Chinese city Xi’an draws backlash with flu lockdown proposal
Xi’an says it may turn to lockdowns – a measure criticised as “excessive” after strict Covid controls. Source link
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Crowds angered by lockdowns call for China’s Xi Jinping to step down
SHANGHAI: Protesters pushed to the brink by China‘s strict COVID measures in Shanghai called for the removal of the country’s all-powerful leader and clashed with police Sunday as crowds took to the streets in several cities in an astounding challenge to the government. Police forcibly cleared the demonstrators in China’s financial capital who called for … Read more
China’s Shenzhen limits indoor venue occupancy, asks public to work from home
BEIJING: The Chinese city of Shenzhen said it will limit restaurant and other indoor venues to 50% occupancy as part of its COVID prevention measures. New arrivals to the southern city will be barred from entering venues such as theatres and gyms for the first three days, it also said in a government notice on … Read more
Tory leadership: Rishi Sunak criticises Covid lockdown response
Former chancellor says discussion of negative side-effects of government action was not allowed. Source link
Covid in China: Million in lockdown in Wuhan after four cases
The city where Covid began is under partial lockdown for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Source link
S24 Parganas in Bengaluru employs embroidery artisans from Bengal
During the first Covid-induced lockdown in 2020, Bengaluru-based entrepreneur Sosha Thomas received a call from an embroidery artisan in need of help. “He used to work with me earlier, and had lost his job due to the pandemic. He was expecting his first child and did not want to go to his village in West … Read more
How Much Weight Did We Really Gain During COVID Lockdown?
June 17, 2022 — A small helping of good news from the COVID-19 pandemic: Americans didn’t seem to fill all that time spent at home during the early months of the outbreak by filling their stomachs. A study of over 100,000 adults found that the nation, as a whole, put on the same amount of … Read more
Shanghai lockdown: China eases Covid restrictions after two months
But the rules did little to temper the relief people felt. Cheers and sounds of jubilation rose as the clock struck midnight on Tuesday, signalling the end of the lockdown. Groups of Shanghai residents gathered on street corners, singing and toasting with drinks as they welcomed their newfound freedom. Source link
Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buying
Fears of a hard Covid lockdown sparked panic buying in Beijing on Monday, as long queues for compulsory mass testing formed in a large central district of the Chinese capital. China is already trying to contain a wave of infections in its biggest city Shanghai, which has been almost entirely locked down for weeks and … Read more
Eat only one meal a day: Shanghai’s stringent COVID lockdown puts megacity out of food
As Shanghai‘s COVID-19 lockdown leaves residents struggling to access essentials, residents of the mega Chinese city are almost out of food and they are reeling under an acute food crisis. They say that they “only eat one meal a day” and “don’t know how to live until May”, The HK Post reported. According to the … Read more