The COVID-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated Thursday – up to triple the number of deaths attributed...
Hong Kong’s stringent pandemic travel restrictions, including frequent flight bans, are a “nightmare” for businesses despite a recent easing of the rules, the European Chamber of...
European businesses in China are increasingly looking to shift their investments to other markets due to the country’s strict COVID-19 containment measures and supply chain disruptions,...
Millions of people in Beijing returned to work Thursday, many remotely, with scores of subway stations shut after a national holiday muted by the coronavirus curbs....
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has tested positive for COVID-19, the State Department said on Wednesday. “He tested negative on Tuesday and again as recently...
Beijing closed dozens of subway stations on Wednesday, as COVID-19 restrictions slowly constrict movement across the Chinese capital of over 21 million people. The world’s second-biggest...
Shanghai funeral parlor workers returned a body bag to a retirement home after noticing the person inside was still alive. A Shanghai district government confirmed the...
Taiwan announced on Tuesday it was cutting to seven days from 10 mandatory quarantine for all arrivals, its latest relaxation of the rules to try to...
Two new sub-lineages of the omicron coronavirus variant can dodge antibodies from earlier infection well enough to trigger a new wave, but are far less able...
Taiwan will not act “as cruelly as China” in imposing lockdowns, its premier said Sunday, despite surging coronavirus infection numbers. The self-governing island recorded more than...
