by Matthew Walsh BEIJING, CHINA — Chinese reacted with joy and rushed to book flights overseas Tuesday after Beijing said it would scrap mandatory COVID quarantine...
INDIA — India announced on Saturday (24 Dec 2022) that PCR tests have been made mandatory for passengers coming from China, Japan, South Korea and Thailand....
BEIJING, CHINA — China will no longer publish daily figures for Covid-19 cases and deaths, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Sunday, ending a practice...
SINGAPORE — Two more retail chains have imposed limits on purchases of popular painkiller brands, Panadol and Nurofen, following a spike in demand for the medicine...
SINGAPORE — The supermarket chain under National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) has imposed a limit on all purchases of Panadol and Nurofen products. NTUC Fairprice’s spokesperson...
SINGAPORE — Senior World Health Organization (WHO) official Mike Ryan, who is WHO’s emergencies director, told Reuters on Wednesday (21 Dec) that China is struggling to...
SINGAPORE — Some over-the-counter medicines to treat fever, cough and cold are currently out of stock due to recent bulk purchases by Chinese nationals based in...
BEIJING, CHINA — Crematoriums across China told AFP Tuesday they were straining to deal with an influx of bodies, as the country battles a wave of...
BEIJING, CHINA — China said Monday it would retire an app used to track Covid-19 contacts, a milestone in the country’s rapid turn away from its...
BEIJING, CHINA — Global economic leaders on Friday hailed China’s move away from its hardline zero-Covid policy, with the IMF chief saying the “decisive actions” would...
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