authorities in the Chinese financial hub to indefinitely e...
China Faces Its Largest Covid Outbreak In Two Years As Daily Cases Double To 3,500
Topline China is facing its worst outbreak of Covid-19 cases since the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan, with the country on Tuesday reporting more than 3,500 new local cases as experts attribute t...
China Orders Partial Shutdown Of Industrial Hub After Omicron Cases Are Reported
Topline Chinese officials on Tuesday ordered a partial shutdown of the industrial city of Suzhou along with other pandemic measures after multiple infections with highly transmissible omicron variant ...
32 Athletes Are In Isolation After Testing Positive For Covid-19
Topline Thirty two at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are currently under isolation at designated facilities after testing positive for Covid-19, the Games’ organizers announced on Tuesday, a disclos...