Beijing halts visa processing in South Korea and Japan in protest at what it says are 'discriminatory' entry test rules imposed on travellers from China by a range of countries, including Australia.
State media downplays severity of outbreak
Last week, at the Chuiyangliu hospital in the east of Beijing, signs of the COVID-19 outbreak stretching public health facilities in the world’s most populous nation were on full display.Beds ran out by midmorning at the packed hospital, even as ambulances brought more people in.Officials in the southern technology powerhouse Shenzhen announced on Tuesday that the city had also passed its peak.
In a further sign of opening, Beijing's Daxing International Airport will resume taking international flights for the first time in nearly three years from January 17, along with Beijing Capital International Airport.The border rules were not the only COVID conflict brewing in China.Pfizer says it has not discussed licensing a generic version of Paxlovid with China.
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