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14 January 2023 - China Special Weapons News
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- No local Omicron XBB.1.5 infections detected in China so far People's Daily 14 Jan 2023 -- There have been no local cases of the COVID-19 Omicron XBB.1.5 detected in China so far, according to a virology expert at a press conference for COVID-19 response held Friday.
- China reports nearly 60,000 COVID deaths since dropping restrictions: Reuters Radio Free Asia 14 Jan 2023 -- China said that nearly 60,000 have died from COVID-19 and related complications since authorities lifted harsh restrictions in December after nationwide protests, Reuters reported Saturday.
- Asia Fact Check Lab: Is Paxlovid too expensive for China to purchase? Radio Free Asia 14 Jan 2023 -- would place undue financial stress on China's healthcare system.
- Nearly 60,000 COVID-19-related deaths reported in China in the past month; peak infection has passed: NHC Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- China announced the latest figures of epidemic-related deaths, as the National Health Commission (NHC) revealed on Saturday a total of 59,938 COVID-19-related deaths between December 8, 2022 and January 12 this year, explaining that China has insisted on classifying deaths of patients with a positive nucleic acid test as COVID-19-related deaths, which is in line with WHO and international standards.
- First batch of COVID-19 drug Molnupiravir delivered to Beijing, Guangzhou hospitals Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- Molnupiravir, a COVID-19 drug co-developed by US company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, was delivered by Sinopharm to medical institutions on Friday, marking the first delivery of the drug in the Chinese market.
- Patients reporting to fever clinics peaked on Dec 23, 2022 at 2.87 million, dropping to 477,000 on Jan 12: NHC Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- Patients reporting to fever clinics peaked on Dec 23, 2022 at 2.87 million, dropping to 477,000 on Jan 12: NHC
- China has made big contribution to global fight against COVID-19 over past three years: NHC Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- China's fight against COVID-19 has not only protected Chinese people's lives and health, but also made an important contribution to the international fight against the virus over the past three years, Mi Feng, spokesperson for the National Health Commission (NHC), said at Friday's press briefing held by the State Council joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19.
- China revises treatment guideline for critical COVID patients, reflecting 'people first, life first' principle Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- China on Friday released the fourth edition of its guidelines for treatment of COVID critical patients, which stipulated that a patient, whether or not meeting critically ill threshold, will be designated as critical if he or she is aged above 65, not fully vaccinated, and has severe underlying conditions.
- China monitors 1 XBB infection, faces continuous risk of imported cases Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- According to the monitoring data for coronavirus variants, China has found one XBB variant case domestically from December 1, 2022 to January 12, Chen Cao, a research fellow with the virology institute of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China's CDC), told a press conference on Friday.
- No local Omicron XBB.1.5 infections detected in China so far People's Daily 14 Jan 2023 -- There have been no local cases of the COVID-19 Omicron XBB.1.5 detected in China so far, according to a virology expert at a press conference for COVID-19 response held Friday.
- XBB.1.5 powering COVID hospitalizations in New York to highest level in a year: Fortune People's Daily 14 Jan 2023 -- New York COVID-19 hospitalizations are at their highest level in nearly a year just after a new, ultra-transmissible COVID variant XBB.1.5, known as Kraken, achieved dominance in the northeast United States, reported The Fortune magazine early this week.
- China rages against US, Japan's increasingly anti-Beijing alliance Press TV 14 Jan 2023 -- China speaks out after the United States and Japan vowed to further solidify their alliance against Beijing, which the allies have identified as a mutual threat.
- China Asks US, Japan Not to Turn Asia-Pacific Region Into Wrestling Ring Sputnik 14 Jan 2023 -- Tokyo announced plans to more than double defense spending last month in what is shaping up to be the island nation's largest military buildup since World War II. Japanese officials justified the spending by citing alleged regional threats posed by China and North Korea.
- China urges U.S., Japan not to become disrupters of a stable Asia-Pacific: FM spokesperson People's Daily 14 Jan 2023 -- China urges the United States and Japan to abandon the Cold War mentality and ideological bias, stop creating imaginary enemies and stop trying to sow the seeds of a new Cold War in the Asia-Pacific, and not to become disruptors of a stable Asia-Pacific, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
- Zheng Yanxiong appointed as director of the Liaison Office of Central People's Government in HKSAR Global Times 14 Jan 2023 -- Zheng Yanxiong has been appointed as director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), replacing Luo Huining, according to an official announcement published on Saturday.
- Senior Chinese official stresses faithful enforcement of national security law in HKSAR People's Daily 14 Jan 2023 -- A senior Chinese official on Friday underlined the importance of fully and faithfully enforcing the Law on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
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