china lockdown

• COVID-19 lockdowns spread in China as infections rise

  The closures are an embarrassment to the ruling Communist Party and a setback for official efforts to shore up slumping growth in the world's second-largest economy.

  World

  Apr 15
  
• Shanghai residents struggling to find food as lockdown enters 3rd week

  Videos coming out of Shanghai show residents taking to the streets and banging pots and pans on their balcony, claiming they are starving in their apartments.

  World

  Apr 11
  
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• China vows to improve COVID-19 response in Shanghai amid discontent over lockdown

  Many residents in Shanghai are beginning to worry about food and drinking water, as well as obtaining products such as infant formula.

  World

  Apr 7
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• Gas prices in most of Ontario to drop 9 cents per litre on Wednesday, analyst says

  In an email to Global News on Tuesday, McTeague said prices will drop on Wednesday, "due to demand for oil concern over China's latest COVID lockdowns." 

  Consumer

  Mar 29
• 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
• China battles multiple COVID-19 outbreaks, driven by ‘stealth omicron’ variant

  China banned most people from leaving a coronavirus-hit region as the fast-spreading “stealth omicron” variant fuels the country’s biggest outbreak since the pandemic started.

  Health

  Mar 14
• A world upside down: Wuhan returns to normal while rest of the world reels

  A year after its unprecedented COVID-19 lockdown, Wuhan markets and restaurants are bustling, and life is basically back to normal, as Canada and the rest of the world struggle.

  Health

  Feb 6, 2021
• As new coronavirus cases remain low, China reopens schools, domestic flights

  China now has the capacity to perform 1.5 million nucleic acid tests per day, National Health Commission Guo Yanhong told reporters Saturday.

  Health

  May 16, 2020
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• Wuhan, China’s coronavirus epicentre, ends 76-day lockdown

  With restrictions now lifted, Hubei's provincial capital embarks on another experiment: resuming business and ordinary life while seeking to keep the number of new cases down.

  World

  Apr 7, 2020
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• China to end lockdown in most of Hubei as domestic coronavirus cases drop

  Chinese authorities said Tuesday they will end a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province at midnight, as domestic cases of the virus continue to subside.

  Health

  Mar 24, 2020