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Malaysia to screen all inbound travellers
Published on 30/12/2022
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Friday said it will screen all inbound travellers for fever and test wastewater from aircraft arriving from China for Covid-19 as part of fresh measures to prevent an outbreak following Beijing’s decision to lift strict zero-Covid policies.
Global alarm grows over China's Covid surge
AFP, Published on 29/12/2022
» BEIJING: The United States is the latest in a growing number of countries to impose restrictions on visitors from China after Beijing abruptly removed a major impediment to overseas travel despite surging Covid cases at home.
China’s Covid surge leads countries to adopt entry restrictions
Published on 28/12/2022
» Nations across the globe are implementing or considering measures to test or restrict travellers from China as the country of 1.4 billion abandons its Covid Zero policy and prepares to reopen borders in early January.
Current vaccines 'will do' for coming year: ministry
News, Published on 28/12/2022
» The second generation of Covid-19 vaccines is unlikely to be included in the Department of Medical Services' procurement pipeline next year while current vaccines remain effective in reducing severe symptoms, says its deputy director-general.
Slow lockdown haunts Uganda
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 25/12/2022
» As an outbreak of Ebola swept through central Uganda in late September, government officials were willing to do anything to contain the virus except take one crucial step: impose a lockdown.
Mid-January reopening of HK-China border planned
Published on 24/12/2022
» Hong Kong is aiming to reopen its border with China by mid-January, city leader John Lee announced on Saturday after returning from meetings in Beijing.
India says arrivals from Thailand must show negative Covid test
Published on 24/12/2022
» India will require a negative Covid-19 test result from travellers arriving from Thailand, China, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong, the country’s health minister said on Saturday.
China's propaganda machine sputters in zero-Covid reversal
AFP, Published on 24/12/2022
» BEIJING: China's state media is struggling and censors are working overtime as Beijing gropes for a coherent narrative in the wake of the sudden reversal of its hallmark zero-Covid policy.
Chinese city seeing half a million Covid cases a day
AFP, Published on 24/12/2022
» Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with Covid-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgement that the country's wave of infections is not being reflected in official statistics.
Elderly Covid patients fill hospital wards in China's major cities
AFP, Published on 23/12/2022
» CHONGQING (CHINA) - Elderly patients lined the wards of hospitals in major cities in China Thursday as the country battled a wave of Covid cases.