Now playing Next Belgium EU bloc to discuss 'coordinated approach' to China's COVID-19 wave The European Commission will discuss a 'coordinated approach' to the explosion of COVID-19 cases in China in a meeting on Thursday. This follows new mandatory testing requirements for the arrival of all travellers from China to the US, Japan, India and Italy. 29/12/2022
Now playing Next China China to permit international travel in January as COVID-19 cases soar The Chinese government claims it has the pandemic under control, and it is ready to allow its citizens to travel abroad while letting foreigners come in starting 8 January. 27/12/2022
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Now playing Next no comment China's Jilin province tightens control to prevent virus spread Health authorities reported 4,770 new infections across the country, the bulk in Jilin province, as the nation's "zero-COVID" strategy is confronted by an Omicron wave. 22/03/2022
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Now playing Next China China: WHO investigators visit second Wuhan hospital Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital was one of the city’s first to deal with patients in early 2020 suffering from a then-unknown virus and is a key part of the epidemiological history of the disease. 30/01/2021
Now playing Next China WHO team visits Wuhan hospital that had early COVID patients A World Health Organization team visited a hospital where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago as part of the experts' long-awaited fact-finding mission on the origins of the coronavirus. 29/01/2021
Now playing Next China China expands lockdowns, cancels summit, amid new COVID-19 outbreak World Health Organization scientists are due to arrive in China on Thursday to investigate the origins of the coronavirus. 12/01/2021
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Now playing Next China China jails citizen journalist for reports on Wuhan COVID-19 lockdown Zhang Zhan's broadcasts from inside the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak were widely shared on social media before she was arrested in May. 28/12/2020
Now playing Next China Coronavirus: China to test entire city of 9 million people over 5 days Earlier this year, China screened the whole city of Wuhan, home to around 11 million people, for the virus. 12/10/2020
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Now playing Next China Thousands attend pool party in Wuhan, former COVID-19 epicentre Attendance was capped at 50% of normal capacity - but women got in half price. 18/08/2020
Now playing Next world news Analysis: What can we learn from the COVID-19 case spike in Beijing? Officials confirmed an outbreak of new infections in Fengtai, a district in the south-west of the capital, last Thursday. 19/06/2020
Now playing Next China Beijing faces new lockdown as cases spike in Chinese capital A spike in cases near Beijing's biggest fruit and vegetable market has got the Chinese authorities spooked. 17/06/2020
