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Jan 19, 2023

Hong Kong to scrap isolation rule for new COVID-19 cases

Hong Kong's leader says the city will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 starting Jan. 30 as part of its strategy to return to normalcy

Jan 14, 2023

China reports 60,000 COVID-related deaths, says peak passed

China has reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints it was failing to release data about the status of the pandemic

Jan 11, 2023

AP: WHO knew of past sex misconduct claim against doctor

The World Health Organization is forming a committee on “formal complaints of abusive conduct.”

Jan 11, 2023

Japan, South Korea protest China visa stoppage in COVID spat

Japan and South Korea are defending their public health restrictions on travelers from China after Beijing stopped issuing new visas in both countries in apparent retaliation

Jan 10, 2023

China halts visas for Japan, South Korea in COVID-19 spat

Chinese embassies have suspended issuing new visas for South Koreans and Japanese in apparent retaliation for COVID-19 testing requirements recently imposed by those countries on travelers from China

Jan 9, 2023

Pfizer's Paxlovid not included in China's national insurance

China will not include Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment drug in a national reimbursement list that would have allowed patients to get it at a cheaper price throughout the country, saying it was too expensive

Jan 8, 2023

Travelers rush to take advantage of China reopening

After two years of separation from his wife in mainland China, Hong Kong resident Cheung Seng-bun made sure he was among the first to cross the border following the reopening of crossing points

Jan 7, 2023

UK leader calls crisis meeting over struggling health system

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is gathering government ministers, medics and health service managers in 10 Downing St. for talks aimed at fixing a health care crisis that has seen thousands of patients stranded outside overflowing hospitals

Jan 7, 2023

China suspends social media accounts of COVID policy critics

China has suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1,000 critics of the government's policies on the COVID-19 outbreak, as the country moves to roll back harsh anti-virus restrictions

Jan 5, 2023

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID brings more sick

Patients, most of them elderly, are lying on stretchers in hallways and taking oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as COVID-19 surges in China's capital Beijing