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Conducting rounds of tests and shutting down schools, authorities in the Chinese region of Fujian have been alert as the more transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus is spreading fast in the  southeastern province, media reports said. more
China: Wuhan lab created '10,000-times stronger than usual’ coronavirus strains

Wuhan: A Wuhan-based lab in China created coronavirus strains that were up to 10,000-times stronger than usual, media reports said on Saturday.

China: Xiamen partially seals off two districts, one hospital after COVID-19 cases

Beijing: China's  tourism city Xiamen has partially sealed off two districts and one local hospital early Monday as two positive COVID-19 patients were detected, media reports sa ...

Chinese mainland reports 59 new locally transmitted Coronavirus cases

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 59 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, all in Fujian Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on T ...

North Korea declines COVID-19 vaccine manufactured in China

UNICEF said on Thursday that North Korea has rejected around three million doses of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine.

China returns to mass lockdowns, testing after Delta variant detected in several provinces

Beijing: The Delta variant of coronavirus that is responsible for increasing Covid19 caseload across the world and claiming more lives than the initial strains of the pathogen last year h ...

China locks down Zhengzhou city amid surging COVID-19 outbreak

Moscow/UNI/SPUTNIK: The city of Zhengzhou in central China’s Henan province has been placed under complete lockdown, the local government said on Friday.

COVID-19 mass virus testing: China closing county near Myanmar

The Chinese government on Saturday said everyone in a county in the southwest region near Myanmar will be tested for the coronavirus following a spike in infections.

China may be failing in its fight against myopia amid COVID-19 pandemic

Beijing: China has been battling hard against the trouble of myopia and with children getting more involved in studying online amid COVID-19, the problem may be accelerating.

China: Man dies from rare Monkey B virus (BV)

Beijing: The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) recently reported that a man died from the rare Monkey B virus (BV), media reports said.