COVID-19 pandemic
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China orders rural hospitals to prepare for migrants’ return
BEIJING — China’s Cabinet ordered rural areas Friday to prepare for the return of migrant workers this holiday season in…
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2022 Notebook: Protests, strict COVID lockdowns tested China
THE BACKGROUND: After beginning 2022 by hosting a Winter Olympics inside a COVID bubble, China faced a tough year. It…
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Foxconn to ease COVID-19 curbs in Chinese iPhone factory
HONG KONG — The company that assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones has announced it is easing COVID-19 restrictions at its largest…
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White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free tests
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all American households as it unveils…
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A week into easing, uncertainty over China virus direction
BEIJING — A week after China eased some of the world’s strictest COVID-19 containment measures, uncertainty remains over the direction…
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Asia’s year in review: Who had it good — and who had it bad — in 2022
Police officers step into the vandalized gateway to Sri Lanka’s presidential palace in July. The country has been hit hard…
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China won’t report asymptomatic COVID cases in further shift
BEIJING — China said Wednesday that it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they’ve become impossible to track with…
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China reports 2 new COVID deaths as some restrictions eased
HONG KONG — China on Sunday reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic…
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NY state health commissioner resigning to return to Harvard
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s state health commissioner will resign Jan. 1 after 13 months in the job to return…
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Beijing, Shenzhen scrap COVID-19 tests for public transport
BEIJING — Chinese authorities on Saturday announced a further easing of COVID-19 curbs with major cities such as Shenzhen and…
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