China detects first case of Omicron COVID-19 variant

Dec 13, 2021

Beijing [China], December 13 : China on Monday detected its first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, local media reported.

Beijing Winter Olympic teams register 1st case of COVID-19

Jan 24, 2022

Beijing [China], January 24 : Beijing Winter Olympics reported the first case of COVID-19 among national team members that entered China on Sunday.

China PCR test orders soared before first confirmed COVID-19 case

Oct 05, 2021

Beijing [China], October 6 : The purchases of PCR (Polymerase chain reaction) tests in China's Hubei province surged months before the first official reports...

'More Contagious' Omicron subtype BA.4 detected in China, zero-covid policy miserably fails

May 23, 2022

Beijing [China], May 23 : China reported the first case of a COVID-19 infection caused by the Omicron BA.4 variant, which was imported, according...

Mainland China reports first monkeypox case in Chongqing city

Sep 18, 2022

Chongqing [China], September 18 : Mainland China has reported its first case of monkeypox in the western megacity of Chongqing in a traveller who...

China reports world's first human case of H10N3 bird flu

Jun 01, 2021

Beijing [China], June 1 : China has reported the first case of human infection with the H10N3 strain of bird flu in the eastern...