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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – COVID fever and emergency hospitalisations have peaked in China and the number of hospitalised COVID patients is continuing to decline, a Chinese health official said on Saturday. Nationwide, “the number of fever clinic visitors is generally in a declining trend after peaking, both in cities and rural areas,” Jiao Yahui, an official …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China said nearly 60,000 people with COVID-19 had died in hospital since it abruptly dismantled its zero-COVID policy in early December, a big increase from previously reported figures that follows global criticism of the country’s coronavirus data. Between Dec. 8 and Jan. 12, the number of COVID-related deaths in Chinese hospitals totalled …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) -China has appointed Zheng Yanxiong, head of the national security office in Hong Kong, as director of its Liaison Office in the city, the State Council, or cabinet, said in a notice on Saturday. Zheng, who replaces Luo Huining, 68, as head of Beijing’s top representative office in Hong Kong, is among …

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(Reuters) -Authorities around the world are imposing or considering curbs on travellers from China as COVID-19 cases there surge following its relaxation of “zero-COVID” rules. China has rejected criticism of its COVID data. PLACES IMPOSING CURBS UNITED STATES The United States imposed mandatory COVID-19 tests on travellers from China beginning Jan. 5. All air passengers …

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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Japan, the United States and Europe must act in unison on China, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in Washington on Friday, during a visit aimed at enhancing Tokyo’s U.S. alliance in the face of growing challenges from Beijing. Kishida said in a speech at Johns …

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(Reuters) – The United States and Japan on Friday reiterated the importance of peace and stability in Taiwan Strait and warned against any use of a nuclear weapon by Russia in Ukraine. The two nations, following a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, also cited “provocations” by North Korea …

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