Tag: China
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Canada joins list of countries imposing COVID rules on China arrivals
Canada becomes the latest country to join the list of countries who have made the Covid-19 test mandatory for flyers coming from mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau, because of a surge in COVID-19 infections after the country rolled back its stringent "zero-Covid" policy.
January 1, 2023 -
With new phase of COVID-19, China facing “tough challenges” : Xi
China is facing “tough challenges” as it enters “a new phase” in its COVID-19 response, President Xi Jinping said in his annual new year’s address on Saturday. “We have now entered a new phase of COVID response where tough challenges remain,” Xi said in his new year message to the nation. Calling the process of...
January 1, 2023 -
India reports 226 new COVID cases in last 24 hours
The country conducted 1,87,983 tests in the last 24 hours and so far a total of 91.07 crore tests have been done.
December 31, 2022 -
WHO asks China to share specific, real-time data on COVID situation
WHO reiterated the importance of vaccination and boosters to protect against severe disease and death for people at higher risk.
December 31, 2022 -
RT-PCR test mandatory for flyers from 6 countries including China
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in a statement, said that from January 1 next year, the test should be conducted within 72 hours before their journey to India, reads the statement.
December 29, 2022 -
UP: After Agra, Unnao youth tests Covid positive
Earlier on Sunday, a 40-year-old man, who returned from China two days back in Agra, had been isolated after testing positive for Covid-19.
December 26, 2022 -
Denied discussion on China, Congress cites Vajpayee and Nehru
Remembering Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary, the Congress attacked the BJP for denying a discussion on China in Parliament.
December 25, 2022 -
TN has no Omicron B7 variant: State health department
Tamil Nadu's health department has said that the state has maximum XBB variants of Omicron and till now no variant of BF 7, which is causing the new wave of Covid-19 in many countries, has been detected in the state.
December 25, 2022 -
China stops publishing daily Covid cases amid fresh surge
According to the leaked government documents that are circulating on social media, 248 million people were infected with Covid-19 from December 1 to 20, or 17.65 per cent of China's population.
December 25, 2022 -
RT-PCR test mandatory for arrivals from China, 4 other nations
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the Air Suvidha form filling to declare the current health status will also be made compulsory.
December 24, 2022 -
Beijing expects Covid peak within a week
Meanwhile, British-based health data firm Airfinity, on Wednesday, said that the infections in China are likely to be more than one million a day with deaths at more than 5000 a day.
December 23, 2022 -
China: Shanghai hit by a surge in coronavirus cases
Case numbers have been growing since last week in Shanghai, where staff shortages are causing delays in delivery services.
December 23, 2022 -
Indian, Chinese military commanders agree to maintain stability at LAC
''The 17th round of India- China Corps Commander Level Meeting (between India and China) was held at Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Chinese side on 20 December,'' a joint statement issued by the two sides said.
December 22, 2022 -
No decision yet to stop flights to and from China
Amid demand by Opposition parties to immediately stop all international flights from China, government sources said that there is no order issued by the central government to curb incoming flights from the country where a wave of Covid cases has been reported. ‘We don’t have any direct flights from China to India or from India...
December 22, 2022 -
India, China abstain on first UNSC resolution on Myanmar
The 15-member Council has been split on Myanmar for decades and was previously only able to agree on formal statements about the country, which has been under military rule since February 2021.
December 22, 2022 -
Raghav Chadha seeks discussion in Parliament on COVID surge; demands ban on flights connecting India, China
Epidemiologists predict at least three waves of the virus to hit the country during the following months and cause over a million fatalities.
December 22, 2022 -
PM Modi to review Covid situation at high-level meeting today
Sources said there are currently 10 different variants of Covid-19 in the country, with the latest being BF.7.
December 22, 2022