Tag: quarantine

Accounts of Suffering, Starvation Mount in Locked-Down Shanghai

After four days of trying to order food online to no avail, a man of around 30 from Shanghai’s Yangpu district called the police. The sealed-in resident wanted to know if he would get fed if he charged out of his residential compound and got arrested for breaking quarantine rules. His food purchase placed through…


Chaotic Scenes in Shanghai Temporary Hospital Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

A mad scramble for supplies emerged in a Shanghai makeshift hospital as the country’s biggest city cobbles together quarantine centers to house its latest surge of COVID-19 patients. Shanghai is under an extended, phased, lockdown to curb an Omicron variant outbreak, with a record 13,000 plus new infections reported on April 4. A municipal official…


24 Countries Ask China Not to Separate Children From Parents Over COVID

Western diplomats have voiced alarm about the Chinese regime separating children from their parents as part of its virus curbs, a scenario already occurring in Shanghai despite widespread outrage. Adhering to the regime’s stringent rule of isolating all possible virus contacts, Shanghai has quarantined hundreds of children under the age of 6 after they tested…


Philadelphia Closes COVID-19 Quarantine Hotel

The city of Philadelphia is closing its COVID Isolation and Quarantine Hotel on Saturday after two years of operation. The hotel was used to provide housing and meals to the homeless population, Afghan refugees, and others who could not safely isolate or quarantine. The need has declined to the point where the city feels comfortable…


Ottawa to Remove Pre-Arrival COVID-19 PCR Test Requirement for Fully Vaccinated Travellers

Canada will drop its pre-arrival COVID-19 PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated travellers starting Feb. 28, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced today. Duclos said at a press conference on Feb. 15 that fully vaccinated travellers will still be required to take a pre-arrival test, but it can now be a rapid antigen test, as long…


US Virgin Islands’ Tannenbaum Watches Dream Slip Away in Isolation

As her rivals thundered down the sinuous Yanqing sliding track on Tuesday preparing for the chance of glory later this week, Katie Tannenbaum was stuck in he COVID-19 isolation room for the seventh day, watching her Olympic dream slide away. The sole representative of the U.S. Virgin Islands is desperate to get out. Tannenbaum tested…


China Accused of Violating Human Rights of Olympic Athletes in Quarantine

China has been accused of violating the human rights of a Finnish ice hockey player who has been held in hotel quarantine in Beijing. It comes as complaints pile up over poor conditions during athletes’ COVID-19 isolation, such as food, hygiene, and equipment for training. “For some reason, [China] won’t respect his human rights and…


‘I Cry Every Day’: Olympians Blast Conditions at Beijing’s Quarantine Hotels

Winter Olympic athletes who tested positive for COVID-19 are having enough of Beijing’s quarantine hotels. “My stomach hurts, I’m very pale and I have huge black circles around my eyes. I want all this to end. I cry every day. I’m very tired,” said Russian biathlon competitor Valeria Vasnetsova on Instagram from one of the hotels….


Taliban Grants Pregnant NZ Journalist ‘Safe Haven’ After Ardern Government Denies Her Return Visa

A pregnant New Zealand (NZ) journalist said she had to turn to the Taliban for help after her country refused to grant her a travel exemption due to its strict COVID-19 strict border control. In a column published in the New Zealand Herald on Saturday, Charlotte Bellis, a former journalist with Al Jazeera, said she discovered she…


Henan Official Warns of Isolation, Detention if Homecoming for Chinese New Year

A recent video from an official in Henan Province in China, sparked outrage from Chinese netizens. A Chinese lawyer condemned the lawless and heartless Party officials. On Jan. 20, County Mayor Dong Hong announced his pandemic containment policy online for those planning to return home for the Chinese New Year holiday. He said they were…