Virus

WHO says Covid still an international emergency

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Monday 1/30/2023   Three years to the day after the World Health Organization sounded the highest…

Japan to drop mask guidance, relax Covid strategy

Tokyo, Japan | AFP | Friday 1/27/2023   Japan's government will drop its recommendation to wear masks indoors and downgrade its…

‘Not afraid of the virus’: Wuhan turns page on Covid, three years on

by Sébastien Ricci and Vivian Lin Agence France-Presse WUHAN, China (AFP) -- Residents of China's Wuhan said Monday they were…

China logs nearly 13,000 Covid deaths in a week

  Beijing, China | AFP | China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals between January 13 and 19, after…

China scraps visa-free transit for S. Koreans, Japanese over Covid curbs Health

Beijing, China (AFP) Beijing said Wednesday it would scrap visa-free transit for South Korean and Japanese citizens, stepping up a…

Uganda set to declare end of Ebola outbreak

  Kampala, Uganda (AFP) Uganda said on Monday it was expecting to declare an end to an Ebola virus outbreak…

Excitement at Hong Kong’s China border as quarantine lifted

  Hong Kong, China (AFP) by Su Xinqi Hugging her boyfriend goodbye, student Yuri Tan was among hundreds excitedly heading…

90% of people in China province infected with Covid: official

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Almost 90 percent of people in China's third most populous province have now been infected with…

‘More the merrier’: Asia tourist hubs ready for China influx

by Sara HUSSEIN / Tomohiro OSAKI Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- In Tokyo's Asakusa tourist district, caricaturist Masashi Higashitani…

Thailand says no Covid test needed for travellers from China

Bangkok, Thailand (AFP) Thai authorities said Thursday that travellers from China could enter the kingdom without pre-departure coronavirus tests, hoping…

China insists Covid data ‘transparent’ after WHO criticism

  https://youtu.be/w6wN-OsE3G8 Beijing, China (AFP) by Jing Xuan TENG China on Thursday insisted it had been transparent with the international…

Why China’s Covid wave is stirring fear

by Laurie CHEN Agence France-Press BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline…

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