China Denies New UK COVID-19 Variant Will Impact Vaccine Response, Says 'No Need To Panic' A Chinese health official assured that the new strain of COVID-19 virus discovered in the United Kingdom will have no effect on the immune response of vaccine. As the global race to produce a Covid-19 vaccine continues, China appears to have made huge strides, with vaccines from two front-runners - Sinovac and Sinopharm - already making their way abroad. China today announced it is suspending direct flights to and from the UK after the emergence of a new faster-spreading Covid-19 strain. UK defence official BLASTS China for mocking Britain over new coronavirus strain CHINESE state media outlets have caused outrage after mocking Britain for its new strain of coronavirus. Opinion; China may still be hiding the truth about the origins of Covid-19 One year on, urgent questions remain about how and why this pandemic erupted China has detected its first imported case of the new coronavirus variant that is spreading rapidly around Britain, according to a publication run by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). China has placed 11 million people in the northern city of Shijiazhuang under lockdown after more than 100 new Covid cases were confirmed there. China could have acted more quickly in dealing with Covid-19, the WHO's pandemic response probe declared today. (File photo: AFP/GREG BAKER) Latest travel advice for China including how coronavirus (COVID-19) is affecting travel and entry requirements at this time as well as safety and security and local laws and customs China confirms first case of UK COVID-19 virus variant China has suspended flights to and from Britain indefinitely because of the new coronavirus variant. China Reports First Case Of UK COVID-19 Variant. Tensions with China escalated again today as Tories warned the 'Golden Age' in relations is over - and Beijing accused the UK of 'spreading lies' about human rights abuses. CHINA used the coronavirus pandemic to emerge as a stronger economic power on the global stage, according to a government defence advisor who dubbed their actions as … Channels Television Updated December 31, 2020. A medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus …