Residents have their information registered before undergoing nucleic acid tests in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan province, Aug 2, 2021. (XU YANAN / XINHUA) BEIJING/WUHAN – The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 61 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday. Of the new local cases, 45 were […]
People wait to take COVID-19 nucleic tests at a testing site in Baisha Huayuan community, Chiling Road sub-district, Tianxin district of Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan province, July 31, 2021. (CHEN ZEGUO/CHINA DAILY) BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 53 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its […]
In thie May 24, 2021 file photo, people get inoculated against COVID-19 at a vaccination spot in Kangding City, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, southwest China's Sichuan province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 30 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on […]
In this March 28, 2021 photo, workers unload from a plane the first batch of Chinese Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccines against the COVID-19 disease, on arrival at San Oscar Romero International Airport in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador. (MARVIN RECINOS / AFP) China is capable of delivering effective COVID-19 vaccines in a timely manner to foreign […]
People walk up stairs during rush hour at the subway in Beijing on July 28, 2021. (NOEL CELIS / AFP) BEIJING- The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 21 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 18 in Jiangsu, two in Hunan and one in Beijing, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday. […]
People line up to have their swab samples collected for nucleic acid testing at a community in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, July 28, 2021. (WANG XI / XINHUA) BEIJING – People traveling to Shanghai from high COVID-19 risk areas are required to report to residential communities or designated hotels within 12 hours upon arrival […]
A medical worker talks to a volunteer at a COVID-19 testing site in Jiangning district of Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, July 21, 2021. (JI CHUNPENG / XINHUA) BEIJING/CHENGDU – The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 55 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 48 in Jiangsu province, three in Sichuan and two each […]
A worker receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, on June 8, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) As of June 30, more than 560 million Chinese citizens had received both doses of a two-shot COVID-19 vaccine, meaning 40 percent of China's population had been fully vaccinated against the disease, Gao Fu, director-general of […]
A worker sprays disinfectant at a COVID-19 testing site in Jiangning district of Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, July 24, 2021. (LI BO / XINHUA) BEIJING/NANJING – The virus strain behind the latest clusters of COVID-19 cases in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, has been identified as the highly infectious Delta […]
A medical workers collects a swab sample from a resident for COVID-19 tests at a testing site in Longxi community of Jiangning district in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province, July 25, 2021. (LI BO / XINHUA) BEIJING – All residents in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, will undergo a nucleic acid test against coronavirus starting […]
People receive COVID-19 vaccine in the inoculation site of the Guangyi International E-Commerce Industrial Park in Haizhu District of Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, June 19, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported five new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, including two in Jiangsu and one each in Liaoning, Guangdong and […]
Aerial photo taken on July 21, 2021 shows citizens waiting to take COVID-19 tests at a testing site in a residential compound in Jiangning district of Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province. (JI CHUNPENG/XINHUA) BEIJING/NANJING – The Chinese mainland on Friday reported 13 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 22 imported ones, the National Health Commission […]
A medical worker administers a dose of a COVID-19 to a high school student at a vaccination site in Xicheng district of Beijing, capital of China, July 21, 2021. (REN CHAO / XINHUA) BEIJING – More than 1.5 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across the Chinese mainland as of Thursday, the National […]
Zeng Yixin, deputy head of the National Health Commission, speaks at a news conference on July 22, 2021. (ZHU XINGXIN / CHINA DAILY) China cannot accept the current version of the second phase investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 virus launched by the World Health Organization, for the plan has been compromised by political […]
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a resident for COVID-19 testing in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, July 21, 2021. (JI CHUNPENG / XINHUA) NANJING /GUANGZHOU – South China's Guangdong province on Thursday reported a new locally transmitted asymptomatic COVID-19 case. The asymptomatic carrier, a 23-year-old woman, recently visited the eastern Chinese city […]
Two men wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus walk along a street in Beijing, capital of China, May 7, 2021. (MARK SCHIEFELBEIN / AP) BEIJING/WUHAN – The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported two new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Yunnan and 20 fresh imported cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily […]
People wearing face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 wait to cross an intersection in Beijing, capital of China, April 13, 2021. (MARK SCHIEFELBEIN / AP) BEIJING – The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 57 fresh imported COVID-19 cases and eight new locally transmitted infections, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on […]
This July 17, 2021 photo captures people walking on a pedestrian shopping street in Beijing, capital of China. (MARK SCHIEFELBEIN / AP) BEIJING/KUNMING – The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported five new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Yunnan, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday. According to the local health authorities, […]
A vocational nurse administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccine clinic hosted by Mothers in Action and operated by the Los Angeles County of Public Health on July 16, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (FREDERIC J BROWN / AFP) BEIJING – A spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry has criticized US practice of […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the APEC Informal Economic Leaders' Retreat via video link in Beijing, July 16, 2021. (PHOTO/XINHUA) BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called for removing barriers, opening up and seeking integration. Addressing the APEC Informal Economic Leaders' Retreat via video link in Beijing, Xi stressed the importance of promoting […]