China has officially scrapped its quarantine requirements for inbound travelers after nearly three years, despite struggling with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases.
Canada, Australia, Spain, and Morocco have become the latest countries to impose travel restrictions on arrivals from China following a surge in COVID-19 cases there.
Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi called on the authorities to step up their vigilance to contain the spread of coronavirus in Iran as the number of new cases has increased globally.
US health officials have said the United States will impose mandatory COVID-19 tests on travelers from China, accusing Beijing of not sharing enough information about the surge in coronavirus cases there.
China says it will drop quarantine requirements for international arrivals from January, in an abrupt decision to reopen its borders after almost three years.
The Chinese government has announced a broad, nationwide loosening of strict health protocols imposed in the past years due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first.
Chinese cities have begun to impose fresh lockdowns and travel restrictions after the number of new daily COVID-19 cases tripled during a week-long holiday, ahead of a major Communist Party meeting in Beijing next week.
US President Joe Biden says "the pandemic is over," even though the country continues to contend with mounting coronavirus fatalities.
Hundreds of thousands of children could go hungry across Britain as their families do not qualify for free meal programs that are run by schools.