BEIJING (AP) — A city in northern China is building a 3,000-unit quarantine facility to deal with an anticipated overflow of patients as COVID-19 cases rise ahead of the Lunar New Year travel rush. State media on Friday showed crews leveling earth, pouring concrete and...
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China virus probe will ‘get answers’
A probe into the origins of COVID-19 will ‘get the answers it needs’ despite fears Beijing will undermine investigators, the acting Prime Minister says. Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack has backed World Health Organisation investigators to “get the answers they need” despite fears China will...
Acting-PM: WHO will get answers on COVID-19
Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack has backed World Health Organisation investigators to “get the answers they need” despite fears China will attempt to impede a probe into the coronavirus. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) international team has touched down in Wuhan to investigate the origins...
China fear at new ‘silent’ COVID surge
Chinese authorities are increasingly concerned about a pronounced uptick in coronavirus cases in the country, which has led to 22 million people being put into a fresh lockdown. A big worry is many of the cases are relatively close to Beijing and its 21 million...
Asia Today: China virus cases spike as WHO researchers visit
BEIJING (AP) — China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast as a World Health Organization team arrived to investigate the origins of the pandemic. China on Thursday also reported its first new death attributed to COVID-19 in months, raising...
Bad news after Olympian storms Capitol
The three-time gold medallist best known by Aussies as one of Ian Thorpe’s chief rivals received some bad news after storming the US Capitol. Klete Keller, the American freestyle swimmer who famously helped end Australia’s dominance in the 4x200m relay, has been charged for being...
Charges laid against three-time gold medal winning Olympic swimmer who stormed US Capitol
Klete Keller, the American freestyle swimmer who famously helped end Australia’s dominance in the 4x200m relay, has been charged for being part of the mob that stormed the US Capitol last week. Keller was identified by former teammates and coaches after a video posted by...
Millions in lockdown after China virus surge
For the last few months China has been enjoying a return to normality after largely eliminating the COVID-19 virus. Just three weeks ago pictures emerged showing packed nightclubs, bars and restaurants in the city of Wuhan, where coronavirus was first identified in late 2019. But...
WHO says there will be no COVID herd immunity in 2021
Despite vaccines against COVID-19 being rolled out in a number of countries, the World Health Organisation warned on Monday that herd immunity would not be achieved this year. Countries across the globe are looking forward to vaccines finally allowing a return to normality in the...
How Biden plans to deal with China
The impeachment of Donald Trump could loom large over Joe Biden’s first months in the job. But the next President faces other big issues. While the potential impeachment of Donald Trump continues to dominate the headlines, a close adviser for Joe Biden has revealed the...