Beijing advises returnees to take direct flights, follow 21-day medical observation on entering China
Beijing authorities at a press conference on Sunday vowed to take a series of updated measures to curb imported COVID-19 cases, including advising returnees to take direct flights, requesting them to strictly follow 14+7 days of medical observation upon entering China, and strengthening management of a local medium-risk community where a recent confirmed case stayed.
NE. China's Shenyang on alert after frozen Johnius carouna from India tests positive for COVID-19
The outer packages of two pieces of frozen Johnius carouna products imported from India to Shenyang in Northeast China's Liaoning Province have tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday.
NE. China's Dongning city reports 1 new confirmed locally transmitted case
NE. China's Dongning city reports 1 new confirmed locally transmitted case.
China tightens COVID-19 test requirements for passengers from US after imported cases spike
China has tightened requirements for passengers flying in from the US amid a spike in imported COVID-19 cases among those traveling from the US.
China's manned spacecraft Shenzhou-10 settles in Mao's hometown
The reentry module of China's manned spacecraft Shenzhou-10 on Sunday arrived in the hometown of the late Chinese leader Chairman Mao Zedong in Shaoshan, Central China's Hunan Province, to honor the forerunner of China's aerospace industry and remind people of the original aspiration that guided China to advance steadily ahead in space.
Sinovac Beijing vaccine production facility works overtime to supply global inoculation
The Global Times reporters on Sunday visited the COVID-19 vaccine Beijing manufacturing plant of leading Chinese vaccine producer Sinovac to see how vaccines go through a complex packaging process - from vaccine bulk grouting to packaging - before they are shipped to vaccination sites around the world.
Medical institutions in NE. China's Dalian enter 'wartime mode' after COVID-19 flare-up
The port city of Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, ordered all of its local medical institutions to enter wartime mode on Sunday, after the city reported a new confirmed COVID-19 case on Saturday, bringing the total to two confirmed cases and six silent carriers.
Top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan warns of environment-to-human COVID-19 transmission
China's top respiratory diseases expert Zhong Nanshan said environment-to-human transmission has become a new pattern in the spread of COVID-19, and called on scientists to look for answers to this growing problem.
Construction begins on world's first 100,000-tonne intelligent fish farming vessel in Qingdao
Construction of the world's first 100,000-tonne large-scale fish farming ship started in Qingdao of East China's Shandong Province on Saturday, pioneering a new mode of industrial farming with “movable fish farms” on distant seas.
Ex-chief executive, top COVID-19 expert Zhong Nanshan awarded Macao SAR's highest honor
The Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Saturday conferred the Decoration of Honor – Grand Lotus, Macao's highest award, to top Chinese COVID-19 expert Zhong Nanshan and former Chief Executive of Macao SAR Chui Sai On for their contributions to the city.
The announcement came ahead of celebrations marking the 21st anniversary of Macao's return to the motherland on Sunday.
E. China's Tongxiang on alert after imported beef neck bone from Argentina tests COVID-19 positive
Tongxiang, East China's Zhejiang Province, has tested 72 samples from personnel, packages, and environment after a batch of contaminated beef imported from Argentina was sold to the city. All tests returned negative results.
China tightens test requirements for passengers from US after imported cases spike
China has tightened requirements for passengers flying in from the US after seeing a sharp increase of imported COVID-19 cases from the US.
Huge gas reserve found in NW China's Xinjiang
A massive gas reservoir with expected reserves of over 100 billion cubic meters was found in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to PetroChina's local branch.
China's Chang'e-5 retrieves 1,731 grams of moon samples
China's Chang'e-5 probe retrieved about 1,731 grams of samples from the moon, according to the China National Space Administration.
A total of 24,112 organs have been donated in China over the past 4 years
A total of 24,112 organs have been donated by Chinese citizens after their deaths from January 2015 to December 2019, and the per-million population of organ donations have climbed from 2.01 in 2015 to 4.16 in 2019, according to a report from the China Organ Transplantation Development Foundation.
High-risk groups to get COVID-19 vaccines: medical authority
China is to give people in high-risk COVID-19 groups coronavirus vaccine first, aiming to build a herd immunity protection chain through an active immunization program, said a senior official of the national medical authority on Saturday.
COVID-19 vaccines proven to protect people from infections for over half a year
COVID-19 vaccines are able to protect people from infections for more than half a year, but whether people can achieve life-long or 5-10 years immunity via vaccination is not yet certain, said a senior Chinese health official on Saturday.
Beijing raises risk level to medium for a hotel in Chaoyang district starting from Saturday
Beijing raised its COVID-19 emergency risk level for the Dashanzi branch store of Hanting Hotel in Chaoyang district and other stores in the building to medium from Saturday, Beijing's Center for Disease of Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Saturday.