Mainland specialists work around the clock on HK COVID-19 tests

1 month ago

Greater Bay Area rides wave of sci-tech collaboration

The first phase of the Chinese Medicine Guangdong Laboratory was inaugurated at the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Guangdong province, on Nov 9. At the same time, as a national strategic research force based in the Greater Bay Area, the laboratory has a commitment to develop together with Hong Kong," Gao said. In recent years, Guangdong has continuously deepened …

Science Innovation Research Hong Kong Cooperation Scientific Chinese

1 year, 8 months ago

Medical cooperation advances in Greater Bay Area

China Daily

The medical faculty members at Chinese University of Hong Kong and Guangzhou's Nansha district health bureau signed a framework agreement to advance medical cooperation in the months to come. Under the agreement, both sides will establish a close consultation and cooperation mechanism to build a high-end medical talent training and research innovation platform in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. …

Medical Hong Kong Cooperation Kong Hong Macao Guangzhou

1 year, 10 months ago

China to fully resume travel with Hong Kong, Macau on February 6

Hindustan Times

China said on Friday that cross border travel between the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau would fully resume from Feb. 6, dropping existing quotas and scrapping a mandatory COVID-19 test that was required before travelling. Group tours between China and its two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau would resume, while the number of customs checkpoints open will …

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1 year, 10 months ago

As schools are set to resume face-to-face classes in Hong Kong, mainland Chinese students face adjustment problems

Firstpost

Parents and teachers have called for a range of support services for children who may face adjustment problems New Delhi: Thousands of children who live in mainland China and attend Hong Kong schools will return to their campuses for the first time in three years, parents and teachers of students said. According to a report in the South China Morning …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Hong Kong to scrap isolation rule for new COVID-19 cases

Associated Press

HONG KONG — Hong Kong will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 starting Jan. 30 as part of its strategy to return the semi-autonomous Chinese city to normalcy, the city’s leader said Thursday. For most of the pandemic over the last three years, Hong Kong has aligned itself with mainland China’s “zero COVID” strategy, requiring those …

Test Hong Kong Kong Hong Isolation Rule

1 year, 11 months ago

Hong Kong to scrap isolation rule for new COVID-19 cases

Firstpost

For most of the pandemic, Hong Kong has aligned itself with China’s zero-COVID strategy, requiring those who tested positive to undergo quarantine. Many residents once had to be sent to hospitals or government-run quarantine facilities even when their symptoms were mild Hong Kong: Hong Kong will scrap its mandatory isolation rule for people infected with COVID-19 from 30 January as …

China Hong Kong Isolation Rule

1 year, 11 months ago

Chinese travellers head to Hong Kong for mRNA Covid vaccines: Report

Hindustan Times

Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese mainland, as the country grapples with a torrent of infections which have overwhelmed its health system. Chinese travellers head to Hong Kong for mRNA Covid vaccines: Report A private hospital in the special Chinese administrative region of Hong …

China Hong Kong Chinese Chinese Travellers Booster Vaccine

1 year, 11 months ago

Hong Kong scraps almost all remaining covid barriers for visitors

Live Mint

Asia’s financial hub will end social distancing, obligatory vaccine proof and almost all testing requirements for visitors, joining Beijing in accelerating moves to open up after three years of Covid-19 controls hit both economies. Hong Kong’s latest rollback came two weeks after authorities canceled the rule barring visitors from restaurants, bars and other venues for their first three days in …

China Hong Kong City Chinese Beijing Covid Kong

1 year, 11 months ago

Hong Kong Scraps Vaccine Pass, COVID-19 Tests for Travellers

News 18

Hong Kong will scrap some of its COVID-19 restrictions, including PCR tests for inbound travellers and vaccination requirements to enter certain venues, the city’s leader said on Wednesday. For most of the pandemic, Hong Kong has aligned itself with China’s “zero-COVID” strategy, requiring stringent COVID-19 tests and isolation for close contacts of infected cases as well as for incoming travellers. …

China Hong Kong Covid Kong Hong

1 year, 11 months ago

Hong Kong scraps vaccine pass, COVID-19 tests for travelers

Associated Press

HONG KONG — Hong Kong will scrap some of its COVID-19 restrictions, including PCR tests for inbound travelers and vaccination requirements to enter certain venues, the city’s leader said Wednesday. For most of the pandemic, Hong Kong has aligned itself with China’s “zero-COVID” strategy, requiring stringent COVID-19 tests and isolation for close contacts of infected cases as well as for …

China Hong Kong Covid Kong Hong

1 year, 11 months ago

China to lift Covid-19 travel restrictions after 3 years of coronavirus lockdown

Hindustan Times

Come January, China will practically abandon its three-year-old zero Covid policy and its international isolation, fully opening its airports and ports for travel and trade amid the massive coronavirus outbreak in the country. China to finally lift Covid-19 travel restrictions after 3 years of coronavirus lockdown Starting from January 8, China will cancel nucleic acid tests for international arrivals, the …

Travel China Disease Flights Chinese Covid Foreign

1 year, 11 months ago

Hong Kong to lift social distancing measures, nucleic acid testing upon arrival

China Daily

HONG KONG -- John Lee, chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, announced on Wednesday that all social distancing measures will be lifted from Thursday. Travelers entering Hong Kong from overseas, and China's mainland, Macao and Taiwan will be exempted from compulsory nucleic acid tests upon arrival and during their stays. Meanwhile, Lee said, Hong Kong has a …

Hong Kong Kong Hong Lee Social Distancing Social Distancing Measures

2 years ago

COVID-19 | RT-PCR tests made mandatory for travellers from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Thailand

The Hindu

International travellers arriving from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and South Korea will have to bring RT-PCR test reports when they travel to India, Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya announced on December 24, 2022. The focus of the drill will be to ensure adequate bed capacities including oxygen supported isolation beds and ventilator supported beds, availability of …

Health Oxygen Test Positive

2 years ago

Mandatory RT-PCR tests for arrivals from China, 4 more nations amid Covid worry

Hindustan Times

RT-PCR tests will be mandatory for those arriving from China, South Korea, Japan, and Thailand, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday as the government takes stock of preparedness to check the spread of coronavirus. This comes a day after the Union Health Minister held a meeting with state ministers to discuss the current situation and ensure that the …

Health China Covid

2 years ago

In another big change, China says it won't report asymptomatic COVID cases

Firstpost

China last week announced its most significant easing yet of antivirus measures and has begun to see what appears to be a rapid increase in new infections Beijing: China said Wednesday it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they’ve become “impossible” to track with mass testing no longer required, another step in the country’s uncertain exit from some of …

Test Report Chinese Beijing Covid Virus New Infections

2 years ago

Guidelines issued to help patients recover

China Daily

By LI LEI| China Daily| Updated :2022-12-13 Travelers enter a terminal at Beijing Capital International Airport to take flights on Thursday as some restrictions for travel were eased. CUI JUN/FOR CHINA DAILY Documents detail rules for quarantine, roles of neighborhoods and hospitals Health authorities on Thursday issued two guidelines in tandem to help COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms recover at …

China Isolation Test Patients Authorities Guidelines Issued Home Isolation

2 years ago

More cities in E China's Zhejiang end mass COVID-19 tests, health codes for public transportation since Monday

China Daily

Global Times| Updated :2022-12-06 Residents scan a QR code to confirm their negative nucleic acid results before entering a shopping mall in Shanghai on Monday. Following many places across the country, including neighboring Shanghai, local authorities in several cities in East China's Zhejiang province announced on Sunday that negative nucleic acid testing results and green health codes are no longer …

China Testing Shanghai Public Public Transportation Zhejiang Acid

2 years ago

Imperative to root out money-guzzling parasites

China Daily

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident for nucleic acid testing in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, on Nov 21, 2022. While many other businesses are facing a bitter winter, the nucleic acid testing companies that have mushroomed nationwide are making money hand over fist. The drop in the cost of testing from nearly 100 yuan per person per …

Testing

2 years, 1 month ago

Hong Kong leader tests positive for COVID after APEC forum

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong leader John Lee has tested positive for COVID-19 after travelling to a regional economic summit in an effort to restore the city’s battered international image and struggling economy. Lee tested positive on Monday, the city’s government said, days after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Bangkok. The …

Hong Kong City Covid Lee Tested

2 years, 2 months ago

People encouraged to stay put during National Day holiday

China Daily

Health officials are encouraging people to stay put for the National Day holiday, and cross-regional travelers are required to present negative COVID-19 nucleic acid testing results taken within 48 hours before boarding public transport. Lei Zhenglong, an official of the National Administration of Disease Prevention and Control, said at a news conference on Thursday that travelers should also get tested …

2 years, 2 months ago

Medical workforce returning from COVID-19 testing not expected to fill dire staff shortages

ABC

Regional health workforce shortages will not be alleviated by staff returning from their posts at PCR testing sites, a health official says, as testing dips significantly. Key points: Demand for COVID testing has reduced but a spike in cases is predicted later this year Health services won't feel a huge impact as staff return to other duties, an official says …

Testing Riverland Health Staff Lhn

2 years, 3 months ago

HK deepens marine knowledge with nation's support

China Daily

Qian Peiyuan poses with members of the Hong Kong branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory. The departure time and date were also adjusted several times due to outbreaks of the disease in Guangdong province in March and April, but the research ship eventually left Dongguan on May 17. "The longest turn I worked was just over …

Cheng Rov

2 years, 3 months ago

Nation relaxes its rules for cross-border travelers

China Daily

China's Customs authority said on Thursday that cross-border travelers will soon no longer need to report their COVID-19 nucleic acid test results, previous infection history and vaccination dates when going through Customs. The administration said inbound travelers will still need to provide negative test results before boarding, in line with the requirements of local foreign affairs authorities. The administration began …

China Customs Administration Travelers Test Version

2 years, 3 months ago

Robots may help take the heat off testing staff

China Daily

By MA SI | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2022-08-26 07:02 Visitors lined up to experience a one-stop machine for COVID-19 testing developed by Tsinghua University and Chinese biotech company Bioteke Corp in a conference in Beijing. Amid the sweltering heat waves that have roasted southern China for days, it's a tough challenge for medical staff wearing heavy protective suits to …

China Sun Chinese Robot Tsinghua University

2 years, 4 months ago

Stranded tourists help with COVID-19 control

China Daily

Chen Yi, a tourist from Zhejiang province, works as a volunteer, carrying medical supplies in Sanya, Hainan province, on Tuesday. Donning a hazmat suit, Lai Yuming began his volunteer work to help with nucleic acid testing at a hotel in Sanya, a coastal resort city in South China's Hainan province. Lai, a physician at Xiangya Hospital of Central South University …

Lai Sanya Hainan

2 years, 4 months ago

Stranded tourists help with COVID-19 control

China Daily

Chen Yi, a tourist from Zhejiang province, works as a volunteer, carrying medical supplies in Sanya, Hainan province, on Tuesday. Donning a hazmat suit, Lai Yuming began his volunteer work to help with nucleic acid testing at a hotel in Sanya, a coastal resort city in South China's Hainan province. Lai, a physician at Xiangya Hospital of Central South University …

Sanya Hainan Lai Tourists Help

2 years, 4 months ago

Stranded tourists help with COVID-19 control

China Daily

Chen Yi, a tourist from Zhejiang province, works as a volunteer, carrying medical supplies in Sanya, Hainan province, on Tuesday. Donning a hazmat suit, Lai Yuming began his volunteer work to help with nucleic acid testing at a hotel in Sanya, a coastal resort city in South China's Hainan province. Lai, a physician at Xiangya Hospital of Central South University …

Lai Sanya Hainan Tourists Help

2 years, 6 months ago

Regular nucleic acid tests in risky areas help recovery

China Daily

Residents wait for nucleic acid testing at Balizhuang subdistrict in Chaoyang district, Beijing, capital of China, June 11, 2022. Earlier, the cost of nucleic acid tests was covered by the funds collected through issuance of government bonds, and/or healthcare security and local government contingency funds, or individual payment. Given these developments, how to conduct regular or frequent nucleic acid testing …

China Local Tests Testing Funds Acid Local Governments

2 years, 6 months ago

Regular nucleic acid tests in risky areas help recovery

China Daily

Residents wait for nucleic acid testing at Balizhuang subdistrict in Chaoyang district, Beijing, capital of China, June 11, 2022. Earlier, the cost of nucleic acid tests was covered by the funds collected through issuance of government bonds, and/or healthcare security and local government contingency funds, or individual payment. Given these developments, how to conduct regular or frequent nucleic acid testing …

China Local Tests Testing Funds Regular Acid

2 years, 6 months ago

Hong Kong to distribute about 40,000 RAT kits following sewage COVID-19 detection

China Daily

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said Saturday that it will distribute around 40,000 sets of COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits as part of a follow-up on the recent detection of the COVID-19 virus in sewage samples. The test kits will be distributed to residents, cleaning workers and property management staff working in estate in Kwun …

Hong Kong Kits Following

2 years, 6 months ago

Zhejiang loosens policy on nucleic acid testing

China Daily

Residents line up to take nucleic acid tests for the novel coronavirus in Binjiang district in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Jan 27, 2022. The notice clarified that those in the province from areas that have no medium or high-risk areas for COVID-19 and no local reported cases within seven days can travel freely in the province without a negative nucleic …

Travel Test Province Zhejiang Seven Days Acid Negative Nucleic

2 years, 6 months ago

Hong Kong eases some Covid-19 testing requirements for inbound travel

Hindustan Times

Hong Kong will relax some Covid-19 testing requirements for incoming passengers as the city takes small steps toward easing travel restrictions. Hong Kong eases some Covid-19 testing requirements for inbound travel While travellers still need a nucleic acid test within 48 hours of the scheduled departure of their flight to the financial hub, they will no longer have to give …

Test Hong Kong Covid Kong Hong

2 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19 brings logistics rethink in Hong Kong

China Daily

Cargo is unloaded at Kwai Tsing Container Terminals in Hong Kong. Photo provided to CHINA DAILY Upgraded services eyed as cross-border freight links disrupted Around 7 pm one evening in early March, David Cheng, 64, left a two-story dormitory built from stacked shipping containers in Lok Ma Chau, Hong Kong. The longer journeys came after the Shenzhen authorities required truck …

Hong Kong Hours Shenzhen Cheng Truck Early March

2 years, 7 months ago

每日一词∣15分钟核酸采样圈 15-minute nucleic acid test circle

China Daily

近日，上海市加快推进常态化核酸采样点布局建设工作，积极构建15分钟核酸“采样圈”，有利于居民在社区或办公区域就近便可进行核酸检测。 Recently, Shanghai has accelerated the layout and construction of normalized nucleic acid test sites. 5月13日，在上海市浦东新区一处核酸采样点，工作人员在为市民进行核酸采样。（图片来源：中国日报）【知识点】及时发现传染源、降低疫情扩散风险、落实“早发现”，都离不开核酸检测。当前，我国疫情防控进入应对奥密克戎病毒变异株流行新阶段，利用核酸检测手段实现“早发现”尤为重要。5月9日，国务院联防联控机制电视电话会议强调，大城市建立步行15分钟核酸“采样圈”。“便捷性”和“可及性”，是15分钟核酸“采样圈”的优势所在。15分钟的路程，抬脚就到，可以提高检测效率，提升疫情防控的“技防”水平。目前，国内多个城市提出构建15分钟核酸“采样圈”目标，以最快速度推进采样点铺设，为市民“应采尽采”“愿采尽采”提供方便。 15分钟核酸“采样圈”考验的不仅是点位设置，还包括建设标准、人员配置等。核酸检测采样队伍的扩大方面，各地也在进行积极探索，鼓励具有卫生专业背景的人员经过当地卫生健康行政部门的培训参加核酸采样工作，不仅仅是现有的医师和护士。此外，对于核酸采样现场还有一部分人员，主要负责信息录入、秩序维护，还有给老百姓进行答疑解惑、服务保障工作，这部分人可以由一般的工作人员和志愿者担任。常态化核酸检测往往以政府购买服务的方式免费向居民提供。尽管此举投入的人力物力资源很大，但如果不这么做，一旦疫情在更大范围内扩散开来，可能要通过全域静态管理的方式进行补救，届时造成的经济损失与医疗救治的压力将会更大。【重要指示】人民生命安全和身体健康是人类发展进步的前提。人类彻底战胜新冠肺炎疫情还需付出艰苦努力。各国要相互支持，加强防疫措施协调，完善全球公共卫生治理，形成应对疫情的强大国际合力。 Safety and health are the prerequisite for human development and progress. ——2022年4月21日，习近平在博鳌亚洲论坛2022年年会开幕式上的主旨演讲提高科学精准防控本领，完善各种应急预案，严格落实常态化防控措施，最大限度减少疫情对经济社会发展的影响。 Enhance capabilities in scientific and precise prevention and control, improve various contingency plans, and strictly implement regular prevention and control measures to minimize the impact …

2 years, 7 months ago

每日一词∣15分钟核酸采样圈 15-minute nucleic acid test circle

China Daily

近日，上海市加快推进常态化核酸采样点布局建设工作，积极构建15分钟核酸“采样圈”，有利于居民在社区或办公区域就近便可进行核酸检测。 Recently, Shanghai has accelerated the layout and construction of normalized nucleic acid test sites. 5月13日，在上海市浦东新区一处核酸采样点，工作人员在为市民进行核酸采样。（图片来源：中国日报）【知识点】及时发现传染源、降低疫情扩散风险、落实“早发现”，都离不开核酸检测。当前，我国疫情防控进入应对奥密克戎病毒变异株流行新阶段，利用核酸检测手段实现“早发现”尤为重要。5月9日，国务院联防联控机制电视电话会议强调，大城市建立步行15分钟核酸“采样圈”。“便捷性”和“可及性”，是15分钟核酸“采样圈”的优势所在。15分钟的路程，抬脚就到，可以提高检测效率，提升疫情防控的“技防”水平。目前，国内多个城市提出构建15分钟核酸“采样圈”目标，以最快速度推进采样点铺设，为市民“应采尽采”“愿采尽采”提供方便。 15分钟核酸“采样圈”考验的不仅是点位设置，还包括建设标准、人员配置等。核酸检测采样队伍的扩大方面，各地也在进行积极探索，鼓励具有卫生专业背景的人员经过当地卫生健康行政部门的培训参加核酸采样工作，不仅仅是现有的医师和护士。此外，对于核酸采样现场还有一部分人员，主要负责信息录入、秩序维护，还有给老百姓进行答疑解惑、服务保障工作，这部分人可以由一般的工作人员和志愿者担任。常态化核酸检测往往以政府购买服务的方式免费向居民提供。尽管此举投入的人力物力资源很大，但如果不这么做，一旦疫情在更大范围内扩散开来，可能要通过全域静态管理的方式进行补救，届时造成的经济损失与医疗救治的压力将会更大。【重要指示】人民生命安全和身体健康是人类发展进步的前提。人类彻底战胜新冠肺炎疫情还需付出艰苦努力。各国要相互支持，加强防疫措施协调，完善全球公共卫生治理，形成应对疫情的强大国际合力。 Safety and health are the prerequisite for human development and progress. ——2022年4月21日，习近平在博鳌亚洲论坛2022年年会开幕式上的主旨演讲提高科学精准防控本领，完善各种应急预案，严格落实常态化防控措施，最大限度减少疫情对经济社会发展的影响。 Enhance capabilities in scientific and precise prevention and control, improve various contingency plans, and strictly implement regular prevention and control measures to minimize the impact …

Nucleic Acid

2 years, 7 months ago

每日一词∣15分钟核酸采样圈 15-minute nucleic acid test circle

China Daily

近日，上海市加快推进常态化核酸采样点布局建设工作，积极构建15分钟核酸“采样圈”，有利于居民在社区或办公区域就近便可进行核酸检测。 Recently, Shanghai has accelerated the layout and construction of normalized nucleic acid test sites. 5月13日，在上海市浦东新区一处核酸采样点，工作人员在为市民进行核酸采样。（图片来源：中国日报）【知识点】及时发现传染源、降低疫情扩散风险、落实“早发现”，都离不开核酸检测。当前，我国疫情防控进入应对奥密克戎病毒变异株流行新阶段，利用核酸检测手段实现“早发现”尤为重要。5月9日，国务院联防联控机制电视电话会议强调，大城市建立步行15分钟核酸“采样圈”。“便捷性”和“可及性”，是15分钟核酸“采样圈”的优势所在。15分钟的路程，抬脚就到，可以提高检测效率，提升疫情防控的“技防”水平。目前，国内多个城市提出构建15分钟核酸“采样圈”目标，以最快速度推进采样点铺设，为市民“应采尽采”“愿采尽采”提供方便。 15分钟核酸“采样圈”考验的不仅是点位设置，还包括建设标准、人员配置等。核酸检测采样队伍的扩大方面，各地也在进行积极探索，鼓励具有卫生专业背景的人员经过当地卫生健康行政部门的培训参加核酸采样工作，不仅仅是现有的医师和护士。此外，对于核酸采样现场还有一部分人员，主要负责信息录入、秩序维护，还有给老百姓进行答疑解惑、服务保障工作，这部分人可以由一般的工作人员和志愿者担任。常态化核酸检测往往以政府购买服务的方式免费向居民提供。尽管此举投入的人力物力资源很大，但如果不这么做，一旦疫情在更大范围内扩散开来，可能要通过全域静态管理的方式进行补救，届时造成的经济损失与医疗救治的压力将会更大。【重要指示】人民生命安全和身体健康是人类发展进步的前提。人类彻底战胜新冠肺炎疫情还需付出艰苦努力。各国要相互支持，加强防疫措施协调，完善全球公共卫生治理，形成应对疫情的强大国际合力。 Safety and health are the prerequisite for human development and progress. ——2022年4月21日，习近平在博鳌亚洲论坛2022年年会开幕式上的主旨演讲提高科学精准防控本领，完善各种应急预案，严格落实常态化防控措施，最大限度减少疫情对经济社会发展的影响。 Enhance capabilities in scientific and precise prevention and control, improve various contingency plans, and strictly implement regular prevention and control measures to minimize the impact …

Nucleic Acid

2 years, 7 months ago

Beijing unites to ensure supplies during COVID-19 outbreak

China Daily

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a delivery man for nucleic acid test at a testing site in Chaoyang district, Beijing, May 5, 2022. To reduce the risk of infection, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce recently issued a document outlining epidemic prevention and control guidelines for delivery workers during the outbreak. Delivery staff members should have completed …

Delivery Services Beijing

2 years, 7 months ago

Delivery business goes full throttle amid virus precautions in Beijing

China Daily

A delivery worker picks up food from a restaurant in Beijing on May 2. Takeout businesses boomed in Beijing during the May Day holiday, from April 30 to May 4, with dine-in services suspended. Despite a slump in footfall, both Meituan and Eleme, two leading food delivery service providers, reported a steep rise in takeout orders during the holiday. All …

Holiday Test Delivery Beijing Meituan Takeout

2 years, 7 months ago

Delivery business goes full throttle amid virus precautions in Beijing

China Daily

A delivery worker picks up food from a restaurant in Beijing on May 2. Takeout businesses boomed in Beijing during the May Day holiday, from April 30 to May 4, with dine-in services suspended. Despite a slump in footfall, both Meituan and Eleme, two leading food delivery service providers, reported a steep rise in takeout orders during the holiday. All …

Holiday Test Delivery Beijing Meituan Takeout Business Goes

2 years, 7 months ago

HK gets boost in fighting outbreak as central govt offers needed beds

China Daily

Citizens wearing face masks line up for nucleic acid test at a testing site in South China's Hong Kong, April 14, 2022. The first phase of the hospital was handed over to Hong Kong on April 7, offering 500 beds in negative pressure wards－including 32 intensive care unit beds, and two operating theaters. Wang Hong, chairman of China Construction Science …

Hong Kong Kong Hong

2 years, 7 months ago

New measures help villagers cope with COVID-19

China Daily

An anti-epidemic team member delivers Lianqin villagers' luggage to their homes on April 25. ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY Mobile stations While relocating residents, the town's anti-epidemic team also began optimizing the way in which nucleic acid test samples were transported through urban villages. On Sunday, volunteers used motorized tricycles in Lianqin to collect the samples, with medical workers driving to each …

Samples Lianqin

2 years, 7 months ago

A fountain of youths and their ideas

China Daily

All for one another In recent days, a term trending online and high on almost everyone's mind is "let's defend Shanghai together". In this critical period, I've been helping students as a dormitory assistant of the international students' dormitory on the Minhang campus of the East China Normal University in Shanghai. I'm quite busy during this closed-loop management period in …

Students Shanghai

2 years, 7 months ago

COVID-hit Beijing keeps up guard to avoid Shanghai-like misery

ABC

The Chinese capital of Beijing closed some public spaces and stepped up checks at others on Thursday, as most of the city's 22 million residents embarked on more COVID-19 mass testing aimed at averting a Shanghai-like lockdown. Key points: Beijing will test most of its 22 million residents for COVID this week The city has reported more than 160 infections …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Beijing enforces lockdowns, expands COVID-19 mass testing

Associated Press

BEIJING — Police and new fencing restricted who could leave a locked-down area in Beijing on Tuesday as authorities in the Chinese capital stepped up efforts to prevent a major COVID-19 outbreak like the one that has all but shut down the city of Shanghai. Another 22 cases were found in the last 24 hours, Beijing health officials said at …

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2 years, 7 months ago

COVID pandemic: Beijing enforces lockdowns, expands mass testing

India TV News

Highlights Police & new fencing restricted who could leave a locked-down area in Beijing on Apr 26 Authorities in Beijing stepped up efforts to prevent major COVID outbreak in Shanghai city People lined up for throat swabs in Beijing as mass testing expanded to 11 of city’s 16 districts Police and new fencing restricted who could leave a locked-down area …

China Testing City Outbreak Shanghai Beijing Chen

2 years, 7 months ago

Most Of Beijing To Be Tested For COVID-19 Amid Lockdown Worry

Huff Post

A health worker takes a swab sample from a man to be tested for COVID-19 coronavirus at a makeshift testing site in Zhongguancun in Beijing, on April 26, 2022. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images BEIJING — Beijing will conduct mass testing of most of its 21 million people, authorities announced Monday, as a new COVID-19 outbreak sparked stockpiling of food …

Testing Shanghai Covid Residents Chaoyang Mass Testing Lockdown Worry

2 years, 8 months ago

Husband and wife join in fight against outbreak

China Daily

Shen Yao and her husband Qiu Xianrong log nucleic acid test samples at a lab in East China's Shanghai, April 18, 2022. Shen Yao and her husband Qiu Xianrong, lab technicians at two hospitals in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, learned on April 2 that help was needed in Shanghai in its fight against a major COVID-19 outbreak. Shen's 40-year-old husband Qiu, …

Test Work Team Testing Outbreak Shanghai Shen

2 years, 8 months ago

我国核酸检测能力达每天5165万管

China Daily

截至目前，我国有1.31万家医疗卫生机构具备检测能力，检测能力达到每天5165万管。图片来源：新华社 Chinese nucleic acid testing agencies can process 51.65 million samples per day, the State Council joint COVID-19 prevention and control mechanism team said Sunday. 据国务院联防联控机制消息，我国核酸检测能力达到每天5165万管。 Mass nucleic acid testing has been an effective tool to spot COVID-19 infections in China and a stronger capacity will raise people's confidence to contain the epidemic, the team said in a statement. …

Testing Nucleic Acid

2 years, 8 months ago

HK seniors undergo 'quarantine in reverse'

China Daily

Seniors take a rehab bus to Pleasure Lodge. Closed-loop system To provide another level of safety, all 15 staff members at Pleasure Lodge are subject to a closed-loop management system, which denies them contact with the outside world. About a week after Pleasure Lodge started to accept healthy arrivals, a caregiver tested positive for COVID-19－the first infected employee at the …

Homes Hong Kong Pleasure Lodge

2 years, 8 months ago

HK seniors undergo 'quarantine in reverse'

China Daily

Silver lining The pandemic has also brought people closer. The fifth wave has caught numerous businesses, especially homes for the elderly, off guard, leaving them short of anti-pandemic items such as face masks, rapid antigen testing kits, oximeters and disinfectant. Tseung, the Pleasure Lodge chief financial officer, said giving rapid antigen tests to every resident and staff member at nursing …

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