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COVID-19 ‘likely’ came from lab leak – US intelligence

US authorities say the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic most likely leaked out of a Chinese research laboratory.

The New Daily

Covid most likely DID leak from Wuhan virus lab causing pandemic, US report says

A US government agency has concluded that Covid-19 was likely leaked from a virus lab in Wuhan after the FBI previously came out in support of the once-widely dismissed theory

Daily Mirror

Retirees in China hold rare protests against health insurance reforms

Retirees have protested in two Chinese cities over fears that the authorities will dip into their personal health savings accounts to cover public budget shortfalls.

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Explainer-What we know about China's medical reform protests

Hundreds of people in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Dalian protested against medical benefit cuts on Wednesday in the latest display of public discontent after rare nationwide demonstrations last year over strict COVID curbs.

Reuters

House GOP seeks Fauci testimony in probe of COVID-19 origins

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Monday began their promised scrutiny of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, requesting testimony from Anthony Fauci and current Biden administration officials, along with classified briefings and documents from U.S. intelligence agencies.

Tribune News Service

Elderly Chinese people protest in Wuhan against medical benefits cuts

Rally is latest showing of public discontent since demonstrations against Covid curbs

The Guardian - UK

This week marks three years since COVID-19 was declared a global health emergency. Here's a look back at the three months that changed the world

From the lockdowns to toilet paper shortages, here's how the first three months of COVID-19 unfolded back in 2020.

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Wuhan trip to clear engine doubts

The Royal Thai Navy will send a team of officers to observe performance tests on the Chinese-built CHD620 submarine engines between Feb 7 and March 4, a source in the RTN said.

Bangkok Post

'Not afraid of the virus': Wuhan turns page on Covid, three years on

Wuhan (China) (AFP) - Residents of China's Wuhan said Monday they were hopeful for the future and no longer afraid of Covid-19, three years after the city was locked down over what was then a mysterious virus.

AFP

Fireworks, flowers in Wuhan for Lunar New Year but grief lingers

Wuhan (China) (AFP) - Three years after a once-mysterious virus plunged the Chinese city of Wuhan into a terrifying lockdown, residents are celebrating the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit with fireworks, flowers and offerings to the loved ones they have lost to Covid-19.

AFP

Bustling Wuhan markets celebrate New Year but grief remains

Wuhan (China) (AFP) - Shoppers cradled huge bouquets at Wuhan's bustling flower market on Lunar New Year's Eve on Saturday, three years after a once-mysterious virus plunged the Chinese city into a terrifying lockdown.

AFP

'We can't wait!' Jubilant Chinese head home for Lunar New Year

On the Shanghai-Wuhan train (China) (AFP) - Piling onto a packed train, factory owner Wang Chunfeng was among millions of Chinese looking to make up for lost time this Lunar New Year after years of pandemic-enforced separation from family.

AFP

'We can't wait!': Jubilant Chinese head home for Lunar New Year

AFP

China: Zhang Zhan’s Prison Letter Offers Hope and Fear

The rare insight into prison life comes over two years after the citizen journalist was handed a four-year sentence. She was imprisoned after covering the Covid-19 lockdown in the Chinese city of Wuhan in early 2020.

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Some in China Return to Regular Activity after COVID Infections

Some people in China's key cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan braved the cold and a spike in COVID-19 infections to return to regular activity on Monday, confident of a boost to the economy as more recover from infections. Among those who gathered to sled or ice skate on a…

Reuters

Some in China return to regular activity after COVID infections

Some people in the Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan braved the cold and a rise in COVID-19 infections to return to regular activity on Monday, raising the prospect of a boost to the economy as more recover from infections.

The Independent UK

Covid: How news of ‘mystery illness’ in Wuhan first broke three years ago

Experts suspected a link to city’s seafood market

Bangkok Post

Chinese state media seek to reassure public over Covid-19

WUHAN: Thousands of Chinese took to the streets to mark the New Year as authorities and state media sought to reassure the public that the Covid-19 outbreak sweeping across the country was under control and nearing its peak.

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Chinese state media seek to reassure public over COVID-19

Thousands of Chinese took to the streets to mark the New Year as authorities and state media sought to reassure the public that the COVID-19 outbreak sweeping across the country was under control and nearing its peak.

Asharq Al-Awsat

More Countries Roll Out China Traveler Checks

Travelers from China now face restrictions when entering more than a dozen countries as concern grows over its surge in Covid-19 cases. China on Sunday reported more than 5,100 new infections and one death linked to Covid out of its population of 1.4 billion. Last month, Beijing abruptly began dismantling…

The Guardian - UK

New Year’s Eve celebrations: fireworks and festivities amid global uncertainties

Jubilant crowds ushered in 2023 with the first large gatherings without restrictions in many cities since before the pandemic

Reuters

Thousands celebrate the new year in Wuhan amidst China's COVID wave

Thousands gathered in central Wuhan on Saturday night to count down to the start of what many hoped would be a much better year after a "tough" 2022 filled with lockdowns and in December a major new outbreak of the coronavirus.

Daily Mirror

Wuhan Covid whistleblower banned from writing as her phone tapped and movements watched

Fang Fang, 67, said she is feeling 'somewhat depressed' after facing pressure and restrictions from Chinese authorities over her reporting of coronavirus in Wuhan in the early days of the pandemic

The Guardian - AU

From zero-tolerance into the unknown – a visual guide to three years of Covid in China

In 2019, the world’s first Covid case was detected in Wuhan. This month China abruptly shifted away from efforts to eliminate the virus

Al Jazeera

Chinese struggle to ‘summon the courage’ to live with COVID-19

People in China have been told for years that COVID is deadly, leaving them struggling to cope with newfound openness.

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