Top news of the week: 08.11.2022.
China's daily local COVID cases hit 3,200 for Nov 2, highest since Aug. 17
China recorded 3,200 daily local COVID-19 cases for Nov. 2, the highest in two and a half months, of which 531 were symptomatic and 2,669 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission ...
Scholz secures agreement allowing expats in China to use BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced an agreement on Friday to let expatriates in China use the COVID-19 vaccine from Germany's BioNTech and pressed for Beijing to allow the shot to be ...
China reports 7,691 new COVID cases for Nov 7 vs 5,643 a day earlier
China reported 7,691 new COVID-19 infections on Nov. 7, of which 890 were symptomatic and 6,801 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.
BioNTech executive says it is too early to predict China vaccine approval
A BioNTech executive on Monday confirmed that the company is in discussions with Chinese authorities over regulatory approval of the German biotech firm's COVID-19 vaccine for use by ...
Chinese COVID testing firms report big profits as virus fight intensifies
Several of China's largest medical testing companies have posted big increases in profit for the first three quarters of the year, as the country's strict zero-COVID policy boosts spending ...
BioNTech spokesperson: Vaccine to initially be imported to China
BioNTech will initially import its COVID-19 vaccine into China, said a spokesperson for the company on Friday, after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a visit to Beijing that China ...
Guangzhou battles Covid-19 surge as cases across China hit 6-month high
Southern metropolis reports nearly 2,000 coronavirus infections on Monday in new outbreak driven by Omicron BA.5.2 variant.
China striving to control new COVID outbreaks - commission
China is striving to control the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 infections in the shortest possible time, the health commission said on Wednesday in its first comments since the 20th Communist ...