COVID 19

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

The federal government will invest $2.8 million in a national COVID-19 management plan for 2023, warning the virus will continue to affect Australians. Health

With quiet streets in the heart of China's capital and city eateries adhering to virus curbs, the anxieties created by the "zero-COVID-19" regime could hinder

An Australasian clinical trial has shed light on the most efficient level of blood thinning treatment needed for patients hospitalised with COVID-19. Patients

The rise in COVID-19 cases is slowing nationally as NSW eyes a peak in its infections on the horizon. States and territories reported a total of 111,449 new

Chinese residents are rushing to snap up COVID-19 antigen kits and medicines for fevers and colds as the country's recent easing of prevention measures triggers widespread

China may announce 10 new COVID-19 easing measures as early as Wednesday, two Reuters sources say, supplementing 20 unveiled in November that set off a wave of COVID easing

Melbourne's brutal COVID-19 lockdown lasted 245 days and for many people, life got progressively worse during this time, new research shows. Nearly half

China has started taking steps to ease its zero-COVID-19 policy, fuelling a mix of relief and worry as the public waits to see the health consequences and impact on the medical

The latest COVID-19 wave shows no sign of ending, with weekly case figures rising in each jurisdiction and jumping 20 per cent in NSW and Victoria. This week,

Twitter has rolled back a policy that was aimed at tackling misinformation related to COVID-19 on the social media platform, lending itself to the risk of a potential surge