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Experts sceptical that China travel curbs will be effective 03 Jan 2023 - 10:38 pm
A passenger wearing a face shield and mask amid the Covid-19 pandemic boards a domestic flight at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai on January 3, 2023. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP)
Countries mandate COVID tests for China travelers 02 Jan 2023 - 10:28 pm
Travellers of a flight from China enter the COVID-19 testing centre of the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy, outside Paris, on January 1, 2023. (Photo by Julien De Rosa / AFP)
6 simple steps to build an exercise habit 02 Jan 2023 - 09:48 pm
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What new COVID restrictions are Chinese travellers facing? 29 Dec 2022 - 11:50 pm
Workers wearing protective masks and suits help Chinese travellers leaving the arrival hall of Rome's Fiumicino International Airport on December 29, 2022 after being tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte / AFP)
Europe’s health officials oppose restrictions on China travel 29 Dec 2022 - 06:38 pm
A health worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) holds a swab in her hand to conduct tests for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), after Italy has ordered COVID-19 antigen swabs and virus sequencing for all travellers coming from China, where cases are surging, at the Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy, on December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
Pfizer hemophilia therapy study hits final-stage goal 29 Dec 2022 - 05:21 pm
Pfizer company logo is seen at a Pfizer office in Puurs, Belgium, December 2, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
US to impose mandatory COVID-19 tests for travelers from China 28 Dec 2022 - 11:19 pm
This picture shows Covid-19 patients being treated at Tianjin First Center Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
China Covid pivot sparks jitters worldwide 28 Dec 2022 - 08:09 pm
This picture shows a Covid-19 patient on a bed at Tianjin Nankai Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. - Cities across China have struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums after Beijing suddenly dismantled its zero-Covid lockdown and testing regime. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
Blinken cites need for all countries including China to share COVID information 22 Dec 2022 - 09:42 pm
Covid-19 patients on stretchers in the emergency ward of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University in China's southwestern city of Chongqing on December 22, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
Climate change fuelling cholera surge: WHO 16 Dec 2022 - 05:18 pm
The World Health Organization is responding to cholera outbreaks in 29 countries, including Haiti, which has more than 1,200 confirmed cases. (AFP)
Pfizer to sell Paxlovid in China as Covid cases surge 14 Dec 2022 - 11:04 pm
Paxlovid, Pfizer's anti-viral medication to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed in this picture illustration taken October 7, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
WHO chief hopes COVID will no longer be emergency next year 14 Dec 2022 - 06:40 pm
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a press conference at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, on December 14, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
Moderna, Merck cancer vaccine combo cuts melanoma recurrence by 44% 13 Dec 2022 - 05:09 pm
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Too soon to call end to COVID-19 emergency, says Gavi chief 12 Dec 2022 - 09:46 pm
File Photo: Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi Alliance speaks during the session 'Rising to a Global Challenge: The 15th Anniversary of Gavi' in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 22, 2015. (REUTERS/Ruben Sprich)
US FDA authorizes bivalent COVID shots for 6 months old 08 Dec 2022 - 07:30 pm
Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, US, on August 29, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
Warmer noses are better at fighting colds: study 06 Dec 2022 - 12:23 pm
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Big pharma not doing enough to improve drug access - analysis 15 Nov 2022 - 04:13 pm
A company logo is seen at the AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, Britain, May 11, 2021. File photo / Reuters
Skin-to-skin 'kangaroo' care boosts premature babies' chances: WHO 15 Nov 2022 - 12:49 pm
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