Beijing Covid

Patients, mostly older people, laid on stretchers in hallways or took oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as a COVID-19 outbreak stretched public health facilities’ resources in China’s capital Beijing, even after its reported peak.…

Mask-wearing Beijing and Shanghai commuters crowded subway trains on Monday as China’s two biggest cities edged closer to living with COVID-19 even as frontline medical workers scrambled to cope with millions of new infections. After…

China’s National Health Commission scaled down its daily COVID-19 report starting Wednesday in response to a sharp decline in PCR testing since the government eased antivirus measures after daily cases hit record highs. A notice on…

Beijingers are experiencing strict lockdown restrictions and witnessing panic buying as Covid-19 cases continue to rise in the Chinese capital. Beijing saw 1,854 new infections on Thursday, comparatively lesser than what the rest of world’s…

Beijing extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional mass testing Monday as cases of COVID-19 again rose in the Chinese capital. Numerous residential compounds in the city have restricted movement in and out,…

Students of Beijing’s famous Peking University have expressed their frustration with China’s Covid Zero policy. Deep unhappiness at Beida’s 万柳 campus where students have been locked up for weeks. More walls being built brought out a…

Lockdown continues to weigh heavily on Shanghai’s healthcare system as fatigue and irritation kicks in owing to the large number of infections as well as the crippling…

Beijing residents tentatively returned to work on Thursday after a muted five-day Labour Day holiday devoid of the usual trips across the country or lavish family dinners, as China pledged to fight any criticism of its uncompromising…

Covid continues to haunt Chinese cities as capital Beijing imposed a new set of restrictions due to rising Covid cases. Authorities have imposed restrictions during the Labour Day holiday-week to avoid a rise in the number of cases. Beijing…

Beijing residents fear that a Shanghai-like lockdown as the Chinese capital city reported an uptick in new Covid-19 cases. Covid-19 cases in Beijing have risen to a total of 70 between Friday and Monday following which the authorities have…