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Work resumption rate exceeds 90 percent on China-Europe railway

00:47 Work on the China-Europe railway is 90 percent restored and more measures will be taken to bolster freight train services amid the coronavirus outbreak. Freight t

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Iran's COVID-19 death toll rises to 124 with 4,747 infections

The outbreak of novel coronavirus in Iran has killed 124 people, Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced on Friday. Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public

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UK confirms two new COVID-19 cases

Britain has confirmed two more cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 15, Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty announced on Thursday. One of those infected caugh

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Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Sweden rises to seven

Five new cases of COVID-19 infection have been confirmed in Sweden, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to seven, the country's Public Health Agency announced

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Japan to ban foreigners who have visited COVID-19 hotspots in S. Korea

South Korean tourists gather after returning from Israel at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, February 25, 2020. /AP Japan is planning to ban the entry of foreigners who h

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China city provides free taxi service for epidemic fight

Authorities in a southwestern Chinese city have launched free taxi service to aid the fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic. Starting Thursday, 1,000 taxies hav

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China reports 48-pct drop in railway trips during holiday

China's railway passenger trips during the Spring Festival travel rush this year declined 48.3 percent year on year amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, official data

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Railway trips departing Beijing down in holiday travel rush

Nearly 8.3 million passenger trips were made on trains departing Beijing in the first 21 days of the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, down 11 percent from a year ag

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Daily railway trips to plunge as China fights epidemic

Chinese railway passenger trips are expected to slump 78.5 percent year on year to 2.6 million on Saturday, as the country strengthens epidemic prevention and control.

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China advises students to rationally arrange overseas study trips amid virus outbreak

Chinese education authorities have advised students to rationally arrange their overseas study trips amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The overseas study serv

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China advises citizens postpone overseas travel amid virus outbreak

China's immigration authorities have advised Chinese citizens to postpone overseas travel to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The National Immigration Adminis

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China beefs up novel coronavirus prevention with temperature screening at more railway stations

Temperature screening checkpoints have been set up in 387 Chinese railway stations by Saturday morning as local railway authority strengthened prevention measures to h

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1.87 mln daily entry, exit trips predicted for Spring Festival holiday

The upcoming Spring Festival holiday will see a daily average of 1.87 million trips made by passengers through China's entry and exit frontier inspection stations, the

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Railway trips exceed 100 mln since Spring Festival travel rush

Railway trips have exceeded 100 million in China as of Saturday since the beginning of the Spring Festival travel rush, data from the national railway operator showed

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China has 39 mega airports with passenger throughput over 10 million

China had 39 mega civil airports each with annual passenger throughput exceeding the 10-million mark in 2019, according to civil aviation authorities. The total sum of

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Passenger trips on the rise for 1st three days of Spring Festival travel rush

A total of 212 million passenger trips were made from Jan. 10 to 12, the first three days of the Spring Festival travel rush, said China's Ministry of Transport Monday

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Direct air route links China's Chengdu, Uzbekistan's Tashkent

A new direct flight was launched Friday between Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, and Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. The air route is run b