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This is the first of a three-part series to mark the second anniversary of Covid-19. Here, Simone McCarthy looks at whether 2022 will be the year the coronavirus pandemic finally ends. If one top World Health Organisation official is correct, 2022 could be the year the Covid-19 pandemic ends. As it enters its third year of the coronavirus, the world...
This is the first in a series about China's plans to reopen its borders amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Here, Zhuang Pinghui and Simone McCarthy look into what it will take for China to reopen safely. When the coastal province of Fujian announced at the end of April it would cut the quarantine required for some Taiwanese visitors, authorities hoped the example could test the water. The idea was to reduce the time in isolation from 14 days to just...