COVID 19

The World Health Organisation has adapted its guidelines for people infected with the coronavirus. It now recommends that people infected with the Sars-CoV-2

As Australians settle back into routines following the festive period, the number of positive COVID-19 cases has dramatically declined. For the second week

Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights given the rapid spread of the latest Omicron subvariant of COVID-19 in the United States,

Beijing has retaliated against South Korea's COVID-19 curbs on travellers from China, while state media further downplays the severity of the outbreak in the last major

People have joined long queues outside immigration offices in Beijing, eager to renew their passports after China dropped COVID-19 border controls that had largely prevented

Australia is being urged to remain vigilant and work closely with vaccine manufacturers as new COVID-19 variants emerge. Jane Halton, who chairs the the Coalition

Travellers have begun streaming into mainland China by air, land and sea as Beijing opened borders that have been all but shut since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

China has suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1000 critics of the government's policies on the COVID-19 outbreak as the country moves to further

Data from China shows no new COVID-19 variant has been found there but the country under-represents how many people have died in a rapidly spreading outbreak, World Health

Global health officials have tried to determine the facts of China's raging COVID-19 outbreak and how to prevent a further spread as the government's mouthpiece newspaper

Most European Union countries favour introducing pre-departure COVID-19 testing for travellers from China, the European Commission says, as Beijing plans to lift travel restrictions

State media in China have played down the severity of its surge of COVID-19 infections ahead of an expected briefing by its scientists to the World Health Organisation, which

Some people in China's key cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan have braved the cold and a spike in COVID-19 infections to return to regular activity, confident of a

China will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine from January 8 in a major step towards easing curbs on its borders, which have been largely shut since 2020.

The eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang is battling about one million new daily COVID-19 infections, a number expected to double in the days ahead, the provincial government

Beijing is facing a surge in severe COVID-19 cases amid concerns over the potential toll and knock-on effects for the world economy after the surprise ditching of China's

Cities across China are scrambling to install hospital beds and build fever screening clinics as the United States said Beijing's surprise decision to let the virus run

Medical experts are calling on the federal government to roll out a public education campaign about the risks of long COVID-19 and how to access health support.

China says it will stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they have become "impossible" to track with mass testing no longer required, another step in

Patients will need a referral in order to get a free COVID PCR test from next year, under sweeping changes to how the country manages the virus. Under a new