Chinese customs screened 600 million people at international ports for infectious diseases over the past five years, ...

Good morning. China is pulling out all the stops to control the spread of the chikungunya virus – more on that below, along ...

But it's a very different story in China's overcrowded hospitals, where medical staff are working flat out to treat COVID patients, many of them elderly and un- or under-vaccinated.

Experts say the painful infection, spread to people from mosquitoes, can get to many countries if it finds the right hosts.

The NB.1.8.1 COVID variant has spread to multiple US states after causing significant surges in China and Hong Kong. Health ...

China’s Zero-Covid approach in the aftermath of the Wuhan outbreak of early 2020 rested on a 76-day mass lockdown, mass testing, intense surveillance, isolation, quarantines, and border closures.

"China's COVID situation on the whole remains predictable and under control." Weibo, another widely used social media website, censored critical comments under state media posts about Wang's remarks.

As of one week ago China has been allowing people infected with COVID-19 to quarantine at home with asymptomatic or mild cases, and it has dropped the requirement for everyone to show a recent ...

Now, as China finds itself caught in the tangles of its once-praised policy, there’s no clear road back to normal. Zero-Covid is a point of national pride, and it has saved lives.

China’s zero-COVID strategy is an extension of the drastic measures instituted, not only in that country but in others around the world, including the U.S., during the early days of the pandemic ...

Since China executed its “COVID pivot” in late December 2022, economists have been scrutinizing the data to see if the country will be able to achieve its goal of 5% growth in 2023.

Until China increases its vaccination rate for seniors, improves the efficacy of its vaccines and treatments and bolsters its medical resources, it cannot afford to loosen its grip on zero COVID.