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A masked traveller arrives at the international flight check in counter at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Moves by the U.S., Japan and others to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and the government may not inform the rest of the world quickly enough. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Lack of Info on China’s COVID-19 Surge Stirs Global Concern

Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and that the…

AP 29 December 2022

People enter the baggage claim area from the international arrivals terminal as the U.S. reopens air and land borders to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinated travellers for the first time since the COVID-19 restrictions were imposed, at Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle, Washington, U.S. November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

U.S. To Impose Mandatory COVID-19 Tests For Travelers From China

The United States will impose mandatory COVID-19 tests on travelers from China, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday, joining India, Italy, Japan, and Taiwan in taking new measures after Beijing's…

28 December 2022

Workers set up a mobile Huoyan (Fire Eye) laboratory, which is built with air-inflated structures and operated by BGI Genomics, for the nucleic acid testing at Hebei Gymnasium on January 8, 2021 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province of China. (By Getty)

Chinese Gene Firm Providing Worldwide COVID Tests Worked with PLA

BGI Group, the world's largest genomics company, has worked with China's military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain science, a Reuters review of research,…

Kirsty Needham 30 January 2021

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