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Ire and ice for Beijing's Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 2 (ANI): Two events dominate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) calendar for 2022 - the Winter Olympics and the 20th Party Congress later this year. China wants both to go smoothly so it can bask in reflected glory. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be wielded as a mighty prop
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Beijing Winter Olympic teams register 1st case of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 24 (ANI): Beijing Winter Olympics reported the first case of COVID-19 among national team members that entered China on Sunday.
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Beijing reports 72 positive COVID-19 cases related to Winter Olympics: off
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 23 (ANI): The Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 Organizing Committee (BOCOG) announced on Sunday said that a total of 72 confirmed positive tests for COVID-19 have been reported related to the games between January 4 and 22.
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China's zero- Omicron approach impacting its economy, supply chains
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 17 (ANI): China's unwavering insistence on stamping out any trace of the coronavirus with a zero-Omicron approach is risking a big hit to the economy and supply chains.
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US to ban all flights to China ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): The US will be banning all commercial flights to China from January 19 as Beijing tries to keep coronavirus infections at bay ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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China's zero-COVID policy backfires; stokes public frustration, anger
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 12 (ANI): Ever since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2019, China has been implementing a "zero-COVID" policy, which has resulted in growing public frustration and anger.
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Xi'an's chaotic lockdown reveals indifference of China's uncompromising to
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 8 (ANI): The zero-COVID chaotic lockdown in Xi'an city, a major metropolis of 13 million people, has clearly revelaed China's uncompromising top-down bureaucracy's apathy to the plight of the people.
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China reports 91 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 5 (ANI): China on Tuesday reported 41 new COVID-19 local cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.
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Zero-Covid obsession makes life miserable for Chinese People
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 4 (ANI): In an effort to conduct Winter Olympics scheduled to be held next month hassle-free, China is adamant on implementing a Zero-COVID policy, further complicating problems to its citizens.
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China: Outcry over Xi'an lockdown as residents struggle to meet daily need
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Xi'an [China], January 4 (ANI): People living in China's northwestern city of Xi'an are anxious and frustrated at the local government over the growing challenge facing Beijing's zero-Covid policy, which relies on mass testing, extensive quarantines and snaps lockdowns amid a resurgence of t
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China's domestic air traffic falters due to repeated small outbreaks of CO
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 11 (ANI): China's domestic air traffic is faltering because of the zero-COVID policy that has led to tighter travel rules in Beijing resulting in weaker consumer confidence after repeated small outbreaks of COVID.
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COVID-19: Karnataka aims to vaccinate every eligible citizen by end of yea
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 21 (ANI): Karnataka aims to vaccinate every eligible citizen by the end of December and make the state free from COVID-19, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar.
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