Category: lockdown

Dozens Rally Against Arrest of Pastor Who Defied COVID-19 Lockdown Orders

Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Edmonton Remand Centre on Feb. 20 to show their support for pastor James Coates, who remained in custody after being charged with breaking Alberta’s COVID-19 rules and refusing to comply with his conditions of release. The protestors urged people to join them in “standing for religious and charter freedoms.”…


English Schools to Reopen on March 8 as UK Eases CCP Virus Lockdown

Schools in England will reopen on March 8 as part of the government’s four-step roadmap to lift the CCP virus lockdown, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday. Addressing the House of Commons, Johnson laid out his “roadmap” out of the lockdown, which includes four stages with five weeks in between. As part of…


Lockdowns Continue in China Despite Beijing’s Claims of No New COVID-19 Cases

The Chinese regime claimed that there were no new domestic CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections in the country on Feb. 21 and that only one region, Wangkui county in Heilongjiang Province, would be a medium-risk region to contract the virus. But people in Hebei and Jilin provinces told the Chinese-language Epoch Times in phone…


UK to Allow Some Care Home Visits in England as Lockdown Eased

The British government announced on Saturday that it is loosening restrictions on care home visits in England as part of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s roadmap to ease COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. For months, care home residents have only been able to see loved ones outdoors or through screens. But from March 8, they will be able…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Feb. 19)

State Attorneys General across the nation demand President Joe Biden reactivate an ICE operation that targets sex offenders, Biden begs Americans to get vaccinated, and a White House Adviser speaks about why California and Florida share similar virus numbers amid completely different lockdown strategies.


CCP Virus Infections Continue to Drop Across UK

CCP virus infection rates have continued to decrease across the UK, the latest figures from Britain’s official statistics agency show. The number of people who tested positive for the virus in the community dropped during the seven days up to Feb. 12, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released on Friday. In…


UK Study Reports Strong Decline in CCP Virus in England

CCP virus infections in England have fallen significantly since January, according to a study data published on Thursday. Imperial College London’s latest REACT-1 study report found that CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections fell by more than two-thirds from the last report in January. Swab results recorded between Feb. 4 and 13 from volunteers showed…


Thousands Protest Long-Term Lockdown in China’s Current Virus Hotspot

Gaocheng district of Shijiazhuang city, Hebei Province is one of the hotspots of the latest COVID-19 resurgence in China. The district of roughly 800,000 people has been under total lockdown since early January, despite authorities recently downgrading the disease risk level to low. Thousands of residents at the Hengda Oasis residential community in the district…


UK Police Raid Nightclub Party of 150 People in Birmingham

Police on Saturday night raided a party with about 150 people in Birmingham, and discovered another venue hosting a makeshift bar dubbed The Covid Arms. About 70 people at the party received fixed penalty notices of £200 ($279) each, and the DJ could be issued a £10,000 ($13,938) fine, West Midlands Police said. It’s believed that around…


UK Needs ‘Cautious but Irreversible’ Path out of Lockdown: Boris Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday refused to set firm dates for easing COVID-19 lockdown measures, arguing instead that a “cautious but irreversible” plan would be preferable. Johnson, who is due to reveal his plan for exiting lockdown on Feb. 22, has come under pressure from lawmakers and businesses to set clear dates for…