Journalism of Courage
Residents line up for their COVID-19 throat swab test inside a hospital compound in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. China said Wednesday that it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they've become impossible to track with mass testing no longer required, another step in the country's departure from some of the world's strictest antivirus policies. (AP Photo)
A week after China eased some of the world's strictest COVID-19 containment measures, uncertainty remains over the direction of the pandemic in the world's most populous nation. (AP)
Residents line up at a pharmacy to buy antigen testing kits for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China December 15, 2022. COVID-19 infections were exploding in China well before the government's decision to abandon its strict "zero-COVID" policy, a World Health Organization director said on Wednesday, quashing suggestions that the sudden reversal caused a spike in cases.(Reuters)
Residents wearing protective gear walk by a COVID-19 antigen test instruction poster on display outside a hospital in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. The sudden loosening of restrictions has sparked long queues outside fever clinics in a worrying sign that a wave of infections is building, even though official tallies of new cases have trended lower recently as authorities eased back on testing. (AP Photo)
China raced to vaccinate its most vulnerable people on Thursday in anticipation of waves of COVID-19 infections, with some analysts expecting the death toll to soar after it eased strict controls that had kept the pandemic at bay for three years. (AP Photo)
A delivery man eats his breakfast at a store in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo)
The World Health Organisation has raised concerns that China’s 1.4 billion population was not adequately vaccinated and the United States offered help in dealing with a surge in infections. (AP Photo)
Workers push a load of wooden panels over a bump in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. While two workers have their masks on, the mask of one of the workers has slipped. (AP Photo)
A resident wearing mask sits perched on a road barrier near a hospital in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Last Wednesday, Beijing began dismantling its tough ‘zero-COVID’ controls, dropping testing requirements and easing quarantine rules. (AP Photo)
A resident walks a dog on a quiet street past a shuttered newsstand in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo)
An outdoor store sells food on a street in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo)
