Top news of the week: 10.01.2023.
China is flying blind as pandemic rages
Official death tolls are impossibly low, and some worry new variants may escape detection
German expats in China receive first foreign COVID vaccines
Germans living in China began receiving the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, the first such rollout of a foreign coronavirus vaccine in a country that has not otherwise approved the ...
Pfizer CEO rules out generic COVID drug Paxlovid for China
Pfizer Inc is not in talks with Chinese authorities to license a generic version of its COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid for use there, but is in discussions about a price for the branded ...
WHO says China releases COVID hospital data after reporting gap
The World Health Organization received data from China on new COVID-19 hospitalisations after a reporting gap, with figures on Thursday showing a nearly 50% increase in the week to Jan. 1.
Senior WHO official faults China for undercounting Covid deaths
China is underreporting deaths from Covid-19 during its first big wave of infections, a senior WHO official said Wednesday.
Exclusive: China in talks with Pfizer for generic COVID drug
China is in talks with Pfizer to secure a license that will allow domestic drugmakers to manufacture and distribute a generic version of the U.S. firm's COVID-19 antiviral drug Paxlovid in ...
Taiwan offers China help again to deal with COVID surge
Taiwan has again offered to provide China with assistance to help it deal with a surge in COVID-19 cases but Chinese authorities have not yet responded, official Taiwan media reported late ...
Germany to require rapid COVID-19 test for travellers from China
Germany is changing its entry rules for travellers from China and will in future require at least a rapid coronavirus test to enter the country, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on ...