2020-09-10 Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor visited temporary air-inflated laboratories at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre Wednesday to learn more about their operation. 
2020-09-10 Thailand's Phuket International Airport said Wednesday that it had held a dress rehearsal for international arrivals amid the COVID-19 pandemic to conform with the Thai government's "Phuket Model" program once the scheme approved by the Cabinet meeting. 
2020-09-10 Australian researchers have developed a new tool to help tackle the problem of mutations in COVID-19, which could render prospective vaccines ineffective. 
2020-09-10 The University of Hong Kong (HKU) said on Wednesday that the clinical trials of a nasal spray vaccine for COVID-19 jointly developed by the university's Department of Microbiology and mainland institutions have been approved. 
2020-09-10 Over a half million children in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to a new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association. 
2020-09-10 Among all medical inventions in the world, respiratory specialist Tong Zhaohui said his best weapon is the stethoscope, the prototype of which was created over two centuries ago. 
2020-09-10 Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 900,000 on Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. 
2020-09-09 South Korea's employment kept falling for six straight months through August amid the continued economic fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak, statistical office data showed on Wednesday. 2020-09-09 Senior World Health Organization (WHO) officials on Monday congratulated the front-line health workers and the people in China for having reached a successful outcome in fighting COVID-19. 
2020-09-09 As China has made major strategic achievements in fighting COVID-19, Chinese experience and wisdom won a high reputation and popularity at the ongoing 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services. 
2020-09-09 The COVID-19 pandemic has sped up the digital revolution in which China is "leading the way," a bank head said in a recent opinion piece in the South China Morning Post. 
2020-09-09 The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with China on requirements for international approval of any Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, a senior official said on Monday according to Reuters. 
2020-09-09 China can currently realize an annual production of 300 million doses of a recombinant COVID-19 vaccine and will further expand its capacity, according to Chen Wei, head of the vaccine research team. 
2020-09-09 Coronavirus quarantine rules for visitors coming for the annual UN General Assembly gathering of world leaders later this month might mean this 75th anniversary session will be quite different, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday. 
2020-09-09 As of Monday, China had suspended imports from 56 cold-chain food companies of 19 countries and regions where workers have been infected with COVID-19. 
2020-09-09 China halted imports from 56 cold-chain food manufacturers in 19 countries as of Monday due to potential risks of COVID-19 infections, the General Administration of Customs said on Tuesday.
2020-09-09 The Chinese mainland registered two new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, both from overseas, the country's health authorities said on Wednesday. 
2020-09-09 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the state's Department of Health will be issuing regulations to require colleges to notify the state when they have more than 100 COVID-19 cases and that colleges may have to switch to remote learning. 2020-09-09 Hong Kong plans to start easing anti-epidemic measures on Friday. Sports and entertainment venues will reopen, and restrictions on group gatherings and dining will be relaxed from two to four people. 
2020-09-09 China held a meeting Tuesday morning in Beijing to commend role models in the country's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. 
2020-09-08 Hong Kong announced Tuesday the further relaxation of social distancing measures as the COVID-19 epidemic showed signs of abating. 
2020-09-08 The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) on Monday told reporters that the launch of the so-called "Phuket model" scheduled for next month to welcome back foreign visitors, has a high chance of being pushed back. 
2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said China exported 151.5 billion masks from March 15 to Sept. 6. 2020-09-08 "We are willing to do whatever it takes to protect people's lives!" President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday at a meeting held in Beijing to commend role models in China's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said nearly half of the medical staff involved in the country's fight against COVID-19 are young people no more than 31 years old. 
2020-09-08 President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China has become the first major economy to return to growth since the COVID-19 pandemic, and has taken the lead in the world in both epidemic control and economic recovery. 2020-09-08 The Chinese people have united as one and stood together through thick and thin during the fight against COVID-19, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said the major strategic achievement gained from China's fight against COVID-19 fully demonstrated the remarkable advantages of the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and socialism. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed the iron will of Chinese people in overwhelming any difficulties embodied in their sacrifices in combating COVID-19. 2020-09-08 President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that China exported 1.4 billion protective suits to support the global fight against COVID-19 between March 15 and Sept. 6. 2020-09-08 Millions of medical workers fought the COVID-19 epidemic at the front line across the country, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China has offered assistance to the international community in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic to the best of its ability, despite the tremendous pressure in domestic epidemic control. 
2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China has been working together with other countries of the world, and contributed its wisdom and strength to the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-09-08 China exported 209,000 ventilators from March 15 to September 6, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, noting that China has effectively supported the world's prevention and control of COVID-19. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said no one or force can stop Chinese people's march toward a better life. 2020-09-08 President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that Chinese economy is steadily turning for the better as the country has coordinated epidemic containment with economic growth after the sudden outbreak of COVID-19. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that all selfishness, scapegoating and confusing right and wrong will not only hurt a country and its people, but harm people of all countries. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday summarized China's spirit of combating the COVID-19 epidemic, which features putting people's lives first, nationwide solidarity, sacrifice, respecting science, and a sense of mission for humanity. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said China will continue to advance economic globalization, steadfastly uphold the multilateral trading system, and join other countries in endeavoring to restore global economic prosperity at an early date. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged sparing no efforts to strive for full victory in the fight against COVID-19. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed efforts to secure the final victory in finishing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects and win the battle against absolute poverty. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that China had launched the most intensive and wide-ranging emergency humanitarian assistance actions since the founding of New China. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed strengthening institutional guarantee for safeguarding the people's lives and health. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed joint efforts with the global community to cope with growing global challenges. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday summarized the country's important experience in six areas at a meeting held in Beijing to commend role models in China's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. 2020-09-08 China will continue to support the World Health Organization in playing a leading role in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday at a meeting held in Beijing to commend role models in the country's anti-virus fight. 
2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China's battle against COVID-19 has demonstrated the power of core socialist values and fine traditional Chinese culture, which provides great motivation and helps build consensus as well as pool resources. 2020-09-08 The unyielding will of the Chinese people is the source of power for overcoming all hardships and obstacles on the way forward, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday at a meeting held in Beijing to commend role models in China's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that the outstanding advantage of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the fundamental guarantee for resisting risks and challenges, and enhancing the capacity of national governance. 2020-09-08 President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China has helped save a great number of lives from COVID-19 around the world with concrete actions. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday the great struggle against coronavirus has once again proven that strong national strength accumulated since the founding of the People's Republic of China has laid a solid ground for the country to take any "turbulent tide" with composure. 2020-09-08 President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that the extensive appeal of building a community with a shared future for humanity is the right way for the mankind to overcome common challenges and build a more prosperous and better world. 2020-09-08 President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed that Chinese people have shown a sense of mission in contributing to the world's efforts to defeat the COVID-19 outbreak. 2020-09-08 China's treatment method of combining traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine for COVID-19 has been learned and used by many countries, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday at a meeting held in Beijing to commend role models in China's fight against the epidemic. 2020-09-08 President Xi Jinping Tuesday stressed the spirit of respecting science in China's fight against coronavirus, as it embodies the characteristics of applying a truth-seeking and pragmatic approach as well as pioneering and innovation of the Chinese people in their practices. 2020-09-08 President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that the great spirit of combating COVID-19 derives from patriotism, collectivism and socialist values. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is the most reliable backbone for Chinese people in times of trouble. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday demanded efforts in the whole society to promote the spirit demonstrated by the Chinese people in combating the COVID-19 epidemic. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday summarized the country's important experience in six areas at a meeting held in Beijing to commend role models in China's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said unity and cooperation is the right choice for the international community in the face of a major crisis. 2020-09-08 The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee had adopted extraordinary measures to tackle the extraordinary incident of the COVID-19 epidemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday noted that the Chinese people put up a strong defense with unity to contain the COVID-19 epidemic. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday expressed Chinese people's true moral support for those who are infected with COVID-19 and receiving medical treatment. 2020-09-08 President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that the Chinese people sympathize with all those who have been suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic in different countries and grieve for all those who lost their lives in the pandemic. 2020-09-08 President Xi Jinping on Tuesday paid tribute to those who had given their lives in fighting COVID-19, and others who had died of the disease. 2020-09-08 President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, China had effectively curbed the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic and protected people's lives and health to the greatest extent. 2020-09-08 President Xi Jinping on Tuesday paid respect to those who had made major contributions to China's fight against COVID-19 at a meeting held in Beijing to commend role models in the fight. Enditem 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping Tuesday presented medals to recipients of the Medal of the Republic and the national honorary title for their outstanding contributions to the country's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. 2020-09-08 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday expressed sincere gratitude on behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people to all foreign governments, organizations and friends who have offered precious assistance to the country's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. 2020-09-08 China started a meeting Tuesday morning in Beijing to commend role models in the country's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. 2020-09-08 Two inactivated vaccines for COVID-19 under clinical trial in China are likely to provide immunity for up to three years and may be available on the market by the end of this year, according to their developer. 
2020-09-08 The Chinese mainland reported 10 new imported COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,595, the National Health Commission said Tuesday. 2020-09-08 The National Health Commission said Tuesday that 15 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Monday. 2020-09-08 No new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Monday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Tuesday. 2020-09-07 An Ethiopian diplomat has commended the lifesaving anti-COVID-19 partnership with China. Teshome Toga, Ethiopian Ambassador to China, said China has been a decisive partner to the east African country as it battles the spread of COVID-19. 
2020-09-07 India's Southern city of Bengaluru has reported its first re-infection case of COVID-19 after a 27-year-old woman discharged in July was confirmed to have been reinfected with the virus. 
2020-09-07 Local medical experts hailed the Hong Kong government's move on Friday to extend the COVID-19 mass testing program to Sept 11, saying it is in the best interests of residents and can help authorities decide whether social--distancing restric-tions can be further eased. 
2020-09-07 The global COVID-19 caseload surpassed the milestone of 27 million on Sunday, with the dead toll over 882,000, according to U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.
2020-09-07 China has managed to place the pandemic under full control domestically and continued to buoy up the world with its robust recovery, consistent overseas assistance and global cooperation. 
2020-09-07 A single-day spike of 90,802 COVID-19 cases was witnessed in India over the past 24 hours, while 1,016 more deaths took place, showed the latest data released by the country's health ministry on Monday. 
2020-09-07 Beijing's largest vegetable wholesale market, which was temporarily shut down due to a COVID-19 epidemic resurgence in the first half-year, is expected to fully resume its supply capacity before the upcoming National Day holiday at the beginning of October. 
2020-09-07 Beijing's Xinfadi wholesale market reopened its north section after the south area reopened to vendors last month, marking the full reopening of the market, Sept. 6, 2020.
2020-09-07 The global COVID-19 caseload surpassed the milestone of 27 million on Sunday, with the dead toll over 882,000, according to U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. 2020-09-07 Brazil on Sunday said it registered 447 deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 126,650, while thousands headed to the beach and other recreational spots for the long Independence Day weekend. 
2020-09-07 The head of world-renowned medical journal Lancet on Friday denounced Trump's statement on the timing of a rollout for a U.S. COVID-19 vaccine as "simply wrong." 
2020-09-07 No new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Sunday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Monday. 
2020-09-07 A World Health Organization (WHO) expert on Sunday commended China's efforts and hailed its experience in containing the COVID-19 outbreak.
2020-09-07 The National Health Commission said Monday that 18 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Sunday. 2020-09-07 The Chinese mainland reported 12 new imported COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,585, the National Health Commission said Monday. 
2020-09-07 Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 880,000 on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. 
2020-09-06 The COVID-19 pandemic situation continues to peak in India as the highest single-day spike of 90,632 new cases, and 1,065 deaths, were registered from across the country, according to the latest data released by the federal health ministry on Sunday. 
2020-09-06 The Chinese capital has recorded no new coronavirus infections for the past 30 days, as it continues to report zero domestic infections or cases from overseas on Saturday. 
2020-09-06 The Chinese mainland registered 10 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, all from overseas, the country's health authorities said on Sunday. 
2020-09-05 More than 1 million Hong Kong residents have pre-registered for the ongoing mass testing program of COVID-19 by noon of Saturday as Hong Kong is striving to stop the spread of the virus. 
2020-09-05 The Chinese Embassy in the United States on Friday announced that all passengers traveling from the U.S. to China will need to undergo coronavirus nucleic acid testing before their departure, starting from September 15. 
2020-09-05 U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Friday that wearing masks and social-distancing measures could lead to "enormous economic gains" for the U.S. economy. 
2020-09-05 The Chinese mainland reported ten new imported COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,563, the National Health Commission said Saturday. 
2020-09-05 The National Health Commission said Saturday that 21 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Friday. 2020-09-05 China's top respiratory disease specialist Zhong Nanshan has been selected as a member of a panel appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to review the COVID-19 response. 
2020-09-05 Initially, when supply of COVID-19 vaccine is limited, priority must be given to vaccinating essential workers and those most at risk, or in other words, vaccinating some people in all countries rather than all people in some countries. 
2020-09-05 A delegation of 40 chief executive officers and senior executives from 20 multinational companies' China branches on Friday visited Wuhan, a city once hit hard by COVID-19. 
2020-09-05 The updated projection of a key COVID-19 model shows that 410,000 Americans may die from the novel coronavirus by Jan. 1 next year. 
2020-09-05 A "small number" of sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier tested positive for the novel coronavirus while underway in the Pacific region, the U.S. Navy announced on Friday. 
2020-09-05 The European Commission on Friday unveiled a plan for a coordinated approach to the restriction of movement resulting from measures being implemented by individual member states to curb the spread of the coronavirus. 
2020-09-04 Hong Kong commenced its universal community testing program on Sept. 1 to contain COVID-19. A total 370,000 citizens have been sampled in the first batch. 
2020-09-04 Japan is considering offering free coronavirus vaccines to all Japanese whenever supplies become available. 
2020-09-04 Global brands in China are looking to esports, the booming field of professional video game competitions, to reach digital-savvy younger Chinese consumers. 
2020-09-04 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a further grant of 1.5 million U.S. dollars for Mongolia to boost its medical response to the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the bank's office in Mongolia said Friday. 2020-09-04 Nearly 1,000 flights in Canada have carried at least one COVID-19-positive passenger since February, according to CTV News Thursday. 2020-09-04 The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Friday decided to extend its universal screening program that aims to contain the spread of COVID-19. 
2020-09-04 The Sichuan Provincial Government of China through its health commission donated a batch of medical supplies on Thursday to Maputo Central Hospital (HCM), the largest hospital in Mozambique, to support the country's efforts in the fight against COVID-19. 
2020-09-04 Over 700 students from 19 schools in Sri Lankan capital city have received gifts of stationery and panda school bags from the Chinese embassy to Sri Lanka. 
2020-09-04 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the Group of 20 (G20) countries to take concerted action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and build back better. 2020-09-04 British actor Robert Pattinson who plays the male lead of Warner Bros.' upcoming superhero film "The Batman" has tested positive for COVID-19, U.S. 
2020-09-04 Brazil on Thursday said the country has more than 4 million cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, after tests detected 43,773 new cases in the previous 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 4,041,638. 
2020-09-04 No new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Friday. 
2020-09-04 The Chinese mainland reported 25 new imported COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,553, the National Health Commission said Friday. 
2020-09-04 Middle and primary schools and universities in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will start the new semester soon as the COVID-19 epidemic wanes, the regional educational department announced Thursday. 
2020-09-04 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked states to be ready to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine by Nov. 1。 
2020-09-04 The prone, or face down, position of severely ill COVID-19 patients on ventilators can cause permanent nerve damage in these patients, said a study posted on the website of Northwestern University (NU) on Wednesday. 
2020-09-04 British actor Robert Pattinson who plays the male lead of Warner Bros.' upcoming superhero film "The Batman" has tested positive for COVID-19, U.S. media reported on Thursday. 
2020-09-04 Malls in New York City and casinos statewide can reopen on Sept. 9 as COVID-19 infections have remained low, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. 
2020-09-04 China's international phase-3 clinical trials of four COVID-19 vaccine candidates have grabbed the attention of the West as mainstream foreign media covered the commencement of the trials. 
2020-09-04 An alarming escalation of 35 confirmed COVID-19 cases among students who were participating in a teacher training program at UCL University College of Odense in central Denmark, resulted in 1,072 students being sent home, the UCL said on Thursday. 
2020-09-03 Another 117 members of the mainland nucleic acid testing team arrived in Hong Kong Thursday for the Universal Community Testing Program (UCTP) that started on Sept. 1, bringing the total number of the team members to 427. 
2020-09-03 The Philippines reported the lowest daily cases in one month on Thursday, while India continued to surge with the highest single-day spike of over 80,000 new COVID-19 cases. 
2020-09-03 Two people had tested positive for the COVID-19 shortly after leaving Taiwan, the island's epidemic monitoring agency said on Wednesday.
2020-09-03 Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, Hubei province, will resume direct international flights in mid-September, the city's civil aviation department said on Tuesday. 
2020-09-03 Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie has slammed the U.S. government's handling of systemic racism and the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, calling it a "tragic embarrassment," CNN reported Tuesday. 2020-09-03 The United States will not join global efforts with the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop, manufacture and equitably distribute COVID-19 vaccines, the Trump administration said Tuesday. 
2020-09-03 Driven by the massive fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. federal debt is projected to exceed the size of the economy for the fiscal year 2021, the highest level since World War II, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Wednesday. 
2020-09-03 Chinese college students returning to campus have found uninvited guests in their dorms, which have been unoccupied for eight months due to the coronavirus pandemic. 
2020-09-03 The Chinese mainland reported 11 new imported COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,528, the National Health Commission said Thursday. 
2020-09-03 No new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Wednesday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Thursday. 
2020-09-03 The National Health Commission said Thursday that 17 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Wednesday. 2020-09-03 The head of the European health advisory body warned on Wednesday that constant surges and decreases of COVID-19 cases will continue until a vaccine is available.
2020-09-03 Beijing Customs will carry out novel coronavirus nucleic acid tests on all imported cold-chain food, the latest move of the Chinese capital for COVID-19 prevention and control. 
2020-09-03 Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 860,000 on Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. 
2020-09-03 The coronavirus pandemic and its fallout will likely push 47 million more women into poverty, reversing decades of progress to eradicate extreme poverty, new data released on Wednesday by the United Nations has revealed. 
2020-09-03 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders on Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic has become a game-changer for international peace and security. 
2020-09-03 The U.S. economy grew modestly over the summer amid continued uncertainty about the pandemic and its negative effect on consumer and business activity, according to a Federal Reserve survey released on Wednesday. 
2020-09-03 Gyms in New York City started reopening on Wednesday with safety protocols, which signals another step toward a return to normalcy. 
2020-09-03 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has asked states to be ready to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine by Nov. 1, according to U.S. media reports on Wednesday. 
2020-09-03 The COVID-19 pandemic is severely pressuring a long-building rise in worldwide innovation, likely hindering some innovative activities while catalyzing ingenuity elsewhere. 2020-09-03 Despite the upsurge of COVID-19 cases across the European Union (EU), the head of the bloc's health advisory body insisted on Wednesday that the closure of schools must remain the last resort. 
2020-09-03 China will start direct international flights from low-risk countries to Beijing starting on Thursday as a result of sound preparations to curb the potential risk of imported COVID-19 cases, a senior municipal official said on Wednesday. 
2020-09-03 The Finance Act for 2021 sees the Danish government proposing to allocate 70 million Danish Kroner (about 11.1 million U.S. dollars) in development assistance to the World Health Organization (WHO), according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.
2020-09-03 Nearly 800,000 Hong Kong residents have pre-registered for the mass COVID-19 testing launched by the government as of Wednesday evening. 
2020-09-03 Russian scientists have said that China's treatment for COVID-19 using cellular technologies appears promising, Russian news agency Sputnik reported Monday. 
2020-09-02 Chinese students are returning to schools nationwide for the autumn semester, the latest development that manifests China's successful endeavor in containing the COVID-19 outbreak. As everyday social life in the country regains vitality at an accelerated pace, it heralds great hope for a world still marred with uncertainties. 
2020-09-02 Beijing will gradually resume direct inbound flights to the city from eight countries, starting from Thursday, the municipal government announced Wednesday. 2020-09-02 Hong Kong announced Wednesday further relaxation of social distancing measures so that lives of residents can gradually return to normal as daily new COVID-19 infections remained on a losing streak. 2020-09-02 The Japanese government may offer COVID-19 vaccinations for free to all residents so that the number of future fatalities and those developing severe symptoms and needing hospitalization can be mitigated, sources with knowledge of the matter said Wednesday. 
2020-09-02 The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine because it does not want to be constrained by multilateral groups like the World Health Organization (WHO). 
2020-09-02 Russian scientists have said that China's treatment for COVID-19 using cellular technologies appears promising, Russian news agency Sputnik reported Monday. 
2020-09-02 Nearly 480,000 child COVID-19 cases have been reported in the United States since the onset of the pandemic, according to a new report by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association. 
2020-09-02 A study released on Monday by the World Health Organization, or WHO, revealed that 90 percent of 105 countries looked at in a survey have experienced disruption to their health services, with low-and middle-income countries worst hit. 
2020-09-02 The United States and Britain have handled the coronavirus pandemic poorly, according to a survey released last week. 
2020-09-02 A multi-site, Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating an investigational COVID-19 vaccine known as AZD1222 has begun, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on Monday. 
2020-09-02 China has made arduous efforts in developing vaccines, adopting multiple technological approaches and pulling national resources to fast track the process. 
2020-09-02 Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region resumed normal life order and production but epidemic prevention and control measures will not be relaxed, local authorities announced on Tuesday night. 
2020-09-02 The Chinese mainland reported eight new imported COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,517, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
2020-09-02 The National Health Commission said Wednesday that 26 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Tuesday. 2020-09-02 No new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday across the Chinese mainland, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
2020-09-02 All tertiary and secondary general hospitals across the country will be capable of nucleic acid testing for the novel coronavirus before the end of the year, according to a plan released to improve testing for the virus and coping with COVID-19. 
2020-09-02 China will cap passenger loads to 75 percent of an aircraft's seats on flights designated a "high risk" for COVID-19 in an effort to contain imported coronavirus cases, the country's aviation regulator said. 
2020-09-02 Economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector expanded in August for the third straight month, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported Tuesday. 
2020-09-02 Participants in Hong Kong's voluntary universal COVID testing hailed the program as safe and efficient as 126,000 residents took the test on Tuesday, its first day. 
2020-09-02 United Airlines plans to permanently drop its $200 change fee for domestic flights as part of a continuing effort to entice customers to travel again amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. 
2020-09-02 Head of FDA said he is willing to bypass the normal approval process and give emergency authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible. 
2020-09-02 After reopening in late February and early March, China's factories began an export surge that is still accelerating. 
2020-09-02 Researchers across the United States are stepping up efforts to work out an effective COVID-19 vaccine as another vaccine candidate has started phase 3 clinical trial on Monday.
2020-09-02 Without harnessing the energy, tech savvy and optimism of young people, the world has no hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or the Paris Agreement on climate change, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. 
2020-09-02 The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Tuesday said that the death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has climbed to 29,833 across the African continent as the number of positive cases rose to 1,252,552. 
2020-09-01 Hong Kong launched its massive screening program on Tuesday to help curb the spread of COVID-19 and restore the normal lives of residents. 
2020-09-01 As the COVID-19 pandemic is dragging the global economy into a deep recession, the Belt and Road Initiative, with the participation of overseas Chinese enterprises, have rekindled some hope. 
2020-09-01 Russia registered 4,729 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its national caseload to more than one million, the country's COVID-19 response center said in a statement Tuesday. 2020-09-01 China will limit the passenger capacity of international flights to or from places deemed to be at high risk of COVID-19 transmission to no more than 75 percent in an effort to contain imported coronavirus cases, according to the country's civil aviation regulator. 
2020-09-01 An opinion poll by Ipsos for the World Economic Forum shows about three quarters of the respondents in the world would like to get a COVID-19 vaccine if it becomes available. 2020-09-01 About 2 million Americans could die in an attempt to try to achieve so-called herd immunity in the country, a U.S. medical expert said on Monday. 2020-09-01 A Chinese medical team has arrived in Guinea to help the African nation fight its COVID-19 epidemic, Chinese foreign ministry sopkesperson Zhao Lijian confirmed Monday. 
2020-09-01 Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 850,000 on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
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