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BEIJING: China reported 143 new cases of Covid-19 on the mainland for Aug. 9, up from 125 cases a day earlier, the health authority said on Tuesday. China's latest clusters are mainly driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant,…

BEIJING: China reported more Covid-19 cases as it entered the third week of its current outbreak on Monday, while some cities added rounds of mass testing in the effort to stamp out locally-transmitted infections. The highly infectious…

BEIJING: China reported on Tuesday 90 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the mainland for August 2, compared with 98 a day earlier, according to the national health commission. Of the new confirmed patients, 61 were locally transmitted, the…

BEIJING: China raced Saturday to contain its worst coronavirus outbreak in months, as health officials blamed the highly infectious Delta variant for a surge in infections spanning 14 provinces. China reported 328 symptomatic infections…

BEIJING: China's worst coronavirus outbreak in months has spread to two more parts of the country, health authorities said on Saturday, including a sprawling megacity of 31 million people. The National Health Commission reported 55 new…

BEIJING: China reported 71 new Covid-19 cases on July 26, the national health authority said on Tuesday, as an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant threatens the eastern city of Nanjing. Local infections accounted for 31 of…

BEIJING: A senior Chinese health official said Thursday he was shocked by the World Health Organisation's plan for the second phase of a Covid-19 origins study. National Health Commission Vice Minister Zeng Yixin dismissed the lab leak…

BEIJING: China will not follow the suggested plan from the World Health Organization on the second phase of Covid-19 origins study as it contains language that does not respect science, vice head of the National Health Commission (NHC)…

BEIJING: Several areas in China will start vaccinating teenagers this month against Covid-19, state media and local authorities said, as the country steps up its inoculation campaign. China, which has managed to rein in domestic…

BEIJING: China on Thursday reported 16 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for June 23, compared with 24 a day earlier, the health authority said. All of the new infections were imported cases, the National Health Commission said in a…