Coronavirus News & Updates

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Protesters clashed with police in central China during a demonstration on Saturday by hundreds of people at a factory producing COVID-19 antigen kits, several...

By Laura Sánchez Investing.com - Asian stock markets - Nikkei, Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng - are celebrating as China relaxes its strict anti-COVID measures and withdraws...

By Barani Krishnan Investing.com --  After 15 weeks of being trapped in the claws of $1,700 pricing or lower, gold broke free to hit a 5-month high above $1,800 an ounce on...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) supplier Foxconn on Wednesday offered a 1,000 yuan ($141.11) award to staff who successfully recommend people to work at its plant in...

By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Apple Inc's wide exposure to Chinese manufacturing, notable both for its low costs and rising risks, has receded since the COVID-19 pandemic...

By Martin Quin Pollard and Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) -China's COVID-19 curbs forced the temporary closure of Disney's Shanghai resort on Monday, while production of Apple Inc...

(This Oct 22 story has been corrected to remove reference to Tiffanie Harrison being the first Black woman elected to the Round Rock school board.) By James Oliphant ROUND ROCK,...

By James Oliphant ROUND ROCK, Texas -At traffic-choked intersections in this Texas town, a blunt campaign slogan stands out from clusters of candidate signs: “Teach ABCs + 123s,...

By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -The main districts of Chinese tech hub Shenzhen shut down public transport and extended curbs on public activities on Friday as cities...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Wednesday the agency plans a new push to convince Americans...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai officials are seeking to revive confidence among multinational companies bruised and frustrated by the city's COVID-19 lockdown by holding multiple...

By Lisa Baertlein and Tom Polansek (Reuters) - California port leaders expect imports to rise as Shanghai, home to the world's busiest seaport, emerges from a two-month COVID-19...

(Bloomberg) -- China reported fewer Covid-19 cases in Beijing and Shanghai, with authorities moving to stimulate the faltering economy by easing some of the strictest virus...

By David Stanway and Roxanne Liu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai took more gradual steps on Friday towards lifting its COVID-19 lockdown while Beijing was investigating cases...

(Bloomberg) -- Beijing reported a record number of Covid cases during its current outbreak, reviving concern the capital may face a lockdown as authorities seek to stamp out...

(Bloomberg) -- Shanghai found the first cases of Covid-19 outside of quarantine in six days, raising questions about whether the easing of the city’s lockdown will be...

By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - More Shanghai residents were given the freedom to go out to shop for groceries for the first time in nearly two months on Thursday as...

By David Stanway and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Health authorities in Shanghai face huge pressure to keep COVID-19 at bay the longer the city goes without a...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Beijing shut scores of metro stations and bus routes and extended COVID-19 curbs on many public venues on Wednesday, focusing efforts to avoid the...

(Bloomberg) -- Shanghai reported its first increase in Covid-19 cases in six days, a setback for a city still in the midst of an unprecedented lockdown.    The financial hub...

(Bloomberg) -- The northern port of Qinhuangdao is the latest Chinese commodities hub to get hit by virus-related lockdowns. The city in Hebei province has locked down its Haigang...

(Bloomberg) -- The Chinese city of Hangzhou, home to tech giant Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) Group Holding Ltd., will start mass testing for Covid-19, urging residents to be tested...

(Bloomberg) -- Beijing started mass testing millions of its residents as part of an unprecedented scheme designed to identify and squash omicron’s stealthy spread before it spirals...

By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil was mixed on Tuesday morning in Asia, with a sudden fall in Libyan supplies adding to concerns about a tight market. Investors also continue to...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Manufacturers including Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) began preparing on Monday to reopen their Shanghai plants as China’s most populous city speeds up efforts to get...

By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China tightened controls as the country...

By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil was up on Monday morning in Asia. Investors are monitoring the release of supplies from strategic reserves from consuming nations, while a truce in...

By Yasin Ebrahim Investing.com -- U.S. crude stockpiles dropped sharply last week, snapping two-weeks of gains at a time when fears of a supply shortage are receding amid fading...

(Bloomberg) -- Shenzhen will allow factories and public transport in several parts of the city to resume operations on Friday, partially easing a strict lockdown that has paralyzed...

By Anna Mehler Paperny, David Ljunggren and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Police in Canada's capital said on Monday they had seized thousands of liters of fuel and removed an...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Elon Musk's satellite internet venture is helping to restore connectivity to the Pacific Island nation of Tonga, according to an official in Fiji where the...

By Lars Hagberg and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on Sunday declared a state of emergency to help deal with an unprecedented 10-day occupation by...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan Vice President William Lai used his final day in the United States to repeat an accusation that China blocked the island from obtaining COVID-19 vaccines...

By Praveen Menon, Kirsty Needham and Tom Westbrook WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Life-saving water supplies from a New Zealand navy ship were distributed across Tonga's main...

(Reuters) - Dozens of people have died and thousands have been detained in Kazakhstan over the past week during the worst violence seen in the Central Asian nation since it became...