China approved Merck & Co.’s Covid-19 antiviral pill for emergency use as the country grapples with a massive wave of infections and a shortage of …
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Zero-Covid Eased
As Chinese authorities move to ease the burdens of sweeping pandemic lockdowns, lengthy quarantines and regular mass testing, the country’s hospitals are feeling the first shock of a giant wave of infections and shortage of health workers.
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A China-developed Covid antiviral pill appeared to be as effective as Pfizer Inc.’s Paxlovid with fewer safety concerns, according to clinical trial …
Pregnant women and new mothers in Shanghai hospitals are facing high cross-infection and childbearing risks after China’s sudden dismantling of …
Beijing is distributing Pfizer Inc.’s Paxlovid to community health centers in an effort to tackle a shortage of the antiviral Covid pill and take some …
A Chinese legal expert has defended medical personnel who treated Covid patients in violation of then valid disease control rules before the …
China will stop requiring inbound travelers to go into quarantine and remove restrictions on international flights beginning Jan. 8, the National …
China has reached a tipping point where it is impossible for the market to survive without shifting away from its “wartime” anti-pandemic regime and …
China’s abrupt end last month to the “zero-Covid” policy that the government had doggedly stuck to for three years and lauded as the reason it had …
As Beijing’s already strained health care system braces for a peak in severe Covid infections, several provinces have sent medical teams to the …
The relaxation of China’s strict “zero-Covid” policy leads to an obvious question: Should the widely used health codes be eliminated? Given their …
Some brick-and-mortar pharmacies in China have begun providing a limited number of free fever medicines after being told by authorities to boost …
Chinese residents have found it difficult to buy antigen test kits as Covid-19 cases rise following the sudden reversal of China’s “zero-Covid” …
What’s new: Online searches for the word “fever” by people in Beijing have peaked on the Chinese search engine Baidu, according to company data that …
Two messenger RNA-based Covid-19 vaccines developed by Germany’s BioNTech were officially registered in Hong Kong as regularly available treatments in …
China has clarified new rules on how it classifies and reports Covid-related deaths for medical institutions, according to official documents that …
Some state-owned drugmakers have moved to round-the-clock production and ramped up overseas procurement after the sudden reversal of China’s …
Blood banks around China are facing shortages that could threaten patient lives as a growing number of donors come down with Covid-19. The National …
With the gradual optimization of Covid prevention and control policies, China is experiencing a surge in infections, creating an increasing strain on …
Macao has eased its Covid-19 controls to allow inbound travelers to quarantine at home, as Beijing pivots from its zero-tolerance strategy. Starting …
Passenger flights in China may rebound over the Lunar New Year holidays and hit 88% of the pre-pandemic level by the end of January, based on a …
China is facing a crunch in medical workers as many succumb to Covid-19 amid a surge in cases throughout the country, placing a strain on the …
China’s rapid unwinding of Covid restrictions has triggered a wave of stockpiling of antiviral drugs such as Paxlovid, which is made by U.S. pharma …
From scrapping mass nucleic acid testing to unplugging travel tracking and relaxing quarantine requirements, China’s Covid control strategy is …
Chinese mainland residents are rushing to Macao to get BioNTech’s messenger RNA-based Covid-19 vaccines as infections surge amid the government’s …
Beijing is building more fever clinics at hospitals and primary care facilities as part of efforts to cope with a spike in Covid infections, as its …
China unwound a mobile itinerary tracking system that has been in place for 34 months for virus control as the country continues dismantling …
Over the past few days, many people have shared online how they feel after having Covid, which becomes a good way to help quell public fears. China …
China’s top infectious disease experts say major cities including Shanghai and Guangzhou will reach a peak in Covid-19 infections for this wave in …
China’s Covid-19 prevention and control strategy is undergoing a major revamp. On Dec. 7, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State …