Chinese health authorities are welding people’s doors shut, locking people inside with steel chains, and lining hallways with barbed wire. The tactics seek to block people from leaving their homes. Beijing’s zero-COVID policy is an effort to completely eliminate the virus from inside Chinese borders. We look at what it really means for Chinese citizens….
Euro Slides as Austria’s Fourth National COVID-19 Lockdown Begins
November 22, 2021
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London—The euro fell on Monday to trade close to a 16-month low on growing concerns over the impact of new COVID-19 restrictions in Europe, with Austria starting a full lockdown and Germany considering following suit. Austria began its fourth lockdown, the first introduced since vaccines became widely available, shutting Christmas markets, bars, cafes, and theatres….
World Stocks Off to a Cautious Start; Euro Struggles
November 22, 2021
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LONDON—World stocks kicked off the week on a cautious note on Monday after posting a second consecutive weekly drop, and the euro struggled as traders weighed the risks of European lockdown restrictions and prospects of a faster Federal Reserve taper. Though Wall Street futures held comfortably in positive territory in early London trading, major European…
Austria Enforces National Lockdown, Plans to Make COVID-19 Vaccinations Mandatory
Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg on Friday announced the country is enforcing a nationwide lockdown and also plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations for its entire population as of February. “We have not succeeded in convincing enough people to get vaccinated,” Schallenberg said during a news conference, adding that the blanket requirement to get vaccinated against the CCP…
Euro Slumps as Austria Reimposes Lockdown; Dollar Flying High
November 19, 2021
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LONDON—The euro slumped on Friday to near 16-month lows after Austria became the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full lockdown and Germany did not rule out doing the same. The single currency has been on the back foot all week, pressured by growing expectations that interest rates will be tightened faster elsewhere,…
Violent Behaviour Rises Among Scottish Pupils During Lockdown: Teaching Union
Violent behaviour has increased among Scottish schoolchildren during the COVID-19 lockdowns, most notably in young pupils aged 4 to 6, a teaching union has warned. In written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Education Committee, the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), a trade union representing teachers, reported that there has been “an increase in violent incidents…
15,000 Checked by Police During First Day of ‘Lockdown of Unvaccinated’ in Austria
After Austria on Monday placed a lockdown on all unvaccinated people, the country’s Interior Ministry confirmed that 120 people were fined by police officers who were tasked with enforcing the controversial mandate. “Police officers perform the ungrateful but important task of inspecting public spaces,” said Interior Minister Karl Nehammer, adding that about 15,000 people were checked…
Obesity Among Children in England Soars During COVID-19 Lockdowns
Obesity rates in primary school children in England have seen significant increases during the COVID-19 lockdowns, according to newly released statistics. The National Child Measurement Programme, which measures obesity prevalence among school-aged pupils in reception class and year 6, published its latest findings on Tuesday. The new data show that obesity rates increased in both…
COVID-19 Lockdown May Have Fueled Online Self-Radicalization: UK Minister
The COVID-19 lockdowns may have resulted in more people being self-radicalised on the Internet, a British minister has warned following a terrorist bomb attack in Liverpool on Remembrance Sunday. A taxi exploded outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital at 10:59 a.m. on Sunday, killing the passenger and injuring the driver, around a mile away from the city’s…
Trapped in a ‘Dead’ City: The Cost of China’s Zero-COVID Policy
November 15, 2021
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He may be short in years, but not so with his COVID-19 testing record. At barely 2 years of age, the boy was born at a time of great upheaval—in January 2020 at the start of the pandemic, just days after Beijing instituted lockdown policies following a weeks-long delay in admitting the severity of the…
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