Beijing (AFP): China has begun using anal swabs to test those it considers at high risk of contracting Covid-19, state TV reported, with social media users and travellers squirming over the ...
China has begun using anal swabs to screen Covid-19 infections especially as the country heads towards Lunar New Year holidays. Many squirmed at the idea that has been termed invasive but some ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. China has systematically suppressed information related to the impact of Covid on its population. For over two years – from mid-April ...
Anal coronavirus swabs are now compulsory for anyone arriving in China, despite objections from foreign governments. The 'humiliating' tests require inserting a cotton swab 3 to 5 centimetres (1.2 ...
According to the study, carried out by the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, the virus was similar to SARS-CoV-2 and discovered in 2017 in pangolins before the COVID outbreak. China ...
The chief researcher of China's first general-use COVID vaccine was ousted last week from the country's highest organ of power. Yang Xiaoming, 62, was booted on April 23 from the National People's ...
BEIJING--Half of China’s 1.4 billion people will be infected by the novel coronavirus in the coming months, analysts said, based on trends seen after the government eased its “zero COVID-19 ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has now spread to over 200 countries and regions, affecting millions of people and making a significant impact on the Chinese and global economy. Data from China's National ...
BEIJING--When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a massive onslaught of cases, with hospitals turning away ambulances and crematoriums ...
The BBC and many other news outlets have called recent demonstrations in China “Covid protests.” But the protests are not simply about stringent Covid-19 policies. Though triggered by ongoing ...
Request webinar OWID. (June 8, 2022). Total number of coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine booster doses administered in China from November 5, 2021 to June 4, 2022 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista.
Nearly 5 million people in the southern Chinese city are under lockdown orders, raising the specter of more supply chain disruptions from China's zero-COVID policy. Even as public anger rises ...