The mainland reported 137 new confirmed coronavirus cases on February 18, the National Health Commission said on Saturday, up from 87 a day earlier. Of the new cases, 80 were locally transmitted, the commission said, compared with 40 a day earlier. ...

Xinhua News Agency on Thursday said Guangdong authorities were sending epidemiology experts and Covid-19 testing vehicles to Hong Kong in order to help the city combat the outbreaks. The agency said it was per the instruction given by the National H...

The Macau government has tightened the entry requirement for travellers from Hong Kong in light of what it calls "changes in the territory's epidemic situation". Starting from 6am on Thursday, people heading to the gaming hub via the Hong Kong-Zhuha...

Two people who recently tested positive for Covid-19 in the mainland's Hunan province are being investigated by authorities there for allegedly crossing the border from Hong Kong illegally. Authorities in Chenzhou said investigations showed the du...

Inflation on the mainland slowed in January, official data showed on Wednesday, as the government pledged to keep prices in check in the world's second-biggest economy. The producer price index (PPI), which measures the cost of goods at the factory ...

Mainland authorities have reported 40 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases. According to the National Health Commission, 29 of them were reported in Liaoning, eight in the city of Suzhou in Jiangsu, two in Guangdong and one in Guangxi. Suzhou sai...

Heavy snow fell throughout on Sunday at the Beijing Olympics disrupting several events and forcing athletes to battle through treacherous conditions in the pursuit of gold. Chinese sensation Gu Ailing, also known as Eileen Gu, was among the competit...

Mainland authorities have reported 67 new Covid-19 cases, 28 of them locally transmitted infections. According to the National Health Commission, Guangxi accounted for nearly half of the local cases with 13. There were 11 infections in Liaoning, two...

The mainland drug regulator on Saturday gave conditional approval to imports of Pfizer's Paxlovid Covid-19 pill, official media reported. The National Medical Products Administration said Paxlovid has obtained conditional approval for the treatment ...

For a country determined to keep out the virus that first emerged within its borders, bringing in more than 15,000 people from all corners of the world was a serious gamble. It appears to be working. One week into the 17-day event, China seems to be...

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on Wednesday that five new Covid-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on February 8. Three of the cases were found among new airport arrivals, according to a notice on the Be...

Chinese scientists say they have developed a new coronavirus test that is as accurate as a PCR lab test but gives results within four minutes. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are widely considered the most accurate and sensitive for the virus ...

The commerce ministry on Tuesday hit out at a US decision to include more Chinese entities on a "unverified list", saying Washington should correct its "wrongdoings". The ministry said the United States should return to the track of cooperation and ...

The National Health Commission (NHC) has revealed that confirmed Covid-19 infections in the southwestern city of Baise have jumped for a third straight day. The city of 3.6 million in Guangxi on the border with Vietnam recorded 64 new confirmed loca...

The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned the latest planned US arms sale to Taiwan, saying it seriously undermined China's security and sovereignty. China will take robust measures to uphold its own security interests, spokesman Zhao Lijian told a ...

Nearly four million residents of a city in southwest Guangxi have been put into lockdown because of a Covid outbreak. The National Health Commission (NHC) reported that 37 domestically transmitted infections had been confirmed in Baise on Sunday, up...

The head of the World Health Organization said on Saturday he met Premier Li Keqiang for talks on Covid-19, including on the stalled investigation into the pandemic's origins. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visiting Beijing for the...

President Xi Jinping on Friday night declared the 24th Olympic Winter Games open at the National Stadium in Beijing. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach also spoke at the opening ceremony, thanking those around the globe who he sai...

A total of 55 new Covid-19 infections were found among Olympic Games-related personnel on February 2, the chair of the Beijing 2022 medical expert panel said on Thursday, the highest daily tally so far. Twenty-nine cases were found among new airport...

Beijing kicked off its Winter Olympics torch relay early on Wednesday, with Chinese basketball great and Olympian Yao Ming among the first to carry the flame on a journey that will last just three days due to Covid-19 curbs. The relay will carry the...