Covid -19

Covid -19

A passengers speaks to a member of the media, after Italy has ordered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) antigen swabs and virus sequencing for all travellers coming from China, where cases are surging, at the Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy, December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

Covid travel curbs against Chinese visitors 'discriminatory'- Chinese state media

Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan attends the news conference following the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

China's Covid policymaking under scrutiny as infections soar

A man counts Pakistani banknotes along a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

Rupee likely to open largely unchanged as China Covid impact assessed

A family member consults a doctor outside an emergency department of a hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

China's vast countryside in rush to bolster Covid defences

People line up next to a medical worker in a protective suit, at a fever clinic of a hospital amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Josh Arslan

Xi urges steps to 'protect' lives as China lifts Covid curbs

Omicron BF7: Land ports still left unguarded

Omicron BF7: Land ports still left unguarded

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20 Covid cases reported in 24 hours

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20 Covid cases reported in 24 hours

People line up next to a medical worker in a protective suit, at a fever clinic of a hospital amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Josh Arslan

In Covid-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up

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15 Covid cases reported in 24 hours

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21 Covid cases reported in 24 hours

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13 Covid cases reported in 24 hours

An elderly person scans a QR code at a nucleic acid testing site for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Chinese cheer as Covid curbs are loosened