“At present, the epidemic prevention work in Zhengzhou is progressing steadily, and the impact … is controllable,” the statement said.Ĭhina has repeatedly vowed to stick to its zero-tolerance response to Covid-19 and implement what the authorities say are necessary measures to contain the virus. Were far from living in a post-COVID world, but the global lockdown that saw billions confined to their homes and unable to travel came to an end in 2022. begins to break records for daily cases/deaths. November: Cases rise again as cold weather drives more people indoorsthe U.S.
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The company did not specify how many staff were affected by the outbreak but said it was a “small number” and that unsubstantiated online rumours of tens of thousands of infections were “patently false”. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants full approval to a drug called remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19.
“Health and safety measures for employees (are) being maintained,” the Taiwanese electronics maker said, adding that it was “providing the necessary guarantees for livelihoods, including material supplies, psychological comfort and responsive feedback”. December 20, 20215:16 AM ET By Jaclyn Diaz Enlarge this image People wait in line at a coronavirus testing site in Times Square in New York on Dec. In Zhengzhou, there was an outbreak at a factory that employs about 300,000 people and is known as the largest producer of iPhones in the world.įoxconn Technology Group, which runs the facility, acknowledged the flare-up on Wednesday but said “operation and production … is relatively stable”. In Beijing, the Universal Resort theme park was shut on Wednesday after at least one visitor tested positive for coronavirus. Other large cities across China including Datong and Xi’an have implemented new curbs this week to rein in local outbreaks. All across the country, mask mandates have eased, restrictions have lifted and most states have gone. “To reduce the risk of transmission, some vegetable and fruit stores have been closed and put under quarantine,” said a Xining government official on Wednesday.Ĭhina’s coronavirus case load has remained small by global standards, but its ultra-strict containment measures against the highly transmissible Omicron variant have weighed heavily on the world’s second-largest economy and rattled financial markets. Further reopening plans will be announced before the current executive order expires on July 4. In Xining, capital of Qinghai province, social media posts told of food shortages and price inflation for essential goods as health authorities in the city of 2.5 million people raced to contain a Covid rebound after the week-long National Day holiday in early October. Guangzhou, China’s fourth-biggest city by economic output and the provincial capital of Guangdong, on Thursday sealed up more streets and neighbourhoods and kept people in their homes as new areas were deemed high-risk in a Covid resurgence that has persisted into its fourth week. Around 21 million people in the Chinese city of Chengdu effectively went into lockdown on Thursday as authorities raced to snuff out a new Covid-19 outbreak.
Indoor dining would be prohibited at restaurants, but the sources were unclear on whether patios would remain open as currently allowed in lockdown zones.Wuhan also suspended the sale of pork in parts of the city, according to images and posts on social media, after authorities said one Covid case had been linked to the local pork supply chain. Non-essential retail stores would be permitted to open but with occupancy capped at 25 per cent of maximum, while essential retail outlets such as grocery stores would be limited to 50 per cent occupancy, said one source. The wave of Covid-19 infections sweeping across the United States was followed Monday by a spate of new lockdowns and calls to reimpose restrictions after a week when more than. For instance, a CDC study published in the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report in January 2021, on the. Americans are still dying from Covid at a rate of nearly 1,200 a day. The other studies found lockdown policies helped COVID-19 health outcomes. The restrictions would not be as tight as the provincewide lockdown that was imposed in December, according to the sources. Preparing boosters in a Covid center in Washington, D.C. The move for all public health units will take effect on Saturday under what the government has called its "emergency brake" provisions. Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government will announce on Thursday that it's putting the entire province under lockdown restrictions for 28 days, multiple sources tell CBC News. Meanwhile, Ontario has released new modelling showing the spread of variants of concern is dangerously outpacing Ontario's COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
UPDATE: This story has developed since it was first published.įor the latest on Ontario's province-wide shutdown, click here.
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