China's zero-Covid policy

Health workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) treats patients in a holding area next to the accident and emergency department of Princess Margaret hospital in Hong Kong on March 11, 2022 as the city is facing its worst-ever Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak and has since seen overflowing hospitals and morgues, shortages of medics and ambulances and a frantic expansion of the city's spartan quarantine camp system. (Photo by DALE DE LA REY / AFP)
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15 January 2023
China reports almost 60,000 Covid-related deaths in a month
Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) are seen on a steet near a residential community that just opened after a lockdown due to Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions in Beijing on December 9, 2022. (Photo by Noel CELIS / AFP)
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15 December 2022
China Covid 'explosion' began before...
The flare-up in Covid-19 cases in China was well underway before the government began...
A volunteer health worker walks on the street in Beijing, December 7, 2022. Photo: EPA
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12 December 2022
Top China expert says Covid 'spreading...
One of China's top health experts has warned of a surge in Covid-19 cases, state media...
A COVID-19 vaccine is administered in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province, on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
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10 December 2022
Challenging last mile for China's vaccine...
China is finally beating a retreat from its strict zero-Covid policy, but low vaccination...
People sing slogans while gathering on a street in Shanghai on November 27, 2022, where protests against China's zero-Covid policy took place the night before following a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
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05 December 2022
WHO 'pleased' with China's...
The World Health Organization has cheered China's loosening of its zero-Covid policy,...
A worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and security official stand by the entrance to a residential area under lockdown due to Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions in Beijing on November 29, 2022. Photo: AFP
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02 December 2022
China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protests
China's top Covid official and multiple cities have signalled a possible relaxing of the...
Protesters march along a street during a rally for the victims of a deadly fire as well as a protest against China's harsh Covid-19 restrictions in Beijing on November 28, 2022. Photo: AFP
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30 November 2022
China warns of 'crackdown' after major...
China's top security body called for a "crackdown" against "hostile forces" on Tuesday,...
Protesters hold up blank white pieces of paper during a protest triggered by a fire in Urumqi that killed 10 people in Beijing in Beijing, China, 27 November 2022. Photo: EPA
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28 November 2022
Protests across China as anger mounts over zero-...
Hundreds of people took to the streets in China's major cities on Sunday to protest...
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27 November 2022
Deadly Xinjiang fire stirs anger at China's...
A deadly fire in China's northwest Xinjiang region has spurred an outpouring of anger at...