China’s COVID-19 test fees ‘fraction of US’
Govt cuts costs to ease public pressure ahead of festival travel rush Despite booming demand for nucleic acid tests, especially as the travel rush of the Spring Festival holidays nears,…
China gives 24m COVID-19 doses, adverse effect rate no higher than flu shots
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday announced that the country has so far administered more than 24 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and the reported…
COVID-19 virus mutations should be closely tracked as new variants pose challenges for China: top epidemiologist
China's top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan said that COVID-19 virus mutations should be closely tracked, and it is important to consider which strain of the virus to use as a vaccine…
Chinese central govt agencies blast UK for betraying trust over so-called BNO passport for HK residents
Both the liaison office of the central government in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council denounced the UK's new immigration scheme which…
China will take ‘further action’ after derecognizing BN(O) passports
China has officially withdrawn its recognition of British National (Overseas), or BN(O), passports as a valid travel and ID document starting from Sunday (January 31) as the UK began accepting citizenship…
Chinese vaccine reliable alternative for EU as reflected in Hungary’s trust, experts say
The row between the European Commission and Western vaccine manufacturers over a delay to supply doses continued to ferment over the weekend as many are concerned that despite the EU's…
Proposal on strengthening education aimed at making boys more ‘masculine’ triggers debate
Chinese education authority has recently vowed to enhance physical education and psychological direction in a response to a previous proposal from a top policy advisor calling on the country to…
WHO expert team’s visit to cold food area in Wuhan markets raises hypothesis again about virus sources
In its efforts to search for clues to the origin of the novel coronavirus, the team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday visited the cold-chain storage…
EU’s quick approval of AstraZeneca driven by political considerations: expert
While the EU medicines regulator gave AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine the green light for all adults with conditional marketing authorization, and deemed Pfizer’s vaccines safe on the same day despite the…
All stevedores at major ports’ cold chain facilities have had vaccinations: official
All stevedores working at major ports' cold chain facilities have completed their vaccinations, Wu Chungeng, spokesperson for the Ministry of Transport, said at a press conference on Thursday. Wu said…