Tag: covid-19
Major hospitals see decline in COVID-19 patients after break
Predicted spike in infections post-Spring Festival not seen at medical institutions Senior doctor Feng Ke (right), talks to a patient's relative at the emergency department of the Central Hospital of Ningxia Medical University in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, on Tuesday. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) It is common for Chinese people to hope for […]
Herd immunity protecting most people from COVID-19
Mass vaccination makes current situation safe, but uncertainty remains, expert says People visit Sanfangqixiang (Three Lanes and Seven Alleys), a historic neighborhood in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province, Jan 22, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Most people in China are safe from the spread of COVID-19 due to widespread vaccinations and newly gained natural immunity, but […]
Expert: Up to 90% of people in China have COVID immunity
A woman receives a booster dose in Chaoyang district of Beijing on July 13, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Most Chinese people have acquired COVID-19 immunity following Omicron-fueled outbreaks and mass vaccination campaigns, and people are safe in the short term, an epidemiologist said in an interview with People's Daily. Zeng Guang made the remarks in […]
Current wave of COVID-19 infections in China nearing end
A community medical worker in Yichang, Hubei province, examines a senior citizen in her home on Dec 28, 2022 before she is offered a COVID-19 vaccine dose.(LI YALONG / FOR CHINA DAILY) China's current wave of the COVID-19 epidemic is nearing an end, with rural and remote areas getting through the Spring Festival holiday without […]
Virus: China grants conditional approval for 2 homegrown drugs
An elderly resident receives a shot of COVID-19 vaccine at home during a medical service for senior citizens in Dongcheng district of Beijing, capital of China, May 10, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – China has conducted emergency reviews and granted conditional approval for two homegrown drugs for COVID-19 treatment, the National Medical Products Administration […]
Nation sees therapeutics success
Pharmacists check prescription information at a fever clinic in Minhang district of Shanghai on Jan 8. The small molecule drugs to treat COVID-19 had been put into use in community health centers in Shanghai to better play their roles in "early detection, early intervention and early diversion". (PHOTO / XINHUA) Domestically developed COVID-19 drug therapies […]
Sinopharm’s mRNA Omicron vaccine gets green light for trials
A staff member tests samples of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at a vaccine production plant of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) in Beijing, Apr 11, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China National Biotec Group, a subsidiary of China National Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd (Sinopharm), announced on Friday that its biotech unit in Shanghai has received regulatory […]
Drugs added to reimbursement list
Medical workers check drug stocks at a community health center in Beijing's Shijingshan district on Wednesday. The center is working in shifts for Spring Festival so that residents can get drugs on time. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY) China will add 111 drugs to its national medical reimbursement list this year, with a focus on […]
Co-treatment essential for elderly
Authorities urge simultaneous handling of COVID, existing diseases to lower risks Patients receive treatment at the emergency department at Gansu Province Central Hospital in Lanzhou, Gansu province, on Monday. (PEI QIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY) Doctors have been simultaneously treating patients for COVID-19 infections and existing health conditions to minimize the risks of complications, according […]
Guideline urges ample supply of medicine in rural areas
A medical volunteer team, composed of a medical university professor and his postgraduate students, test a rural resident's blood oxygen saturation level in Chenzhou, Hunan province, last week. They also delivered health kit packages to those living in remote areas. (CAO ZHENGPING / FOR CHINA DAILY) Local governments must make sure medications and antigen test […]
Guideline urges ample supply of medicine in rural areas
A medical volunteer team, composed of a medical university professor and his postgraduate students, test a rural resident's blood oxygen saturation level in Chenzhou, Hunan province, last week. They also delivered health kit packages to those living in remote areas. (CAO ZHENGPING / FOR CHINA DAILY) Local governments must make sure medications and antigen test […]
COVID-related deaths still counted in a scientific way
Mainland recorded a toll of 59,938 at hospitals between Dec 8 and Jan 12 Doctors and experts discuss the treatment of severe COVID-19 patients using online video calls at the southern branch of Renji Hospital in East China's Shanghai, April 24, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China will continue to strengthen treatment of severe cases and […]
COVID-related deaths still counted in a scientific way
Mainland recorded a toll of 59,938 at hospitals between Dec 8 and Jan 12 Doctors and experts discuss the treatment of severe COVID-19 patients using online video calls at the southern branch of Renji Hospital in East China's Shanghai, April 24, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) China will continue to strengthen treatment of severe cases and […]
Russia welcomes China’s optimization of COVID response
In this file photo taken on March 29, 2018, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova speaks to the media in Moscow. (YURI KADOBNOV / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia "positively assesses" China's decision to optimize its COVID-19 response policies, including those regarding cross-border movement of people and freight, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday. "We are […]
China revokes punishments for breaking COVID rules
Passengers prepare to board a train in Shenzhen North railway station in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, Jan 7, 2023, as the Spring Festival travel rush begins. (MAO SIQIAN / XINHUA) BEIJING – Starting Sunday, people who violate COVID-19 prevention measures will not be convicted or punished for obstructing the control of infectious diseases by […]
China updates COVID-19 diagnosis, treatment protocol
A medical worker collects data from residents who are about to take nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region. (WANG ZHENG / CHINA DAILY) BEIJING – China released its 10th edition of the diagnosis and treatment protocol for COVID-19 on Friday. The new protocol, jointly issued by the National Health Commission […]
China to continue monitoring viral mutations of COVID-19
Scientists and medics will keep track of disease after management downgraded A medical worker tends to a severe COVID-19 patient at the Second People's Hospital in Hefei, Anhui province, on Tuesday. Major hospitals in the city are operating around the clock to deal with the surge of infections. (HUANG YANGYANG / FOR CHINA DAILY) China […]
Senior official stresses orderly transition in handling COVID
National People's Congress deputy Liu Guozhong (center), who is also governor of Shaanxi province, answers reporters' questions during the ongoing session of the NPC on Thursday in Beijing. (XU JINGXING / CHINA DAILY) CHONGQING – A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) called for effectively coordinating the epidemic response with economic and […]
China urges science-based, proportionate COVID-19 curbs
This photo taken on April 4, 2018 shows the entrance to the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing, capital of China. (LI HE / XINHUA) BEIJING – China believes that for all countries, COVID-19 response measures need to be science-based and proportionate without affecting regular people-to-people exchanges and cooperation, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. […]