The number of new local Covid-19 infections in Taiwan hit a fresh high on Wednesday. The daily caseload reached 28,420, up from about 23,000 the day before. New infections topped 10,000 in New Taipei City. Health authorities on the island also rep...

The daily tally of local Covid infections continued to edge down in Shanghai on Wednesday, as the city reported just under 5,000 cases – around 600 fewer than the previous day. Of the new infections, 4,722 were asymptomatic, while 260 were symptom...

Two months after warning that Beijing appeared poised to help Russia in its fight against Ukraine, senior US officials say they have not detected overt Chinese military and economic support. US officials told Reuters they remain wary about China's l...

Authorities in Shanghai on Tuesday reported a further drop in the number of Covid infections, from a total of more than 7,000 the day before to fewer than 6,000. There were 274 symptomatic infections, down from 727. The number of asymptomatic cases ...

China's Suzhou Abogen Biosciences Co said its Covid-19 vaccine candidate using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology and targeting the Omicron variant has obtained clinical trial approval in the United Arab Emirates. With Friday's announcement, Abogen joi...

The mainland reported 7,822 new Covid-19 cases on May 1, including 865 symptomatic cases and 6,957 asymptomatic infections, the National Health Commission said on Monday. That was down from 8,329 new cases a day earlier, of which 920 were symptomati...

Shanghai reported 32 new Covid-19 deaths on May 1, down from 38 a day earlier, the local government said on Monday. The city recorded 6,606 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases on May 1, versus 7,084 a day earlier, the authority said in a statem...

Mainland China reported 8,329 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 for April 30, the National Health Commission said on Sunday, down from 10,793 a day earlier. Of the new cases, 920 were symptomatic, down from 1,424 reported on Saturday, and 7,409 were a...

Shanghai reported 38 new Covid-19 related deaths on April 30, down from 47 a day earlier, the local health authority said on Sunday. The city found 7,084 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases on April 30 versus 8,932 a day earlier, the authority ...

Five people were rescued from a collapsed building in Changsha city, authorities said on Saturday, after emergency teams overnight clawed through the rubble of a structure that housed a cinema and guesthouse. Authorities are yet to reveal how many p...

Beijing will amp up its Covid-19 restrictions with additional testing requirements, officials announced on Saturday, as the start of the Labour Day holiday was muted by creeping infections in the capital. The five-day break is typically one of the m...

Shanghai reported zero Covid-19 cases outside its quarantined areas for April 29, the first time since the recent outbreak in the financial hub, according to local health authorities. The city recorded 8,932 new local asymptomatic coronavirus cases ...

China will step up policy support to stabilise the economy as domestic Covid-19 outbreaks and the Ukraine war raise risks, according to a Politburo meeting on Friday. Authorities will adopt a package of policies to help Covid-hit industries and smal...

Rescuers were racing to find survivors after a building housing businesses collapsed on Friday in the central city of Changsha, mainland media reported. The six-storey structure, which collapsed around noon, was home to a restaurant, a guesthouse an...

Shanghai on Friday reported that its daily Covid-19 cases had jumped to 15,032, breaking a five-day downward trend. The number of Covid-related deaths also went up to 52, from 47 the day before. The number of newly diagnosed patients in the city w...

The daily number of confirmed domestic Covid-19 cases in Taiwan has topped 10,000 for the first time, in line with predictions, and health officials warned that infections would continue to rise. The island on Thursday reported 11,353 new local case...

New Covid infection figures in Shanghai have fallen for the fifth straight day to 10,622 on Thursday. Of the new local cases, 1,292 were symptomatic and 9,330 were asymptomatic. But the new infections in the commercial hub still accounted for the ...

Baidu and Pony.ai said on Thursday they had received permits from the Beijing municipal government to provide driverless ride-hailing services in a 60 square mile area of the Chinese capital. Baidu said the permit would allow 10 of its autonomous ve...

The number of new Covid-19 cases in Shanghai on Tuesday continued to fall for the fourth straight day, even though the city still accounted for the bulk of infections nationwide. Shanghai reported 13,562 cases for the day – a 20 percent drop from...

China has recorded the first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, the country's health authority said on Tuesday, but said the risk of it spreading among people was low. A four-year-old boy from central Henan province was found to have ...