Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Russia, Cuba and a range of other countries are all expected to see group tours from China, starting early next month

The toll update, from China's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, comes amid doubts over Beijing's data transparency and is very low by global standards.

Thailand is forecast to see holiday spending reach its highest since 2019 as Chinese visitors return to the tourist hub

Xi voices concern for farmers as travel ramps up for holiday season, amid warnings that deaths – said to top half a million in the current wave – will peak over coming weeks

Country saw 2.9% growth in fourth quarter, but the overall economy remains weak and is not expected to pick up till the second quarter

Millions of migrant workers began flocking to train stations and airports in the country's big cities on Monday for trips to their home towns, despite fears for elderly people in rural areas

The huge jump in the official Covid death toll follows global criticism of the reliability of Beijing’s figures

A leading health expert predicts the post-reopening surge in cases will be fuelled by the Lunar New Year migration spreading the virus to rural areas

The global health body fears the migration of millions from cities to rural areas will pour fuel on an already economically damaging virus wave

Thousands of young workers clashed with police on Saturday during a protest to demand wages after they were laid off without pay by the heads of a Covid test-kit factory in southwest China

China makes retaliatory strike against South Korea and Japan over their 'discriminatory' entry restrictions on people from the mainland, amid global concern about huge Covid outbreak

CEO Albert Bourla said the group was discussing the price for Pfizer's branded product Paxlovid, not a licence to produce a generic version of its medicine for use there