covid-19 lockdown

Insights 06/09/22, 13:22

Shanghai reopened on June 1 after 65 days of tight lockdown. However, the joy of the Shanghai people did not last long when, just a week later, many areas were blocked again. Some netizens posted an announcement that Huamu Street in New Pudong on June 6 closed again for 14 days.  The Linfen Garden ...

Europe 11/15/21, 02:33

Austria will counter a new record COVID-19 surge by placing millions of unvaccinated citizens under lockdown, its government announced Sunday, Nov. 14. “We are not taking this step lightly, but unfortunately it is necessary,” Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said, per the BBC. The measurement is set to go into effect as soon as ...

News 08/03/21, 16:02

After months of mass testing and travel curbs and with no sign of the Delta variant abating, China is putting millions under lockdown again. As of Monday, August 2, the country had reported infected cases in 20 cities and more than a dozen provinces, increasing from 15 last week. Monday also ...

Europe 07/19/21, 03:45

Sunday, July 18, marked the third day in a row for France to record more than 10,000 new COVID infections, the rapid surge attributable to the transmissive Delta variant of the CCP Virus in the country.  The figure grew to 12,532 by Sunday from 10,949 cases on Saturday and 10,908 on ...

U.S. 04/05/21, 06:03

Lori Lightfoot, the mayor of Chicago, was booed by the crowd after she was introduced at a Chicago Cubs baseball game on Thursday, April 1.  Lightfoot has been criticized for her strict CCP Virus lockdown orders. Her suggestion that residents should report business owners who did not comply with the restrictions ...