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HK official on Chinese mainland's support for free COVID-19 testing

01:14 Bernard Chan, a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), said in an interview with CGTN reporter Zhu Dan that there's alw

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Hong Kong to launch massive COVID-19 testing

Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Friday that a mass screening for COVID-19 will be launched and any resident c

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Africa's COVID-19 infections fast approaching the one million mark

A healthcare worker wearing protective gear talks on a mobile phone at a testing center for COVID-19 at the Institute for Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training (IRESSEF), in

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France to make mask-wearing compulsory in all enclosed public places, says Macron

The French government will in next weeks make mask-wearing compulsory in all enclosed public places in order to contain the spread of coronavirus, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. "We have

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Air China's Moscow-Beijing flight suspended over COVID-19 cases

China's civil aviation regulator said Friday that an Air China flight from Moscow to Beijing would be suspended after over five passengers tested positive for COVID-19 on a July 4 flight. The suspens

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Nigerian scientists develop indigenous rapid testing kits for COVID-19: minister

An indigenous rapid testing kit for COVID-19 have been developed by Nigerian scientists for the identification of SARS-Cov-2, which causes COVID-19, Minister of Science and Technology Ogbonnaya On

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China sends humanitarian aid to Kazakhstan to fight COVID-19

A new batch of humanitarian assistance sent from the Chinese government arrived at the Almaty International Airport on Saturday night to help Kazakhstan fight against

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Over eight million in Beijing receive COVID-19 tests

Nearly 8.3 million residents of Beijing have received nucleic acid tests as of Sunday noon since the resurgence of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases, local autho

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Kung fu shrine Shaolin Temple reopens to public

China's kung fu shrine Shaolin Temple reopened to the public on Monday, ending a months-long closure amid the COVID-19 epidemic. The 1,500-year-old temple, in central

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Beijing reports 22 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

A medic carries throat swab samples to the integrated nucleic acid testing laboratory at Haidian Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, June 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

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How Brazilians react to the President's handling of COVID-19

02:18 Brazilhas nowsurpassed a millionCOVID-19 cases, a grim milestone for the country with the second most coronavirus infections in the world.It's been averaging about a thousand dea

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Inside Beijing's nucleic acid testing site in Daxing District

Beijing conducted the nucleic acid testing on personnel who have had close contact with the Xinfadi market since May 30.Xinhua correspondents in Beijing have visited a

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China to include COVID-19 testing in medical insurance

China will include nucleic acid testing and antibody testing for COVID-19 and related consumables in provincial medical insurance catalogues, according to the National

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One more positive COVID-19 case from English Premier League testing

One person tested positive for COVID-19 in the Premier League's latest round of testing, English football's top flight confirmed on Monday. The Premier League tested 1,829 players and club staff betw

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Mobile P3 laboratories used for testing coronavirus in Beijing

The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) on Wednesday dispatched mobile P3 laboratories and 14 testing personnel to Beijing to help the city c

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China completes genetic sequence of virus of COVID-19 new infection

The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday completed the genetic sequence of the virus that led to a new infection cluster in Beijing by testing more than 1,000 samples; th

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State Council to take measures to control COVID-19 cluster in Beijing

People take nucleic acid samples at a stadium in Beijing, China, June 14, 2020./VCGThe Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a meeting on Sun