Category: lockdown

Hawaii Lt. Gov Warns Unvaccinated People May Prompt Lockdown

Hawaii Lt. Gov. Josh Green has warned that a minority of people who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 may drive the state toward another lockdown. Green, who also works as an emergency room doctor on Hawaii’s Big Island, said that the state is two to four weeks from seeing “major adjustments” happening if CCP (Chinese Communist…


Sydney COVID Lockdown Extends to Entire State of NSW

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) will enter a snap state-wide lockdown from 5 p.m. on Saturday after 466 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases and four deaths were reported. “To minimise movement and protect our communities from the evolving COVID situation in Sydney, stay-at-home orders will be introduced for all of Regional NSW…


Without Warning, Visiting Chinese Become Trapped in City Under Lockdown

More than 30 college students have been trapped under lockdown in Yangzhou city during their summer internship, due to a surge in CCP virus infections. An unknown number of other visitors were also affected when the city unexpectedly announced the lockdown. On July 28, local officials announced outbreaks in “hotspots” and initiated the lockdown in the…


Sheriff: ‘Hoax’ Call About Gun Vacated Tennessee High School

CHURCH HILL, Tenn.—Students at a Tennessee high school were evacuated Tuesday on the second day of classes for the year and bused to a local armory after a 911 caller claimed to be a gunman in the building, which authorities later said they believe was a “hoax.” Hawkins County Sheriff Ronnie Lawson said the call…


Sheriff: No Active Shooter Found at Tennessee High School

CHURCH HILL, Tenn.—A call about an active shooter inside a Tennessee high school prompted a major response from area law enforcement agencies Tuesday morning, but a sheriff’s office says no suspect was found and no shooting injuries have been reported. At least five agencies responded after someone called the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office just after…


‘Balancing Act Failed’: Ombudsman Report into Victoria’s Public Housing Lockdown

A report by the Victorian Ombudsman has found hard restrictions that were imposed on Melbourne’s public housing residents in June 2020 breached residents’ “rights to humane treatment when deprived of liberty.” The report (pdf) published on Aug. 4 also detailed additional cases where Victorian authorities breached the Victorian Human Rights Charter when implementing the Public…


Snap 3 Day CCP Virus Lockdown Announced for Cairns

The Queensland government has declared a snap three-day COVID-19 lockdown in the Cairns and Yarrabah local government areas from 4 p.m. on Sunday. This comes after a taxi driver tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus. State health authorities told reporters they are investigating the source of…


Victoria Records 29 New Virus Cases

Victoria has recorded 29 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, all of them linked to current outbreaks but not in quarantine while infectious. The state’s Delta variant outbreak has also spread to a public housing tower in the Melbourne suburb of Flemington previously placed under strict lockdown in early July. Saturday’s case count, from 43,618 test results,…


Australian MPs Sound Alarm on ‘Coercive’ ‘Freedom Incentives’ and Vaccine Passports

The fundamental freedoms and entitlements Australians enjoy as a right of citizenship might be at risk of being taken away by government authorities—and only restored for those who are vaccinated against the CCP virus. This was the warning of Liberal-National Party (LNP) Sen. Eric Abetz, who said that this “dangerous” outcome might occur if potential…


Texas Governor Says No to Another Lockdown, Calls It ‘Wrong Course’

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday insisted that there would be no more lockdowns in the Lone Star state, calling it the “wrong course” amid the pandemic, saying instead that vaccines and other safety measures are the right way to fight the outbreak. Abbott made the remarks during a speech at the Asian American Hotel…