Shanghai on Tuesday declared it had achieved “zero-Covid” across all its districts, sparking derision on social media as millions in China’s biggest city remained under lockdown. Confronted with its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic, China – the last major economy still closed off to the world – put the city of 25 … Read more
China is digging in its heels on a zero-Covid strategy to stamp out clusters as they emerge, hitting hundreds of areas across Beijing with some form of restrictions, including hard lockdowns. Residents rushed to supermarkets on Thursday to stock up on groceries as rumors spread that stay-at-home orders would soon be announced. Dining out has … Read more
Top Hong Kong microbiologists have urged residents not to worry after health authorities on Thursday said “very high viral loads” had been found in sewage samples from a public housing estate in Kennedy Town. An overnight lockdown at the estate identified 22 Covid-19 cases. Sai Wan Estate. Photo: Peter Lee / HKFP. A total of … Read more
By Beiyi Seow Beijing on Tuesday launched mass coronavirus testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai. People line up to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus in Zhongguancun in Beijing on April 26, 2022. Photo: Jade Gao / AFP. … Read more
Three former leaders of the defunct group behind Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigils have appeared in court for the first time in more than two months after Covid-19 forced prisons to lock down and the suspension of most hearings. Lee Cheuk-yan, Albert Ho and Chow Hang-tung, ex-leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of … Read more
Shanghai logged eight official Covid-19 deaths on Thursday, reporting a mounting death toll even as daily cases appear to be tapering off and some residents are finally free to venture outside under an easing lockdown. China’s largest city and commercial engine is inching towards reopening after weeks-long restrictions kept most of its 25 million people … Read more
Shanghai further eased its gruelling, weeks-long Covid-19 lockdown on Wednesday despite a mounting official death toll and tens of thousands of daily cases. China’s largest city is ambling towards reopening as businesses and residents grow increasingly desperate over closures and food shortages. Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stand next to a bus on a … Read more
Photographer Ray Knox tells us about his lockdown project, Close to Home, in which he ventured out onto north London’s deserted streets at night, capturing a still and silent city. Not so many night buses in 2020. I started my photography project shortly after the introduction of the first lockdown as a way of alleviating … Read more