china covid lockdown

• Ikea shoppers in China panic, try to escape flash-COVID lockdown

  Videos taken from inside the Shanghai Ikea store show shoppers rushing exits and pushing their way through security guards.

  World

  Aug 15
  
• COVID in China: Lockdown turns tourist hotspot Sanya into nightmare for stranded visitors

  The sale of rail tickets out of Sanya was suspended on Saturday and more than 80 per cent of flights to and from the tourist hub had been cancelled.

  World

  Aug 7
  
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• Shanghai residents demand release from COVID-19 lockdown — some get it

  The Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown has prompted resistance from people being taken away to quarantine and workers required to sleep at their workplaces.

  Health

  May 28
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• China to lock down Shanghai in two stages for testing as COVID-19 cases spike

  Shanghai has battled a new COVID-19 surge for nearly a month and for Saturday it reported its highest daily number of cases since the initial outbreak in China receded.

  Health

  Mar 27
• Chinese hospital officials punished after pregnant women denied entry, miscarries

  The woman was reportedly refused entry for not having current COVID-19 test results, and waited on a plastic stool outside the hospital until she started bleeding.

  World

  Jan 6