A 4-year-old boy is recovering after he was pulled from the Li River in Guilin Province by a triathlete and trained swimming teacher on holiday with his family. The boy was given CPR at the scene and transported to...
Nanjing’s COVID outbreak came from Russia. That’s the fact confirmed today by local authorities as nucleic-acid testing for the entire populace nears its conclusion and the swell in the numbers of new cases also continues to shrink. Time for...
Nanjing’s third round of nucleic-acid testing for the entire populace got underway this morning, and with a marked difference in efficiency, after much criticism of the first two rounds for a lack in basic epidemic prevention practice.
There were a...
They’ve made it official. The strain of COVID circulating in Nanjing is indeed the Delta variant. The confirmation comes as case numbers continue to rise and the populace asks, “Just why on Earth are people still going to work?”.
Yesterday,...
Shutting it all down. As Nanjing finds COVID’s spread to be consistent rather than exponential, more steps are nevertheless being taken to further restrict the virus’ reach, to stop it in its tracks and, to a degree, our personal...
With the double threat posed by rising COVID infections and typhoons bearing down on us, Nanjing’s citizens have been keeping off the streets today; even the usually packed-to-the-gunnels city of centre of Xinjiekou was deserted.
It’s all a bit reminiscent...
Wasn’t altogether unexpected. Yet the pace with which it moved into action was perhaps unprecedented. Spurred by the desire to avoid an escalation in COVID cases and get tests done before the typhoons hit this afternoon, the response has...
With the 2020 Summer Olympics kicking off a year late in Tokyo tomorrow, it’s time today to say “hello”, “good luck” and “加油” to eight sporting elites from China who also represent our great city of Nanjing. Bring us...
