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China denies COVID vaccines to defectors from North Korea: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China has refused to provide treatment to refugees from North Korea, even after it lifted its COVID restrictions. Due to a lack of identity proof, the refugees are not provided treatment even if they face serious COVID symptoms.
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Vietnam's Lang Son province to take COVID samples of people coming to coun
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Lang Son province, a northern province of Vietnam, will be taking samples of people coming to Vietnam from China if the travelers have symptoms such as fever, coughing, or difficulty breathing, the Vietnamese newspaper VnExpress reported.
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Chinese citizens move out with vengeance, prefer Covid infections for immu
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Their logic is if they get infected and are quarantined at home for 14 days, they will recover and get immunity from the virus.
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WHO criticizes China for "under-representing" COVID-19 cases, "narrow" def
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Incidentally, the scale of the current outbreak of the Covid infections has made it difficult for the authorities to track the Covid infections, following the end of the mandatory mass testing as part of the easing of Covid restrictions.
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About 30 lakh pilgrims expected to attend West Bengal's Gangasagar Mela
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
After two years of the COVID pandemic, the Gangasagar Mela 2023 is being organised in West Bengal from January 8 to January 17 around the time of the Makar Sankranti festival. The pilgrims have already started pouring for the festival and take a holy dip in the Ganga river.
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There's no cause for retaliation..., says White House related to curbs on
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
While responding to a query about imposing restrictions on flyers from China, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, "I'll say that there's no cause for retaliation..."
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China calls covid restrictions on its travellers 'political'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"Some of these measures are disproportionate and simply unacceptable. We firmly reject using COVID measures for political purposes and will take corresponding measures in response to varying situations based on the principle of reciprocity," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning sai
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China to start issuing passports for tourism from Jan 8, ease border restr
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Chinese authorities will begin receiving applications for passports for tourism and foreign visits from January 8.
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US imposes new restrictions, travellers from China to show negative Covid-
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a new set of restrictions amid a spike in covid infections in China, the United States (US) will require all visitors from China to present a negative Covid-19 test result before boarding a flight to the country, CNN reported on Wednesday.
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Factories forced to shut down in China amid COVID surge
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Chinese economy was already struggling when Beijing abruptly relaxed its stringent zero-Covid policy. Retail sales had contracted in November because of widespread lockdowns, and unemployment had surged to the highest level in six months.
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China shifts how it counts Covid deaths as crematoriums fill up
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the latest guidelines from the National Health Commission, only those whose death is caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure after contracting the virus are classified as Covid deaths, said Wang Guiqiang, a top infectious disease doctor.
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No COVID restrictions will be imposed in state: Goa CM
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said that the state is "alert" but no restriction will be imposed there.
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