China: Several residents complain about lack of food and essential services amid COVID-19 lockdown
Beijing: People in several regions of China, who have been compelled to live in lockdown due to COVID-19, are complaining about shortages of food and other essential items.
China: Beijing shuts down schools, weddings to avoid imposition of Shanghai-style lockdown
Beijing: Authorities in the Chinese city of Beijing have closed schools and suspended weddings and funerals in a bid to avoid imposing Shanghai-style Covid lockdown in the city.
Shanghai residents resort to bartering as lockdown chokes daily need supplies
Shanghai(China): The residents of China's business hub Shanghai are resorting to bartering as a prolonged lockdown has choked their access to daily necessities and essential commodities, media reports said.
'Nobody told me drinks party was against rules': UK PM Boris Johnson
London/UNI: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday denied that he had been warned that holding a drinks party in the No 10 garden amounted to breaking lockdown rules.
Global displacement rising despite lockdowns that kept billions grounded
There was a dramatic increase in internal displacement due to disasters, conflict and violence in 2020, but global mobility overall, ground to a halt due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
New Zealand Parliament suspended due to anti-COVID-19 lockdown: PM Jacinda Ardern
Auckland/UNI/Sputnik: The sitting of New Zealand Parliament was suspended for a week due to the anti-COVID-19 lockdown, the country’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday.
New Zealand traces source of COVID-19 outbreak that forced snap lockdown
Auckland/IBNS: New Zealand has traced the source of the recent lone COVID-19 case that forced the country to plunge into a snap lockdown.
Bangladesh: 166 new death recorded due to COVID-19
Dhaka: Bangladesh continues to witness the fury of COVID-19 pandemic as 166 people lost their lives in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Friday.
Bangladesh gears up for strict lockdown from July 1 to curb COVID-19 spike
Dhaka: Bangladesh is gearing up to witness the strictest lockdown from July 1 to contain the surge of COVID-19 which is leaving the country battered.
Australia: Parts of Sydney put under lockdown amid COVID-19 Delta variant infection surge
Sydney: Several regions in Australia's Sydney city, including Bond beach, will be under lockdown as COVID-19 cases started to surge in recent times, media reports said on Friday.
Bhutan’s capital goes into three-day lockdown amid suspected community transmission
Thimphu, Bhutan’s capital, has gone into a three-day lockdown, starting from Sunday evening, as a child tested positive for Covid-19 on an antigen test, raising fear of suspected community transmission.
Singapore shuts all schools after warning new Covid strains 'affecting children more'
Singapore/IBNS: Singapore has decided to close all schools from Wednesday as authorities have warned that new coronavirus strains like the one first detected in India were affecting more children in the city-state.
Singapore returns to lockdown-like-conditions amid Covid cases' spike
Singapore/IBNS: Amid a rise in Coronavirus cases, Singapore is all set to return to lockdown-like conditions for four weeks starting May 16 with a complete ban in dining-in.
France goes into third national lockdown as cases surge sharply
Paris/UNI: France on Saturday entered its third national lockdown as the rise in the number of COVID cases threatens to overwhelm the country's medical system.
Bangladesh fights COVID-19: Government announces nationwide lockdown from April 5 for seven days
Dhaka/UNI: The Bangladesh government is announcing a nationwide lockdown from next Monday as the situation of Corona deteriorates.