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China to strengthen nucleic acid testing of travelers leaving Wuhan

Chinese authorities on Monday demanded officials strengthen the nucleic acid testing of travelers leaving Wuhan, the hardest-hit city in the COVID-19 outbreak in the c

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Guangzhou treats all inbound personnel equally: official

Guangzhou treats all foreign personnel equally and foreign residents should also abide by the local epidemic prevention regulations, according to officials at a press

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27 Hong Kong residents stranded in Morocco to return by flight arranged by Chinese embassy

Twenty-seven Hong Kong residents stranded in Morocco due to the COVID-19 epidemic will come back to Hong Kong by a flight arranged by the Chinese Embassy to Morocco. The chartered flight, also carry

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China's border town to build temporary hospital as imported COVID-19 cases rise

The city of Suifenhe, at the China-Russia border in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, will build a temporary hospital as pressure mounts to stem the flow of imported novel coronavirus cases. T

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S. China's Guangxi suspends cross-border passenger transport

South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region issued a circular Friday calling off the cross-border road passenger transport and international waterway passenger transport services. The move aims to

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14-day quarantine required for out-of-town patients in Beijing

Non-Beijing residents who come to the capital for medical care will have to undergo a 14-day observation at home or collectively, the municipal government said Wednesd

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Guangdong demands quarantine, nucleic acid testing for all overseas arrivals

South China's Guangdong Province has demanded all arrivals from overseas to undergo concentrated quarantine and nucleic acid testing (NAT) starting from 6:00 a.m. Frid

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Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to suspend all cross-border flights

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport will suspend all international flights and flights to and from Hong Kong, Macao and the Taiwan from Wednesday to buck the risin

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Merkel's initial coronavirus test came back negative: spokesman

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a media statement on the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 22, 2020. Michel Kappeler/Pool via REU

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Beijing conducts at least 2 rounds of temperature checks on inbound passengers

Body temperature screenings are conducted at least twice on inbound passengers in Beijing to abate risks of imported cases of COVID-19, local authorities said Monday.

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China's border province tightens coronavirus testing, quarantine for int'l arrivals

Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has tightened the coronavirus testing and quarantine rules for travelers from overseas to reduce the number of imported infecti

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Beijing has 149 concentrated observation sites for people from overseas

Beijing has set up 149 concentrated medical observation sites for people entering the city from overseas to undergo a 14-day medical observation as imported cases of t

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Concentrated observation required for people arriving in Beijing from other countries

Beijing municipality has required people arriving in the city from other countries to undergo a self-paid 14-day concentrated medical observation from Thursday, as imp

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COVID-19 cases rise to 126 in Israel

A total of 17 Israelis tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 126, said the Israeli Ministry of Health.

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Serious problems exist in construction, renovation of collapsed hotel in east China

Serious problems existed in the construction and renovation of a hotel that collapsed in eastern China's Fujian Province, according to an investigation team of the Sta

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Israel's confirmed cases of COVID-19 reach 50

A total of 11 Israelis were tested positive with COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 50, according to the Israeli Minist

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Israel confirms 4 new COVID-19 cases

Israel's Ministry of Health announced on Friday that four more Israelis were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 patients in Is