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EU offers China free vaccines as COVID-19 infections surge

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union has offered free COVID-19 vaccines to China, the EU executiv...

3rd January, 2023

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WHO urges China to share specific data regularly on COVID situation

(Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Friday once again urged China’s health officials to regu...

3rd January, 2023

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China arrivals in UK next week will not face compulsory COVID tests -Independent

(Reuters) – Passengers from China who arrive in the United Kingdom next week will not face compulsor...

3rd January, 2023

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EU urges more checks for COVID variants given surge in China

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union should consider immediately scaling up...

30th December, 2022

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Pandemic curbs linked to early start to Europe’s winter flu season

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Pandemic restrictions that hampered the circulation of viruses...

30th December, 2022

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UK not planning COVID testing for travellers from China

(Reuters) -Britain has no plans to bring back COVID-19 testing for those coming into the country, a...

29th December, 2022

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‘The ICU is full’: medical staff on frontline of China’s COVID fight say hospitals are ‘overwhelmed’

By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing...

26th December, 2022

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China races to bolster health system as COVID surge sparks global concern

By Bernard Orr and Xinghui Kok BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Cities across China scrambled to install...

20th December, 2022

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Queues form at fever clinics as China wrestles with COVID surge

By Eduardo Baptista and Josh Ye BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -People queued outside fever clinics at...

12th December, 2022

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WHO chief Tedros selects new leadership team, document shows

By Emma Farge and Jennifer Rigby GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s chief has provis...

2nd December, 2022

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Ambulance workers to strike, further disrupting UK health service

By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s health service faces further disruption in December a...

1st December, 2022

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Pfizer/BioNTech’s updated COVID shot shows strong response against BQ.1.1

(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Friday their Omicron-tailored shot...

18th November, 2022