Category: China
China: Covid rule breakers humiliated in public walk of shame
Four Covid-19 rule-breakers in hazmat suits, carrying placards displaying their names and photos, were paraded in front of a large crowd in Jingxi city this week. More...
Sinovac vaccine not able to produce adequate antibodies to neutralise Omicron
The Covid-19 vaccine by Sinovac Biotech is not able to produce adequate antibodies to neutralise the highly mutated coronavirus strain Omicron, according to new research from the University of Hong Kong. More...
China: first Covid cases detected at 2022 Winter Olympics
Organizers of February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing said Friday that two foreign athletes had tested positive for COVID-19 in ongoing test events for the Games. More...
China: Covid outbreaks in 44 cities across 20 provinces
From October 17th to November 5th, some 918 confirmed cases of Covid have been reported in China, with the current wave hitting 44 cities across 20 provinces with viral chains linked back to multiple imported sources which are unrelated to each other. More...
China: Zero Covid is still less costly than living with it
China’s top respiratory diseases expert has defended the country’s zero-Covid strategy against scrutiny from some public health experts, saying it was still less costly than living with the disease and reintroducing restrictions each time outbreaks occurred. More...
Beijing “alerted residents not to leave” due to Covid outbreaks
The Beijing Health Commission alerted residents not to leave Beijing unless necessary amid flare-ups, and asked residents who have not returned to Beijing to postpone the schedule. More...
China: three cities locked down as Covid winter wave rolls in
The Chinese city of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu in China, and Ejin, in the Inner Mongolia region have been locked down by China following fresh coronavirus outbreaks.
Decoding Sars-Cov-2: How are global Covid waves formed, and can we predict future waves?
Global Covid waves are formed by smaller continental waves combining to create the unique global sine wave pattern we have seen in 2021. More...
China continues with its Zero-Covid policy
Public health observers are confident that China’s “zero tolerance” COVID-19 policy will safeguard the country to withstand epidemic flare-ups, although the outbreak in East China’s Fujian Province is still intense and Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province reported three fresh cases on Tuesday during the national holidays to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival. More...
Preprint: Coronaviruses with a SARS-CoV-2-like RBD isolated from bats of the Indochinese peninsula
“We found that the RBDs of these viruses differ from that of SARS-CoV-2 by only one or two residues”
Here we show that such viruses indeed circulate in cave bats living in the limestone karstic terrain in North Laos, within the Indochinese peninsula. More...