A woman gets a PCR test in Beijing on January 10th.Andrea Verdelli / Getty Images A third Chinese city has barricaded its residents due to a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number of restricted to their homes in China to about 20 million people. The shutdown … Read More

Hospital officials in the northern Chinese city of Xi’an have been punished after a pregnant woman – who later had an abortion – was denied entry, allegedly for not having current COVID-19 test results. Key points: The pregnant woman had abdominal pain but was forced … Read More

For a country of 1.4 billion people, China has managed to keep its reported COVID-19 cases relatively low. In the two years since the pandemic began, China has reported a total of 132,901 cases. By comparison, Australia registered more than in the past week alone … Read More

Volunteers wearing protective suits pack meals for delivery to people during lockdown in Xi’an in northwestern China’s Shaanxi province on January 4.Zhang Bowen / The Associated Press The number of new coronavirus infections is declining in Xi’an, a city in central China that has become … Read More

Hospital officials in the northern Chinese city of Xi’an have been punished after a pregnant woman aborted after being denied entry, allegedly for not having current COVID-19 test results. The city government announced on Thursday that Gaoxin Hospital General Manager Fan Yuhui has been suspended … Read More

The Chinese city of Yuzhou has been shut down while residents of the locked city of Xi’an claim they are struggling to access food and supplies. Key points: Authorities in Xi’an admitted “there may be supply pressures in local communities” Some people in Xi’an are … Read More