Public health policymakers making adjustments for evolving virus slash quarantine requirements while retaining ‘zero-Covid’ strategy

China’s playbook of lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines can’t keep up with BA.2 variant as city experiences shortages of food and medical care

Ten provincial-level regions across the Chinese mainland confirmed 85 cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, with hotspots including the capital Beijing and the initial Chinese epicenter of Wuhan

Officials impose increasingly stringent requirements to contain flare-ups of delta and omicron variants in run-up to Olympics

Dramatically mutated version of Covid-19 spreads faster and evades vaccines

China’s central bank sends an easing signal. A SPAC backed by a China Merchants Bank subsidiary files for an IPO in Hong Kong

A second district of the Chinese capital reports cases, as authorities warn of ‘complexity’ and ‘challenges’ that lie ahead

Animals imported from the Netherlands found to be infected, leading to closure of 34 pet shops and quarantine for workers and visitors

China battles multiple flare-ups of delta and omicron variants on the eve of the Winter Olympics. New Oriental fires 60,000 staff

Local transmission of the Covid-19 variants causing headaches in Beijing ahead of the games

A statement by the Chinese embassy said the claim did not ‘correspond with facts’ and called out U.S. airlines for staff shortages stemming from the pandemic

The airline cited Chinese airport procedures implemented while its plane was halfway between Seattle and Shanghai

But the variant appears to replicate far more slowly in the lungs than the original strain of the virus, University of Hong Kong researchers find

More restrictions have been placed on residents in the virus-hit cities of Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Ningbo in Zhejiang province, even as more than half a million people remain in quarantine

Even as the world still struggles to contain the delta variant of Covid-19, a dramatically mutated new version threatens to undermine vaccines and treatments

Leading infectious disease specialist Wu Zunyou says country’s rapid response and prevention measures are a ‘magic weapon’ that will contain any domestic outbreaks

Top epidemiologist says the country's dynamic virus response and strategy can tackle the recently identified variant

By shifting its pandemic strategy away from containment, Singapore has chosen to live with the virus. What can the rest of Asia learn from the city-state’s decision?

China doubles down on Covid-zero strategy, vaccinating children as young at 3, rolling out mass booster shots and developing more effective vaccines

Zhang Wenhong urges vaccine booster shots, refined control and prevention measures, and new drugs to meet pandemic’s continuing ‘huge challenges’