It will be up to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) if a special election will be conducted in Shanghai, China after overseas absentee voting (OAV) there was suspended due to strict lockdown to counter the spread of Covid-19. Volunteers deliver parcels to a residential community under closed-off...
Filipinos in Shanghai infected by the coronavirus and those affected by the lockdown amid the surge of new cases are being assisted by the Chinese government, the Philippine Consulate in China said Wednesday, April 27. Volunteers deliver parcels to a residential community under closed-off...
Overseas absentee voting (OAV) has yet to begin in Shanghai, China due to the surge of Covid-19 cases in the foreign city, the Philippines' Consul General there said. Volunteers deliver parcels to a residential community under closed-off management in Minhang District of east China's Shanghai,...
SHANGHAI, China – Shanghai further eased its gruelling, weeks-long Covid-19 lockdown on Wednesday despite a mounting official death toll and tens of thousands of daily cases. China's largest city is ambling towards reopening as businesses and residents grow increasingly desperate over...
SHANGHAI, China - With quarantine looming after a positive Covid-19 test, Shanghai resident Sarah Wang said her first worry was who would look after her cat. China's pursuit of "zero-Covid" means anyone who catches the virus is sent to central facilities, sometimes for weeks, leaving their pets at...
SHANGHAI, China – China said Monday that just three people have died from Covid-19 in Shanghai since a gruelling lockdown began last month, despite recording hundreds of thousands of cases of the fast-spreading Omicron variant in the eastern megacity. Authorities said the first deaths from...
SHANGHAI, China -- China blasted the United States for making "groundless accusations" about its Covid-19 policy, after surging cases in Shanghai prompted the American consulate to let some staff leave the locked-down megacity. Beijing's zero-Covid strategy has come under strain since March as over...
SHANGHAI, China -- Around 10,000 medical workers from several regions across China have arrived in Shanghai in recent days to help the fight against Covid-19 as the city has seen surging infections, local health authorities said Sunday. Medical workers work in the quarantine zone at the Shanghai...
SHANGHAI, China -- Shanghai will launch a nucleic acid testing campaign in areas west of the Huangpu River starting Friday amid the second phase of the city's closed-off management, an official told a press conference on Thursday. Medical workers take swab samples from residents for nucleic acid...
SHANGHAI, China -- Shanghai on Saturday recorded a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, but a member of the city's pandemic task force said officials were determined to avoid a full lockdown over the damage it would do to the economy. Millions of Chinese in affected areas have been subjected to city-wide...
SHANGHAI, China -- Shanghai authorities on Wednesday called for calm as worried citizens swamped online grocery platforms to stock up on food over fears of impending lockdowns in a city struggling to halt a Covid spike. China is experiencing its worst Covid-19 outbreak since the start of the...
SHANGHAI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The eastern Chinese metropolis of Shanghai has carried out stringent measures to curb its latest Covid-19 outbreak after the city registered more than 100 local infections in the last 48 hours, local authorities said on Thursday. Staff members disinfect a high-speed...
