Chinese leader Xi Jinping is taking a page out of Mao Zedong’s crisis playbook to contain the damage caused by the tumultuous final months of his zero-tolerance Covid controls on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
China’s new Covid-19 cases hit a record high, testing the government’s push to contain the virus with more-targeted virus controls and avoid damaging the economy on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld2 years ago
Some local governments in China are struggling to keep up with efforts to contain Covid. “One of the big challenges is that all those people have been on the front line for such a long time, the incentives are beginning to diminish in certain localities.” nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
The U.K. economy contracted again in April, as surging inflation weakened consumer spending and programs to contain Covid-19 were wound down on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
A fresh coronavirus outbreak in China’s capital has raised concerns that Beijing could become, after Shanghai, the next Chinese megacity to put life on hold to contain the spread of the Omicron variant. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong delivered packages of Covid-19 rapid antigen tests to residents as part of a bid to encourage them to voluntarily test over three days, as the administration scrambles to contain a punishing coronavirus outbreak. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
China reported 3,054 domestic coronavirus cases on Wednesday, with numbers falling from a day earlier, as authorities worked swiftly to contain outbreaks by ordering lockdowns and severely restricting the movement of people in the most affected areas on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Germany braced for major protests against coronavirus restrictions on Monday, and a tough new vaccine requirement came into force in Italy as governments across Europe continued to tighten their rules in a struggle to contain the Omicron variant. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
Governments around the globe have restricted travel to and from southern Africa in an effort to contain a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus. Here is what we know so far. on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Sydney's virus restrictions will begin to lift in early October, if it reaches a series of milestones in vaccination rates, its authorities said. The city locked down three months ago to contain its latest coronavirus outbreak. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld4 years ago
In the battle against the coronavirus, few places seemed as confident of victory as China. Now the country is wrestling with a Delta outbreak that officials are finding difficult to contain. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Cambodia, racing to contain a raging coronavirus outbreak, has set up forced quarantine centers that patients say are more like makeshift prisons than hospitals. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld2 years ago
China’s ruling Communist Party is waging an ambitious propaganda campaign to rewrite the public’s memory of “zero Covid,” a signature policy of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, that helped contain the virus for almost three years. nyti.ms
@WSJ2 years ago
China’s manufacturing hub of Guangzhou locked down more of the city as the country struggles to contain the worst coronavirus outbreak in more than six months on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
Uganda, already weakened by the coronavirus pandemic and budget cuts, is struggling to contain an Ebola outbreak caused by a vaccine-resistant strain on.wsj.com
@guardian3 years ago
‘The biggest fight of our lives’: the battle to contain Covid in the Northern Territory’s remote communities theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
A fresh coronavirus outbreak in China’s capital has raised concerns that Beijing could become, after Shanghai, the next Chinese megacity to put life on hold to contain the spread of the Omicron variant. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
As Shanghai struggles to contain an Omicron outbreak, a top Chinese official vowed to adhere to a “zero Covid” policy to stamp out the virus in the shortest time possible. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong will require its more than seven million residents to undergo coronavirus testing in March. As the territory struggles to contain its worst outbreak, it will expand testing capacity and residents will have to take three tests over a short period. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Israel, in an effort to contain the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus, has again barred entry to most international travelers, leaving the holy sites of the Old City devoid of foreign visitors for a second straight Christmas. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
Dozens of countries restricted travel to and from South Africa and neighboring nations, hoping to contain a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus that scientists say may be more contagious on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Sydney's virus restrictions will begin to lift in early October, if it reaches a series of milestones in vaccination rates, its authorities said. The city locked down three months ago to contain its latest coronavirus outbreak. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
The CDC’s latest guidance in the fight against Covid-19 was made without a full arsenal of data that some public-health experts say it would need to persuade people to take steps necessary to contain the pandemic on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Cambodia, racing to contain a raging coronavirus outbreak, has set up forced quarantine centers that patients say are more like makeshift prisons than hospitals. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld2 years ago
China’s ruling Communist Party is waging an ambitious propaganda campaign to rewrite the public’s memory of “zero Covid,” a signature policy of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, that helped contain the virus for almost three years. nyti.ms
@WSJ2 years ago
Apple’s biggest smartphone assembler is scrambling to contain a weekslong Covid-19 outbreak at an iPhone factory in central China on.wsj.com
@guardian3 years ago
Macau shuts all casinos in bid to contain worsening Covid outbreak theguardian.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Residents in Beijing remained on edge on Tuesday as the authorities announced new measures to contain a small but growing outbreak of coronavirus cases, in an effort to avoid a lockdown like the one imposed in Shanghai. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Families rushed to stock up on food. Supermarkets stayed open late. Residents endured long lines for Covid testing. A fresh outbreak has raised concerns that Beijing could become the next Chinese megacity to put life on hold to contain Omicron. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Photos and video that showed young children isolated from their families and crying at a Shanghai hospital led to an outburst of anger online, as the city struggled to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron version of the coronavirus. nyti.ms
@WSJ3 years ago
New Zealand will move to its highest level of Covid-19 restrictions as it tries to contain an Omicron outbreak that also led Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to cancel her wedding plans on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Governments around the globe have restricted travel to and from southern Africa in an effort to contain Omicron, a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
South Korea plans to ship almost 1.6 million doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine to Vietnam and Thailand this week, as the Southeast Asian nations struggle to contain the spread of the virus. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
A record surge in infections and deaths from Covid-19 in Iran poses an early challenge to new President Ebrahim Raisi, as authorities struggle to contain an outbreak of the Delta variant amid loose pandemic restrictions and a slow vaccine campaign on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
The CDC’s latest guidance in the fight against Covid-19 was made without a full arsenal of data that some public-health experts say it would need to persuade people to take steps necessary to contain the pandemic on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Cambodia, racing to contain a raging coronavirus outbreak, has set up forced quarantine centers that patients say are more like makeshift prisons than hospitals. nyti.ms
@WSJ2 years ago
China’s new Covid-19 cases hit a record high, testing the government’s push to contain the virus with more-targeted virus controls and avoid damaging the economy on.wsj.com
@WSJ2 years ago
Apple’s biggest smartphone assembler is scrambling to contain a weekslong Covid-19 outbreak at an iPhone factory in central China on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Macau is trying to contain a spiraling Covid-19 outbreak, ordering all businesses aside from essential services to close for a week on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld3 years ago
A fresh coronavirus outbreak in China’s capital has raised concerns that Beijing could become, after Shanghai, the next Chinese megacity to put life on hold to contain the spread of the Omicron variant. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
Hong Kong delivered packages of Covid-19 rapid antigen tests to residents as part of a bid to encourage them to voluntarily test over three days, as the administration scrambles to contain a punishing coronavirus outbreak. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld3 years ago
As China’s largest city struggles to contain a coronavirus outbreak, outrage erupted online after images of small children isolated from parents with Covid spread. nyti.ms
@guardian3 years ago
Western Australia races to contain Perth Covid cluster as Greg Hunt declines to condemn border decision theguardian.com
@BBCWorld3 years ago
Covid: World races to contain new Omicron variant bbc.in
@guardian4 years ago
Queensland scrambles to contain Brisbane Covid outbreak ahead of NRL grand final theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Australia Covid live news update: NSW braces for case surge as Victoria and Queensland race to contain Delta variant theguardian.com
@guardian4 years ago
Coronavirus live news: China battles to contain surging cases as soldiers deployed in Sydney theguardian.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
Cambodia, racing to contain a raging coronavirus outbreak, has set up forced quarantine centers that patients say are more like makeshift prisons than hospitals. nyti.ms