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More than 300 million trips were made during the holiday, nearly 90 percent of pre-pandemic levels.

The infection is expected to surge in the rural areas as hundreds of millions travel to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year holidays, which will commence from January 21...

The reopening of China's borders marks the end of  Zero-COVID, a strategy that left the world's second-biggest economy isolated for three years and weighed heavily on the economy...

The epidemiologist estimates that more than 60 per cent of China and 10 per cent of Earth's population are likely to be infected over the next 90 days with deaths likely in the millions.

Following widespread rallies asking for an end to lockdowns and more political freedom, China’s top Covid official and many localities have hinted at a potential relaxation of the nation’s stringent zero-tolerance stance to the virus. Protests have been held in major cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou in response to anger at China’s zero-Covid policy, …

As authorities combat several COVID-19 flare-ups around the nation, China’s Guangzhou has closed down its largest district and Beijing’s schools have switched to online instruction. A five-day lockdown was ordered for Guangzhou, a southern city of over 19 million people, on Monday. Dining-in services were also halted, while nightclubs and theatres in the central business …