COVID 19

The possibility of a big COVID-19 rebound in China during the next few months is remote as 80 per cent of people have been infected, a prominent government scientist says.

China says the worst is over in its battle against COVID-19 ahead of what is expected to be the busiest day of travel in years - a mass movement of people that has fed fears

Queensland will lower its coronavirus alert level to green as the state emerges from its fourth wave of COVID-19. Acting Premier Steven Miles says the virus

BEIJING, RAW - PLACES IMPOSING CURBS ON TRAVELLERS FROM CHINA UNITED STATES[subscribe] The United States imposed mandatory COVID-19 tests on

China says nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 have died in hospital since it abandoned its zero-COVID policy last month, a huge increase from previously reported figures that

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