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China pushes vaccines as retreat from 'zero-Covid' turns messy

China pushes vaccines as retreat from 'zero-Covid' turns messy

China raced to vaccinate its most vulnerable people on Thursday in anticipation of waves of Covid-19 infections, with some analysts expecting the death toll to soar after it eased strict controls that had kept the pandemic at bay for three years.
Vietnamese in China breathe easier with loosened Covid policy

Vietnamese in China breathe easier with loosened Covid policy

Beijing, Shenzhen loosen more Covid curbs as China fine-tunes policy

Beijing, Shenzhen loosen more Covid curbs as China fine-tunes policy

China may soon shorten quarantine for inbound travelers

China may soon shorten quarantine for inbound travelers

China may soon shorten Covid-19 quarantine requirements for inbound travelers from the current 10 days to seven or eight days, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
November 4, 2022 | 04:06 pm PT
China's mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain

China's mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain

Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become the environmental and economic levy of a zero-Covid strategy.
June 19, 2022 | 07:58 pm PT
Seafood exporters suffer as China gets tough on Covid contamination

Seafood exporters suffer as China gets tough on Covid contamination

China is imposing a seven-day ban on Vietnamese seafood exporters for every container of theirs it finds contaminated with the coronavirus, causing them enormous difficulties and possible losses.
May 25, 2022 | 10:00 pm PT
E-commerce hammered by China’s zero-Covid policies

E-commerce hammered by China’s zero-Covid policies

It has been 21 days since Quang Thanh ordered some clothes from a shop in China via e-commerce platform Shopee, and the package has still not arrived.
April 14, 2022 | 05:57 pm PT
China's Shanghai split in two for Covid lockdown as asymptomatic cases surge

China's Shanghai split in two for Covid lockdown as asymptomatic cases surge

China's financial hub of Shanghai launched a planned two-stage lockdown of the city of 26 million people on Monday, closing bridges and tunnels, and restricting highway traffic in a scramble to contain surging local Covid-19 cases.
March 27, 2022 | 07:07 pm PT
Vietnamese in China speak about zero-Covid policy, mostly approvingly

Vietnamese in China speak about zero-Covid policy, mostly approvingly

My Hanh could not get her prenatal check at the hospital after Shenzhen placed millions of people under a strict lockdown as part of China’s zero-Covid strategy.
March 24, 2022 | 09:15 pm PT
Be brave, discard zero Covid mindset: experts

Be brave, discard zero Covid mindset: experts

Vietnam has to be careful but brave in reopening and resuming economic activity this year and not let the "zero Covid" mindset linger for too long, experts say.
February 8, 2022 | 06:00 am PT
Vaccinated Singapore shows zero-Covid countries cost of reopening

Vaccinated Singapore shows zero-Covid countries cost of reopening

Few are left to inoculate in wealthy Singapore after a vigorous campaign achieved a level of coverage envied by many nations battling the coronavirus pandemic, but a record surge in deaths and infections gives warning of risks that may still lie ahead.
October 21, 2021 | 11:39 pm PT
Zero Covid endgame highly unlikely: PM

Zero Covid endgame highly unlikely: PM

Completely eliminating Covid-19 will be extremely difficult considering how it has proven impossible even for nations with high vaccination rates, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.
September 23, 2021 | 07:18 pm PT
 
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