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01 January 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- Canada, Australia, Morocco join countries imposing COVID restrictions on Chinese travelers Press TV 01 Jan 2023 -- 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.
- Canada to Require Air Travelers From China to Present Negative COVID-19 Test Result Sputnik 01 Jan 2023 -- Canada is introducing a mandatory coronavirus test for plane passengers arriving from China, the country's government informs.
- Morocco Prohibits Entry of All Travelers From China Amid Rising COVID Cases Sputnik 01 Jan 2023 -- The Moroccan authorities have banned all people arriving from China from entering the country, amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
- Greece vows not to impose COVID restrictions to travellers from China People's Daily 01 Jan 2023 -- Greece has no intention to impose restrictions on travellers from China over COVID-19, Greece's National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Saturday.
- Shanghai denies rumors on funeral services, insists on cremating one corpse per incinerator, upholding dignity of the deceased Global Times 01 Jan 2023 -- The Shanghai municipal government announced on Sunday that the city's funeral system insisted on upholding the dignity of the deceased and the rights and interests of families, debunking rumors circulating online which claimed funeral parlors in the city were cremating two or more corpses in one incinerator.
- COVID infection peak in mega cities nearing end, expected to affect rural areas soon: leading Chinese research team Global Times 01 Jan 2023 -- In several of China's metropolitan cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the COVID-19 infection peak is expected to end around New Year's Day, according to a latest study by a leading Chinese research team.
- Hospitals in China cancel New Year holiday to secure treatment amid COVID surge Global Times 01 Jan 2023 -- Hospitals in many cities across China are working overtime during the New Year's Day holidays to battle the infection peak in an overall coordination of national epidemic fight amid adjustments of COVID-19 response.
- Survey in N China's Ordos shows 1.75 percent of city's infections asymptomatic Global Times 01 Jan 2023 -- About 1.75 percent of more than 16,000 residents infected with COVID-19 reported no symptoms, according to the latest survey in the city of Ordos, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The city's COVID-19 infection rate surpassed 60 percent, Ordos's health authorities said.
- Factbox: China's anti-COVID-19 medical supplies production at full steam People's Daily 01 Jan 2023 -- China is ratcheting up production of various medical supplies to prevent and treat COVID-19 infections, after the country optimized its epidemic response.
- President Tsai offers to help China curb COVID surge in New Year address CNA 01 Jan 2023 -- President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) in her New Year Address on Sunday offered Taiwan's help to China in dealing with a recent surge in COVID-19 infections if Beijing requests assistance, so that more Chinese people can enjoy a healthy and safe 2023.
- Chinese military rebuts US military's smear on aircraft encounter PLA Daily 01 Jan 2023 -- The Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command released a written statement on Saturday night to rebut the US military's recent smear, saying that the US deliberately misled the public opinion, distorted fact, blamed the innocent and attempted to fool the international community.
- US deliberately misleads public opinion, China says Press TV 01 Jan 2023 -- China's Defense Ministry says the United States distorted facts following a recent confrontation between a Chinese military plane and an American air force reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea.
- China's Xi Jinping calls on young people to 'revitalize' post-lockdown rural economy Radio Free Asia 01 Jan 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the nation's youth -- who are facing unprecedented levels of unemployment -- to seek out new opportunities in rural areas, echoing late supreme leader Mao Zedong's call for urban youth to "go down to the countryside" during the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution.
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