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China rallies for ‘final victory’ over Covid-19 despite rising cases

China has used its mouthpiece newspaper to rally citizens towards what it claims would be a “final victory” over Covid-19, as global health officials try to determine the facts behind the country’s outbreak.

Evening Standard

Japan to tighten COVID border controls for travellers from China

Japan will toughen its COVID-19 border control measures for travellers from China from Sunday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, in response to a surge of infections.

Reuters

New Zealand won’t require visitors from China to show COVID test

‘There is minimal public health risk to New Zealand,’ COVID-19 minister Ayesha Verrall said of visitors from China.

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South Korea seeks Chinese national missing from COVID-19 quarantine

South Korea authorities said on Wednesday they were trying to track down a Chinese national who tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival but went missing while waiting at a quarantine facility.

Reuters

Government dismisses China's retaliation threats over mandatory COVID-19 testing

From Thursday, travellers from China will be forced to take a pre-departure COVID-19 test before making the journey to Australia — a move that has sparked anger from Beijing.

ABC News

Covid curbs: US says no cause for China retaliation

WASHINGTON: The White House said there’s no reason Beijing should retaliate against the US and other nations that have imposed Covid restrictions on its travelers, saying the moves were justified on public health grounds as China experiences a surge in cases.

The Times of India

New Zealand won't require Chinese arrivals to show COVID-19 test

The New Zealand government said on Wednesday it would not require travellers from China to produce a negative COVID-19 test, bucking a trend that has seen a number of nations implement such measures as cases surge in China.

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NZ won’t impose entry restrictions on travellers from China

New Zealand will not require travellers from China to be tested for Covid-19, the Government has announced

Newsroom.co.nz

Why the CDC is inviting travelers from China to swab their noses at LAX

LAX's arrivals area in the Tom Bradley International Terminal is now filling with the sounds of Mandarin, Cantonese, Hunanese and other languages as travelers from China seize the chance to enter the United States for the first time in nearly three years.

Los Angeles Times

Govt allays concerns over Chinese return

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha gave assurances Thailand is ready to handle the return of travel and tourists from China as concern grows over imported Covid cases following China's reopening of its borders on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Expert warns 'discriminatory' COVID-19 testing policy will deter Chinese travellers

From midnight, Australia joins a growing number of countries imposing new COVID-19 travel restrictions on people arriving from China, but experts say it is neither fair nor necessary.

ABC News

EU agrees to 'coordinated approach' for changing Covid situation

The European Union Health Security Committee said on Tuesday EU member states agreed on a "coordinated approach" to the changing Covid-19 situation, adding that included implications for increased travel from China.

France 24

China vows to hit back at nations imposing COVID travel curbs

China said it would hit back at nations that placed COVID-19 restrictions on its travelers for “political goals,” showing the coronavirus remains a politically sensitive subject in Beijing even as it lets the virus run rampant.

Tribune News Service

Covid patients overwhelm Chinese hospitals

Rural areas are now suffering a wave of infections.

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AAP

Ministers chastised for health advice snub

Anne Ruston says the government is undermining Australians' trust in medical experts by inferring advice from the chief medical officer wasn't cautious enough.

Liverpool Echo

People with covid coming from China don't have to isolate in new travel rules

Testing will be voluntary for those arriving in the UK

Reuters

Leading WHO advisers call for 'realistic' COVID data from China at key meeting

Leading scientists advising the World Health Organization said they wanted a "more realistic picture" about the COVID-19 situation from China's top experts at a key meeting on Tuesday as worries grow about the rapid spread of the virus.

Daily Mirror

UK defends refusing to make Chinese travellers isolate if they arrive with Covid

Travellers to England from China will be offered two Covid tests, but the second will be voluntary and not require people to isolate if it comes back positive

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The Independent UK

EU offers help, prepares to counter China's COVID crisis

The European Union has offered China help to deal with its COVID-19 crisis and is willing to donate vaccines

Evening Standard

Up to 70% of Shanghai residents have been infected with Covid, top doctor says as hospitals ‘flood’ with cases

The UK will require travellers from China to have a negative test before arrival from Thursday

Radio France Internationale

China calls Covid curbs on travellers 'unacceptable', threatens retaliation

China has described the extension of international restrictions on travellers from its territory as "unacceptable" as countries including France, Japan, India and the United States impose Covid controls on visitors from the world's most populous nation.

The National (Scotland)

Covid-positive China arrivals will not have to quarantine, minister confirms

TRAVELLERS testing positive for Covid after arriving in the UK from China will not be forced to quarantine, a Cabinet minister said.

Wales Online

China threatens 'counter measures' against countries testing arrivals for Covid

A growing list of countries are planning to insist on a Covid test for people arriving on flights from China

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing Threatens Response to ‘Unacceptable’ Virus Measures

Beijing blasted testing requirements on passengers from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved based on reciprocity. “We believe that the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting China lack scientific basis, and some excessive practices are even more unacceptable," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily briefing…

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CES bets on post-pandemic bounce

Tech's mega-trade show in Las Vegas is aiming to recover some of its pre-pandemic glory.

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