"Faced with its worst Covid-19 outbreak yet, China has been enforcing an expanding number of mass quarantines, strict lockdowns and border controls. The measures may yet work, but official data released on Monday show they are exacting a _...Read More_

"A lawyer flew home to China hoping to see his family for the first time since the pandemic began. Instead, he was trapped in three months of quarantine."

"Hong Kong announced on Monday that it would lift its ban on flights from nine countries on April 1, just one of the restrictions it plans to relax as experts and government officials say the worst of an Omicron-driven wave might have _...Read More_

"After two years of largely containing coronavirus outbreaks, China’s “Covid zero” policies are being tested by the highly transmissible variant."

>"TOKYO -- Japan is considering ending quarantine and self-isolation requirements next month for fully vaccinated and boosted travelers arriving from co"

"Team officials from Germany, Belgium, and Russia said their athletes are facing nightmarish situations, like poor to no internet connection, bad food, and no training equipment, in the so-called quarantine hotels set up by Chinese _...Read More_

"The country has instituted a wide range of high-tech controls on society as part of a mostly successful effort to stop the virus. The consequences may endure."

>"The Omicron coronavirus variant is moving much faster than researchers can, worsening a longstanding problem: The agency must make tough decisions with scant data."

>"Without hard rules about employees who test positive, owners and workers are weighing safety against finances, and not always agreeing on the answer."

>"Cigarettes, once shunned, have made a comeback with a younger crowd who knows better."

>"Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain apologized in Parliament for attending a garden party at Downing Street in 2020 while the country was under a strict coronavirus lockdown. Mr. Johnson had not previously admitted to being at the _...Read More_

China’s “zero Covid” policy has a dedicated following: the millions of people who work diligently toward that goal, no matter the human costs.

"Xi’an, a city of 13 million people, has been on lockdown since Dec. 22, the longest in the country since the early days of the outbreak in Wuhan."

"Of course, it’s no way for kids to grow up but this is the hand the kids of this generation have been dealt. Kids from other generations have had to muddle through their issues too. Kids in other parts of the world, have it worse. It’s not _...Read More_

>"Hong Kong's flagship airline warned Friday that strict new quarantine measures in the city could lead to "dramatic disruptions" to local supply chains, as the company is forced to curb some passenger and cargo flights."