Latest on COVID-19 pandemic

We provide the latest updates and crucial information on the global COVID-19 pandemic here. Jan 25 China - Chinese mainland reports 45 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 18 locally transmitted (Read more) Outside China - Britain to remove restrictions for eligible vaccinated arrivals (Read more） - US ways to tackle COVID-19 ignite domestic criticism, probes (Read more) Jan 24 Outside China - Fauci optimistic Omicron cases in the US to peak in February (Read more) China - Chinese mainland reports 57 new COVID-19 cases, with 18 locally-transmitted (Read more) Jan 23 Outside China - New Zealand to move to Red Light settings due to Omicron transmission China - Chinese mainland reports 56 new COVID-19 cases, with 19 locally-transmitted (Read more) - Fengtai, one of 16 districts of Beijing Municipality, on Sunday started district-wide nucleic acid testing as local COVID-19 cases have been reported recently (Read more) Jan 22 China - Chinese mainland reports 63 new COVID-19 cases, with 23 locally transmitted Outside China - US sees no quick end to Omicron wave (Read more) Jan 21 China - Chinese mainland reports 73 new COVID-19 cases, with 23 locally transmitted (Read more) - Beijing confirms 5 cases, tightens virus measures (Read more) Outside China  - UK health minister says we must live with COVID-19 (Read more) Jan 20 China - Chinese mainland reports 66 new COVID-19 cases, with 43 locally transmitted Outside China  - COVID-19 restrictions to be eased in England (Read more) - US to distribute 400 million free N95 masks at CVS, Walgreens in COVID fight (Read more) Jan 19 China - Chinese mainland reports 87 new COVID-19 cases, with 55 locally transmitted (Read more) - Tianjin to launch 4th citywide nucleic acid testing (Read more) - Health authorities have adopted faster-pooled tests for the coronavirus that allow professional labs to process 20 samples at a time (Read more) Jan 18 Outside China - COVID-19 cases, deaths soar again at US nursing homes - Poland hit by 5th wave of COVID-19 pandemic: minister - Cuba surpasses 1 mln COVID-19 cases since onset of pandemic China - Chinese mainland reports 171 new COVID-19 cases, with 127 locally transmitted (Read more) Jan 17 Outside China - Chile hits new record of daily COVID-19 cases with 9,454 infections - New York moving over Omicron peak as cases fall - Portugal reports highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations since last March China - Chinese mainland reports 223 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 163 locally transmitted Jan 16 China - Chinese mainland reports 119 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 65 locally transmitted Outside China - US most populous county reports highest daily COVID-19 deaths since April 2021 Jan 15 China - Chinese mainland reports 165 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 104 locally transmitted (Read more) - Beijing reports one new local COVID-19 case Outside China -Australian scientists find biological marker in long COVID patients Jan 14 China - Chinese mainland reports 201 new COVID-19 cases, with 143 locally transmitted (Read more) - Nearly 100 new COVID-19 cases reported in Henan (Read more) Outside China - US forced to activate more resources to deal with surging COVID-19 infections (Read more) Jan 13 China - Chinese mainland reports 190 new COVID-19 cases, with 124 locally transmitted Outside China - WHO has warned that more than half of the people in its European region will be infected with COVID-19 in the next two months (Read more) Jan 12 China - Chinese mainland reports 221 new COVID-19 cases, with 166 locally transmitted (Read more) Outside China - Booster doses of current vaccines may not be enough: WHO (Read more) - Doctors: Some people in US trying to contract Omicron deliberately (Read more) Jan 11 China - Chinese mainland reports 192 new COVID-19 cases, with 110 locally transmitted (Read more) - More than 2.9 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland Outside China  - Pfizer expects Omicron vaccine to be ready in March (Read more) Jan 10 China - Chinese mainland reports 157 new COVID-19 cases, with 97 locally transmitted Outside China  - Omicron disrupts US public transit systems (Read more) - Omicron variant strains hospitals across US (Read more) Jan 9 Outside China - Canada""s COVID-19 cases surpass 2.5m (Read more) - UK""s coronavirus-related deaths top 150,000 (Read more) - Swedish Crown Princess Victoria tests positive for COVID-19 again (Read more) China - 2.89 bln COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Chinese mainland - Chinese mainland reports 92 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases (Read more) - Xi""an reports 46 local COVID-19 cases (Read more) - Shenzhen reports 1 new local COVID-19 case (Read more) - China""s Tianjin reports 20 new local COVID-19 cases (Read more) Jan 8 Outside China - COVID-19 hospitalizations in the US are poised to hit a new high as early as Friday, surpassing the record set in January of last year (Read more) - Omicron surge pushes US COVID hospitalizations toward record high (Read more) China - Chinese mainland reports 159 new COVID-19 cases, with 95 locally transmitted Jan 7 China - Chinese mainland reports 174 new COVID-19 cases, with 116 locally transmitted (Read more) - More asymptomatic COVID-19 cases emerge in Shanghai (Read more) - A couple in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, test positive for COVID-19 (Read more) Outside China - Global COVID-19 cases surpass 300 mln: Johns Hopkins University - Europe tightens vaccine requirements (Read more) - WHO: IHU variant under monitoring (Read more) Jan 6 China - Chinese mainland reports 189 new COVID-19 cases, with 132 locally transmitted (Read more) - Xi""an suspends intl passenger flights amid COVID-19 resurgence (Read more) - Threat of major COVID-19 resurgence in Xi""an under control, says a leading epidemiologist (Read more)  Outside China - COVID-19 infections surge in European countries as Omicron spreads (Read more) Jan 5 China - Chinese mainland reports 91 new COVID-19 cases, with 41 locally transmitted (Read more) - The head of Xi""an big data bureau has been suspended due to poor performance, said local authority (Read more) Outside China - New COVID records in US, UK, France as Omicron runs rampant (Read more) - WHO still recommends 14-day quarantine for COVID-19 patients (Read more) Jan 4 China - Chinese mainland reports 175 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 108 locally transmitted (Read more) Outside China - S.Korea confirms first 2 deaths linked to Omicron variant (Read more) - US FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine boosters for children ages 12-15 (Read more) Jan 3 Outside China - US Defense Secretary Austin tested positive for COVID-19 - Pentagon statement China - Chinese mainland reports 161 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 101 locally transmitted - Nearly 2.85 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese mainland as of Sunday, data from the National Health Commission shows Jan 2 Outside China - New Year""s Eve muted by Omicron fears (Read more) - Lionel Messi tests positive for COVID-19 China - Chinese mainland reports 191 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 131 locally transmitted (Read more) - China allocates 500m yuan to Shaanxi for epidemic control (Read more) Jan 1 China - Chinese mainland reports 231 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 175 locally transmitted