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@WSJ 2 years ago China reported numbers that showed consumer spending was playing a stronger-than-expected role in driving its recovery after the country lifted its stringent zero-Covid measures. The big question is whether it will last. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 2 years ago Australia has joined the growing list of countries requiring Covid-19 testing for travelers from China, citing a lack of information from China following its relaxation of containment measures on.wsj.com
@guardian 2 years ago Excitement and apprehension as China loosens zero-Covid measures theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Although security forces reasserted control over protest hotspots in China this week, recent clashes suggested that poor, frustrated migrant workers may keep pushing back against the country’s “zero-Covid” measures. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 2 years ago A New York Times analysis examines the lengths China is going to in trying to eliminate Covid infections. Three years into the pandemic, China stands out in the harshness of its measures. nyti.ms
@guardian 2 years ago Zero-Covid measures cause chaos as China prepares for Beijing summit theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago With coronavirus case counts climbing and vaccination efforts lagging in some African nations, regional officials of the World Health Organization issued a warning against lax enforcement of public health measures to curb the pandemic on the continent. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago A Covid-19 infection wave driven by two hyper-infectious Omicron subvariants is moving rapidly across Europe, leading to an uptick in cases and hospitalizations in countries that have dropped the majority of preventive measures ahead of the summer months on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Past Covid lockdowns in China had their critics, but this time they are bolder. “Sacrificing everything in the pursuit of extreme ‘shock’ measures is not the comprehensive victory that we truly need,” one businessman wrote. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago Food shortages in Shanghai are leading to growing anxiety among residents of China’s wealthy coastal megacity, as strict Covid-19 lockdown measures continue on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago The Covid surge in Hong Kong, and the aid sent from mainland China, has exposed the divide between the city and the rest of the country. Some in Hong Kong have criticized Beijing’s measures, while people on the mainland have seen such attitudes as selfish. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to reduce the impact of Covid-control measures on the economy and people’s lives, a first acknowledgment from leadership of the costs of China’s stringent policies to rein in outbreaks on.wsj.com
@guardian 2 years ago Afternoon Update: new Covid measures; Latham chastised for homophobic tweet; and Coalition’s war memorial funding blitz theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 2 years ago In late November, China was still committed to a “zero Covid” strategy. Then it abandoned almost overnight the world’s strictest pandemic prevention measures. nyti.ms
@guardian 2 years ago Elective surgeries in Australia drop to 10-year low due to Covid measures, report finds theguardian.com
@WSJ 2 years ago The protests in China are not only about unhappiness over Beijing’s strict Covid-control measures but also reflect another source of tension: growing economic frustration among youth on.wsj.com
@WSJ 2 years ago A sevenfold surge in coronavirus infections over the past two weeks is testing China’s new policy of loosened measures that aim to reduce the impact of zero-Covid on.wsj.com
@guardian 3 years ago Biden under ‘strict isolation measures’ as he continues to test positive for Covid theguardian.com
@guardian 3 years ago Aged care minister urges states and territories not to drop Covid control measures in sector theguardian.com
@WSJ 3 years ago A Covid-19 infection wave driven by two hyper-infectious Omicron subvariants is moving rapidly across Europe, leading to an uptick in cases and hospitalizations in countries that have dropped the majority of preventive measures ahead of the summer months on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld 3 years ago Shanghai residents protest after five weeks of strict zero-Covid measures bbc.in
@WSJ 3 years ago Food shortages in Shanghai are leading to growing anxiety among residents of China’s wealthy coastal megacity, as strict Covid-19 lockdown measures continue on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago In China, questioning the country’s zero-Covid policy was once taboo. Now, people online have started debating the question of how long the country’s stringent measures will last. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago As coronavirus cases surge across the Asia-Pacific region, countries that were once similarly stringent in their virus control measures are taking drastically divergent paths with the pandemic now in its third year. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Hong Kong’s leader said on Tuesday that the city would lift its mask mandate, one of the last such policies in the world, as it continues to wind down its once-stringent Covid control measures. nyti.ms
@WSJ 2 years ago China is scrapping strict zero-Covid measures and taking other steps aimed at reviving flagging growth, restoring features of an economy-centered philosophy on.wsj.com
@WSJ 2 years ago Local authorities across China are paring back some of their strictest Covid-19 control measures, just days after protests against a zero-tolerance approach that has kept the country largely isolated for years on.wsj.com
@guardian 2 years ago Protests erupt in China over strict zero Covid measures: in pictures theguardian.com
@WSJ 2 years ago Chinese health officials said they would stick to their zero-tolerance Covid-prevention strategy, dampening hopes that had built up in recent days for an easing of its pandemic measures on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Chinese leaders all but acknowledged that the country would miss its annual growth target this year, while signaling that they would stay the course on zero-tolerance Covid-prevention measures and take cautious steps to support the property market on.wsj.com
@guardian 3 years ago Experts and vulnerable Australians urge politicians to follow medical advice on Covid measures including masks theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, strongly reaffirmed his commitment to the country’s “zero Covid” policy on Thursday, reinforcing an ideological hard line amid growing outcry against the economic costs and human toll of the tough pandemic control measures. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago As a lockdown in Shanghai enters its second week, some residents are buckling under the strict measures ordered by the government to try to eliminate the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@BBCWorld 3 years ago Shanghai economy shaken by zero-Covid measures bbc.in
@guardian 3 years ago Public health measures are key to curbing Covid in UK, say scientists theguardian.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Moving the U.S. forward out of the Covid-19 pandemic will require vigilance for new variants, measures to prevent businesses and schools from shutting down, and continued global vaccine donations, according to a blueprint by the Biden administration on.wsj.com
@WSJ 2 years ago National Institutes of Health advisers proposed measures to enhance security of pathogen research, as House Republicans prepared to investigate the agency's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 2 years ago After young people protested China’s draconian Covid measures, Beijing relaxed many of its rules. But a more vexing problem remains for the country’s youth: too many applicants for too few jobs. nyti.ms
@WSJ 2 years ago Local authorities across China are paring back some Covid-19 control measures, just days after protests against a zero-tolerance approach that has kept the country largely isolated for years on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Beijing’ wants to fine-tune pandemic measures that have isolated the country from much of the world. But in cities across the country, Covid outbreaks are testing the government’s resolve and raising questions about when the economy might reopen. nyti.ms
@WSJ 2 years ago The Biden administration has extended Covid-19's status as a public health emergency for another 90 days, preserving measures such as expanded Medicaid and higher payments to hospitals on.wsj.com
@guardian 3 years ago Return to school sparks ‘blitz’ of Covid measures amid rising daily case numbers across Australia theguardian.com
@guardian 3 years ago Calls for more Covid control measures after UK death toll passes 200,000 theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Residents in Beijing remained on edge on Tuesday as the authorities announced new measures to contain a small but growing outbreak of coronavirus cases, in an effort to avoid a lockdown like the one imposed in Shanghai. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago Beijing’s anti-Covid measures are likely to exacerbate a slowdown in revenue growth for companies including Alibaba and Meituan, further weighing on foreign interest in Chinese stocks on.wsj.com
@guardian 3 years ago To live with Covid, we will still need vital public health measures | Letters theguardian.com
@WSJ 3 years ago China’s president vowed to reduce the impact of Covid-control measures on people’s lives, the first acknowledgment from leadership of the costs of stringent policies to rein in outbreaks on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Hong Kong’s new measures to combat Covid-19 are unsettling bankers and investors, many of whom were already struggling to square business and family commitments with curtailed travel on.wsj.com