China is likely seeing over 1 million infections and 5,000 deaths a day from COVID-19, per Airfinity data. China has officially reported 14,285 cases and just seven deaths so far this week. Beijing has also changed the way it records COVID-19 deaths, which may cause the low official count. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for… Read More »
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said the agency is “very concerned” about rising reports of severe coronavirus disease across China after the country largely abandoned its “zero COVID” policy, warning that its lagging vaccination rate could result in large numbers of vulnerable people getting infected. At a press briefing on… Read More »
But this spam content may not have had anything to do with the Chinese government after all, according to a report published on Monday by the Stanford Internet Observatory. “While the spam did drown out legitimate protest-related content, there is no evidence that it was designed to do so, nor that it was a deliberate… Read More »
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. Hong Kong CNN — Just weeks ago, catching Covid in China meant being taken to government quarantine for an indeterminate stay… Read More »
Up to one million people in China could die from COVID-19 over the next few months, according to some of the first projections since the government lifted many of its strict ‘zero-COVID-19’ measures. “There’s no doubt that China is in for a bad couple of months,” says James Wood, an infectious-disease modeller at the University… Read More »
BEIJING, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Some communities in Chinese cities where COVID-19 is still spreading are easing testing requirements and quarantine rules ahead of an expected change in virus policies across the country following social unrest. widespread. The uneven relaxation of COVID restrictions is, however, fueling fear among some residents who suddenly feel more exposed… Read More »
BEIJING, Dec 1 (Reuters) – China is softening its tone on the severity of COVID-19 and easing some coronavirus restrictions even as the daily number of cases hovers near record highs after anger over the world’s tighter restrictions fueled protests across the country. Several cities in the world’s second-largest economy, while still reporting new infections,… Read More »
HONG KONG/BEIJING, Nov 30 (Reuters) – When Yang, an office worker in Shanghai, saw video clips of a burning building in western China, a disaster in which 10 people died, she said she could not contain her anger because of Covid-19. -19 measures three years after the start of the pandemic. Watching a World Cup… Read More »
Nov 30 (Reuters) – A next day look at Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell may set the market tone for the rest of the year on Wednesday when he addresses the US economic outlook and job market at an event in Washington. Given how well stocks have held up recently… Read More »
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Residents of China’s industrial hub of Guangzhou clashed with white riot police dressed in hazardous materials late on Tuesday, videos on social media showed, as frustration with strict COVID-19 rules were overflowing, three years after the pandemic. The clashes in the southern city marked an escalation of protests in central… Read More »