Sichuan Airlines suspends UK flights but China yet to impose travel ban
By Chen Shasha and Cui Fandi Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/23 21:40:03 Overseas Chinese community responds calmly to new variant
Photo taken on Dec. 21, 2020 shows Eurostar trains at empty St. Pancras International Station in London, Britain. Eurostar announced it was canceling trains between London, Brussels and Amsterdam from Dec. 21. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua)
Speculation is rising that China may cancel inbound flights from the UK amid the worsening COVID-19 situation there, after China s Sichuan Airlines suspended flights on a UK-China route with a stopover in a third country from Wednesday.
GT investigates: Review of 40-day response
How COVID-19 was detected and stemmed in Wuhan
By GT staff reporters, Published: 2020/12/17 00:50:00
Medical staff celebrate the closure of all 16 makeshift hospitals in Wuhan, Central China s Hubei Province on March 10 2020 when COVID-19 was finally brought under control in the city. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Editor s Note: December 27, 2019 marks the starting point for China s battle against the novel coronavirus. It was on that day that Zhang Jixian, a doctor at the Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, first reported cases of what was then called a pneumonia of unknown origin. One year has passed, with the wounds the lethal virus inflicted on Wuhan gradually healing, although some Western countries are still leveling blame against China for its initial anti-virus response. It is meaningful and necessary to review the first 40 days following December 27, 2019, to see how the medical
New variant of coronavirus in UK won t impact mass vaccination: epidemiologist
By Zhao Yusha Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/15 19:05:09
Britain s Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to 10 Downing Street in London after attending the weekly cabinet meeting at the nearby Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. UK lawmakers were set to vote on a new toughened system of tiered coronavirus restrictions with a sizable rebellion of governing Conservative party members expected. Photo: AFP
A new variant of coronavirus detected in the UK won t have a major impact on the country s massive vaccination program, predicted a Chinese epidemiologist, noting that the case should serve as a reminder for countries to maintain surveillance of and research into the virus, and keep a step ahead of its changes.
COVID-19 rebounds in 4 Chinese cities, massive testing rolled out
By Liu Caiyu and Xu Yelu Source: Global Times Published: 2020/12/13 19:52:41
A medical staff member informs residents of the dos and don ts for COVID-19 tests at the Pidu District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Pidu District of Chengdu, capital of southwest China s Sichuan Province, Dec. 10, 2020. Chengdu reported zero increase in new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases and asymptomatic cases from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 6 p.m. Wednesday, while citywide nucleic acid tests are continuing, local authorities said. At the Pidu District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, medical workers have been working 24 hours nonstop to conduct COVID-19 tests as quickly as possible. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
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